Daylight savings time is coming up in just a little over two weeks. When you change your Clocks, it’s a good time to also change your smoke alarm battery.

Firefighters work tirelessly to help reduce the risk factors by educating their residents on the importance of having a working smoke alarm. In many communities, fire departments are able to distribute free batteries to citizens. Energizer has donated more than four million batteries to local fire departments. This year, people have an opportunity to get involved in a very simple way to help increase the donation.

When people visit the CYCCYB tab on the Energizer Bunny Facebook page, (www.facebook.com/energizerbunny), you can send a Change Your Clock Change Your Battery reminder to  friends to trigger a battery donation. In addition, people can make an online pledge to change the batteries in their smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors or develop a home escape plan online, and help increase the number of batteries the company donates this year, up to 400,000 batteries. 

Did you know……

• 96 percent of American homes have at least one smoke alarm, but 19 percent of all homes with smoke alarms do not have at least one smoke alarm that works, mostly due to missing or dead batteries. This means roughly 20.5 million homes are at risk because of non-working smoke alarms and an additional 4.5 million homes are at risk by not having smoke alarms. This prevents the U.S. from achieving the full potential of increased fire safety from smoke alarms
•  Three-quarters of child fire fatalities under age 15 occurred in homes without working smoke alarms.
• On average, home fires kill 500 children ages 14 and under each year.
• Roughly half of the people who died in home fires started by children playing with fire were under five years old.

Don’t forget about your carbon monoxide alarms too.

Carbon monoxide is sometimes called the “the silent killer.” It is colorless, odorless and tasteless. The National Safety Council reports that almost 700 people die each year as a result of unintentional poisoning by gases or vapors in non-fire situations. Carbon monoxide was involved in the majority of these deaths.

We have both a fire alarm and a carbon monoxide alarm, you can never be to cautious when you are using oil heat and have kids in the house. I am a little nervous that we only have a smoke alarm upstairs and not downstairs. We always check the batteries though, and don’t keep matches or any of that in the house. My kids are sneaky.

Energizer is giving one of my readers a  First Alert smoke alarm, along with a 2-pack of 9volt Energizer  Max batteries.

To enter Leave me a comment with how often you check your smoke alarm batteries.

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Contest ends 11/20/10

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I am excited to say that I am apart of the Elmers expert Mom Panel to help promote Fall Fix It Week October  11-15.  Fall Fix It Week is…….

As the leaves begin to change, people will begin to store up for the winter – moving items long forgotten in the sun indoors. To help better prepare the home and prevent the need to throw out items come spring, Elmer’s is encouraging people to Fall Fix It! The opposite of spring cleaning, Fall Fix It is focused on offering consumers tips, how-to advice and more for simple fixes around the home so they enjoy the benefits of a well-kept home inside during the winter months and pull those outdoor items out – unscathed – come summer.

I have worked on a scenerio myself. My couch has a big tear in the arm.  Now Elmers Glue will not fix it, So I would toss it. Considering that I don’t have money for a new couch I had to find another way to fix.

I have wood panels in my living room and my kids Scraped a piece off.  This is definitely fixable.

Fix With Elmers

You can visit Elmers Facebook page for Tips next week.our scenerios.

I want to know your Scenerios, Fix It or Toss It and what.

I will choose 3 winners with the best scenerios to win a Elmers Prize pack.

Don’t forget to share your scenerios on Twitter with Elmers using #fallfixit or #fixortoss

Contest Ends October 15

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