Byars named agent for Kid Safe Network
The Kid Safe Network is a non-profit children?s safety and danger awareness organization that provides free child safety and danger awareness seminars, fairs and family workshops across the United States and Canada designed to educate parents, educators and citizens about the dangers children face every day.
Byars will serve as a liaison between the community and the Kid Safe Network and as a consultant and educator on issues dealing with child safety and danger awareness to local educators, community leaders and media groups.
Aside from consulting and providing a pipeline of information to those who may need it, Kid Safe Network agents also provide free danger awareness seminars, safety fairs and workshops whenever and wherever needed.
Byars said he became involved because problems with online predators and child abductions have become so prevalent in today?s society, even on a local level. And even though the martial arts training and teaching he does at Gary Steele Karate helps prepare kids to deal with potentially dangerous situations, he wants to take it step further.
?I feel like I can give back to the community in a bigger way than just teaching martial arts,? Byars said. ?Of course, that?s a great way to give back to the community, but I also want to be able to help kids on a broader spectrum. So I feel like this is a good positive thing to do, to be able to help people, and children in particular.?
Byars says it?s of vital importance to teach children how to protect themselves, and knowledge is one of the most effective ways.
?It?s extremely important,? Byars said. ?It?s probably one of the most important things you can teach your kids. There?s all kinds of predators out there that know all kinds of different ways to attract and lure kids into bad situations. What I?m trying to do is help them learn how to avoid those situations, and how to protect themselves when confronted by them.?
For more information, or to contact Byars directly, please call 473-5425.