
Children's Safety Town Caboose - Naperville, IL
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N 41° 45.945 W 088° 10.518
16T E 402307 N 4624435
CP 434620 as BN 00028P, steel, now painted green and yellow and located in Naperville Safety Town. Used for training little ones about railroad crossing safety.
Waymark Code: WM6TTJ
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 07/20/2009
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Located at:
1320 Aurora Ave (at River Road)
Naperville, IL 60540
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In 1978, the Naperville Junior Woman’s Club (NJWC) introduced Naperville to a nationwide program called Safety Town. Thereafter, NJWC coordinated, supervised, and staffed this beneficial program at temporary locations. In 1993, the Naperville Safety Town Commission was formed to provide a permanent location for Safety Town programs. The Safety Town Commission, made up of members of NJWC and other community leaders, brought Naperville together to build Safety Town. Located at the corner of River and Aurora Roads, Safety Town includes a classroom building and a kid-sized town complete with buildings, streets, a fire safety house, railroad crossing and traffic signs and signals. The Safety Town facility was opened in June of 1996.
Safety Town is used throughout the year for various safety and health related programs tailored to different age groups. These programs include: Scouts Play It Safe, Scouts First Aid, Baby-sitting Clinics, CPR, Trick or Treat at Safety Town, Fingerprinting, Keeping Yourself Safe, WDSRA Safety Town Sessions and Safety Town Mini Sessions. The programs offered and when varies from year to year. Check this site for details on what is available and when. In addition, new programs are in the developmental stage.
Safety Town Information
For information on upcoming programs at Safety Town, please send and email to safetytown@napervillejuniors.org or call the Safety Town hotline at (630) 369-8400.