As part of our Think Smart: Injuries Aren’t Accidents initiative for February – April 2007, we have developed a Crossword Puzzle Contest. The contest answers are provided below on this Information Sheet. For contest participants, answers can be found in the 2007 Winter edition of the HealthIssues newsletter and in the wellness brochure, “Drivers – Your Attention Please”, available in your workplace. You can also go online at www.wechealthunit.org/workplace-health/newsletters and www.wechealthunit.org/workplace-health/brochures. If you require additional support materials (e.g. posters, ballot boxes) or if you have any questions, please phone 519- 258-2146 x 3100 or email workplace@wechealthunit.org.

Purpose of this Contest

The aim is to raise awareness of steps that can be taken to prevent serious injuries or death at any age.

Support Materials

• HealthIssues newsletter

• Crossword Puzzle Contest ballot (white copies for photocopying)

• Answers to the Think Smart crossword puzzle (see below)

• Poster to promote the contest in your workplace with space allocated for writing contest details  (e.g. date of contest, where to pick up and drop off participation forms, prizes to be won)

• Ballot boxes for employees to use to enter the contest (with space to note contest details)

• Prizes: Travel First Aid Kits (2/workplace, if you are running this contest February – April 2007)

Promoting the Contest

In addition to the display materials provided, you may want to consider other ways of communicating contest details to employees. Consider attaching a ballot to employees’ pay stubs so that every employee has the opportunity to participate, or sending out e-mail or voice mail messages. Here are two sample messages for you to use:

#1 Sample e-mail/voice mail/pay stub message:
As part of our workplace Think Smart – Injuries Aren’t Accidents initiative, we are offering you the opportunity to win some great prizes by entering a crossword puzzle contest. To enter this contest, pick up an entry form at_______________, complete the crossword puzzle and then deposit your form into the contest ballot box. Prizes to be won include _____________. The deadline to enter is __________.

#2 Sample e-mail/voice mail/pay stub message:
The deadline to enter the Think Smart – Injuries Aren’t Accidents contest is fast approaching. For your chance to win, pick up the entry form at________________, complete the crossword puzzle and then deposit the form at _____________.  The contest closes on________________.

If you are running this contest at a time other than February to April 2007, consider offering prizes to encourage participation. Some suggestions include first aid kits, night lights for hallways and bathrooms, and vests with reflective strips so that others can see you walking or biking at night.

Answers to the Think Smart Crossword Puzzle

Down

1. hold

3. accidents

4. helmet

6. death

9. look

11. rubber

12. active

13. safety

14. seatbelt

16. alcohol

18. snow    
 
Across

2. hang

5. cell

7. winter

8. talking

10. smart

15. crashes

17. floors

19. weight

20. preventable