We’re inviting schools, daycares and universities across the country to participate in White Balloon Day.  Check out some ideas below for general and age-specific activities:

• Wear White Wednesday – invite students and staff to wear white
• Whiteout your school – Decorate your school-front and create an awareness display
• Have a whitewash – Host a car wash to raise funds.
• Hold a white food bake sale
• Include White Balloon Day info in your school newsletter/website
• Encourage parents to speak to their kids about keeping safe. 
• Host a white morning or afternoon tea and invite your local child safety officer or community leader to speak

Ideas for primary schools and daycare centres

• Decorate white balloons with purple hearts and/or messages about how to keep safe
• Colour-in our White Balloon Day templates
• Have a white food day
• Play the Ditto’s Keep Safe Adventure DVD   (ages 3-8) for students 
• Invite your local child safety officer to speak with students
• Book the Ditto Show to come to your school
•  Make a poster with white handprints or footprints
• Decorate a white banner with “keep safe” messages
• Hold a balloon relay race
• Toss white balloons in a play parachute and try to keep them off the ground
• Balloon Sandwich – have children break into pairs and hold a balloon between their backs.  Whoever can reach the finish line without dropping their balloon wins!

Ideas for secondary students

• Host a school-wide assembly – Invite your local child safety officer or school guidance counsellor to speak
• Invite staff members to speak about why child protection is important to them
• Display information about local and national child protection agencies
• Have a White Balloon Day poster competition