It’s hard to believe that in just a few weeks, we will be changing our clocks back from Daylight Saving Time. I’ve noticed that it’s already starting to get dark earlier. This year the time change is on November 4 and it also marks the 25th anniversary of the annual Change Your Clock Change Your Battery program. Energizer and the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) are once again working with local fire departments to raise awareness on the importance of working smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors in helping to keep families safe in their homes.
Change Your Clock Change Your Battery Program
Thirty-eight percent of fatal fire injuries occur in homes with no smoke alarms, while 24 percent occur in homes in which at least one smoke alarm is present but fails to operate, frequently due to dead or missing batteries.
How often do you change the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors?
The Energizer Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery Program makes it easy for us to remember. Here’s a picture of MLB Hall-of-Famer Cal Ripkin participating in a neighborhood canvass with the Chicago Fire Department. Ripken, known as the Energizer Bunny of baseball for his record of consecutive games played (2,632!), has worked with Energizer for the past seven years to honor people and programs that celebrate positivity and make a difference.
How can you get involved?
From October 11 through November 4, visit the Energizer Bunny Facebook page and click on the Fire Safety Info Tab. Here you will have the chance to enter a sweepstakes to win a Family Safety Kit valued at more than $150. Energizer will be giving away one Family Safety Kit per day for 25 days.
You’ll also find fire safety tips, a home escape plan that you can download and draw your family’s home escape plan, as well as a coloring and activity sheet.
{Bunny not included in prize pack.}
Win a Family Safety Kit Here ($78 Value)
- Two packages of Energizer® MAX® Batteries with Power Seal Technology – Dependable, powerful performance for the devices that help keep your family safe; now hold their charge when stored for up to 10 years
- One Energizer Flameless Wax Candle – Enjoy the realistic flicker of a scented wax candle without the worry of open flame or hassle of soot and dripping wax (I love these candles!)
- One Energizer® Weatheready® Safety Light – Waterproof flashlight powered by AA, AAA or C cell batteries; includes safety whistle and imprinted preparedness checklist
- One Kidde Battery-Operated Combination Carbon Monoxide and Smoke Alarm
THANKS FOR THE REMINDER, I TRIED A COUPLE OF YOUR GIVEAWAYS BUT THEY SAID NOT TAKING ANYMORE APPLICATIONS. BUT I FOUND BARNEY. THANKS FOR WONDERFUL GIVEAWAYS:)
Great reminder especially for shut-ins and any others whom may not be aware of this campaign! I can’t bring up the entry form: thanks anyway for the important reminder!
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You being from the South must be why you are so kind and family oriented. That’s why I love your blog/sweeps. You always bring sweetness/heart filled sweeps/reviews on your blog. Thank You for being so family oriented and showing us the love out here. Hope you’re having a good day and even brighter tomorrow.
You just made our day! Thanks Terry!
Thanks for letting us know because I was just wondering today when daylight savings time change was.