{"id":6851,"date":"2025-02-05T17:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T17:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/brookland-lakeview-empowerment-center-launches-pedestrian-safety-training-program\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T17:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T17:39:09","slug":"brookland-lakeview-empowerment-center-launches-pedestrian-safety-training-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/brookland-lakeview-empowerment-center-launches-pedestrian-safety-training-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Brookland-Lakeview Empowerment Center Launches Pedestrian Safety Training Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WEST COLUMBIA, S.C.<\/strong> &mdash; The <strong>Brookland-Lakeview Empowerment Center (BLEC)<\/strong> is launching <strong>Project SAFE<\/strong>, a new pedestrian and bicycle safety program aimed at children of all ages.<\/p>\n<p>The program focuses on teaching kids how to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Follow traffic safety rules<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Build confidence while walking and biking<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Stay active and healthy through physical activity<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;Pedestrian and bicycle safety saves lives,&#8221;<\/em> said <strong>Dr. Cindye Richburg Cotton<\/strong>, BLEC&rsquo;s Executive Director. <em>&#8220;We&rsquo;re proud to offer a program that makes a real difference in the communities we serve.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Class Schedule:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wednesday, February 19 at 11:00 a.m.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Thursday, February 20 at 6:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Wednesday, February 26 at 6:00 p.m.<\/strong> (<em>Spanish-speaking session<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Brookland-Lakeview Empowerment Center, 1218 Batchelor Street, West Columbia<\/p>\n<p>For details, contact <strong>Dr. Cindye Richburg Cotton<\/strong> at <a rel=\"noopener\">crichburgcotton@brookland.cc<\/a> or call <strong>(803) 744-7943<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. &mdash; The Brookland-Lakeview Empowerment Center (BLEC) is launching Project SAFE, a new pedestrian and bicycle safety program aimed at children of all ages. The program focuses on teaching kids how to: Follow traffic safety rules Build confidence while walking and biking Stay active and healthy through physical<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/brookland-lakeview-empowerment-center-launches-pedestrian-safety-training-program\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[32],"tags":[172,1015],"class_list":["entry","author-john-griggs","post-6851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-events","tag-classes","tag-project-safety"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpstrianglenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Project-Safety_2025_630x350.jpg?fit=630%2C350&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}