Dear Parents, Guardians, and Community:
The Florida Department of Health in Leon County is teaming up with Leon County Government and Leon County Schools on a fun campaign that encourages children to become superheroes in the fight against mosquitoes.
The "Spill the Water" campaign website (www.spillthewater.com<http://www.spillthewater.com>) features a variety of games, puzzles and scavenger hunts meant to draw children's interest in the important role they play in good public health by keeping mosquito populations to a minimum. Specifically, the campaign encourages children to spill standing water wherever they may see it.
The "Spill the Water" website includes resources that parents and teachers can use to educate children on the importance of keeping mosquito populations to a minimum as a way of protecting their own health and the health of family, friends and neighbors. The website also offers tips on how to keep mosquitoes at bay by using mosquito repellents, wearing long sleeves and pants outdoors when comfortable to do so and checking to ensure screens on windows and doors do not have holes where mosquitoes can gain access to homes.
In addition to the "Spill the Water" website, Leon County provides other educational materials for kids at www.LeonCountyFL.gov/youthprograms<http://www.LeonCountyFL.gov/youthprograms>.
"Reducing mosquitoes is a team effort, and the Spill the Water campaign is a unique way to ask youth and families to help out," said Leon County Mosquito Control's Glen Pourciau. "You too can be a superhero every day if you stay on the lookout for standing water in your yard and around your house. Mosquitoes can breed in just a bottle-cap, so you need to keep your eyes open!" For mosquito-related questions, please contact Leon County Mosquito Control at (850) 606-1400.
Additional resources can be found at the links below:
www.flhealth.gov<http://www.flhealth.gov>
http://leon.floridahealth.gov
www.cdc.gov<http://www.cdc.gov>
http://cms.leoncountyfl.gov

Sincerely,
Jackie Pons

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