School may be out for summer, but some young students are still learning important lessons outside the classroom.
On Thursday, the American Red Cross hosted a course on emergency preparedness for children attending a YMCA day camp.
Instructors taught participants how to keep themselves and their families’ safe during a fire or hurricane.
Topics addressed included coping strategies and developing an escape plan.
Participants also went home with a pillowcase and were instructed to fill it with emergency supplies.
"They can go home with their pillowcases, make it their own, play a role in their own level of preparedness and go home and share what they learned with others," said Alex Lutz, the Director of the American Red Cross of Greater NY.
To learn more about the "Pillowcase Project" go to RedCross.org or call 877-733-2767.