Helping Hand is a Naperville Safe Household Program that began in 1967 to provide children with a safe place to go when in need of emergency assistance. Helping Hand awareness is taught as part of the District 204 school based child safety program. Children are taught that a home displaying a red Helping Hand poster in a front window is a safe place to go when they are being bothered by strangers, are sick or injured, or if they are lost or are being bullied. The Helping Hand homes will help children by contacting the police.
District 204 PTAs assist in recruiting participants for the Helping Hand program by providing applications to the parents at their schools. Each application is then screened by the Naperville Police. Once a home is approved, the local PTA representative will distribute the window sign. Additionally, all District 204 schools are provided with posters to display throughout the school to remind children of the Helping Hand program.
For Further information about the Helping Hand program please visit their website at: www.naperville.il.us.