New Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog Pop Art by Artist Dean Russo

Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog's Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation is pleased to announce Sparkles' new pop art by artist Dean Russo.

Brooklyn, NY artist Dean Russo got his formal training in The School of Visual Arts in NYC. His fascination of the urban landscape has influenced his work entirely. From his obsession with graffiti and street art he has carved his own version of pop art from the ever moving world around him. Asked to describe his work, he said, "My work is about motion and a sense of taking a familiar form to the next level."

Click HERE to visit the foundation's product page. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of these new items will benefit the Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation and the work of Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog. Thank you, Dean, so very much on behalf of the foundation, Sparkles, myself and all of the children and their families that you will help keep fire-safe!

To learn more about the foundation, visit our website. If you have an item that would help enhance the work of the foundation, please contact me at dayna@keepkidsfiresafe.org.

New Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog Valentine's Day Cards

Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog Valentine's Day Cards. 100% of the proceeds from these cards will go to the Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation. Click on the picture below to order yours today and help the foundation keep children and their caregivers fire safe!

New Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog Coloring Page

Brand new Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog coloring page from our good friends at the Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation. Enjoy!

Click on the picture of the coloring page to download and print your coloring page.

Attention kids, parents, teachers and fire departments. Have you checked out Sparkles the Fire Safety Dogs' fun fire safety activity and coloring pages? Check them out! We're adding new ones all of the time! Just click on the picture of Sparkles to see more!

Please feel free to add this button to help spread the fire safety message. Together, we can help keep children and their caregivers fire safe!

Big news!

One of Sparkles and my favorite bloggers in the whole wide world, author and mommy blogger, Dawn Meehan, has posted a book review of our book, Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog on her Because I Said So blog.

Dawn is giving away some really exciting goodies to two of her readers, including a special edition copy of my book and audio book, Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog. These limited edition copies will be signed by Firefighter Michael and myself. The books will also be “pawed” by Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog.

These two winners will also receive several life saving products from Sparkles, myself and First Alert, including a combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarm, Tundra™ Fire Extinguishing Spray and escape ladder, worth over $100! All to help keep you and your family safe! Here is my fire safety dog friend, Tango, modeling with all of the loot!

And, cause I am feeling so generous and because I like Dawn's blog and her readers so much, I am also going to throw in a battery operated talking combination smoke alarm and carbon monoxide detector from First Alert, worth over $60! The voice alarm is really easy to program even notifies you which hazard is being sensed.

How cool is that? Over $160 in fire safety goods for each of two of Dawn's lucky readers! So, tell all your friends and help spread the word!

Visit Dawn's blog HERE to learn more! It's easy, it's fun and it's free! But, best of all, you'll be visiting one of the most amazing blogs on the face of the planet!

Thanks to Dawn for helping us spread the fire safety message! And, a big thanks to our friends at First Alert! Working together we can help keep children and their caregivers fire safe.

Free Downloadable Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog Activity Sheet

Click on the picture below to download a free Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog Stick Puppet for your child/children, compliments of the Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation.

Attention kids, parents, teachers and fire departments. Have you checked out Sparkles the Fire Safety Dogs' fun fire safety activity and coloring pages? Check them out! We're adding new ones all of the time! Just click on the picture of Sparkles to see more!

Please feel free to add this button to help spread the fire safety message. Together, we can help keep children and their caregivers fire safe!

Firefighter Dayna Site Named Top 20 Blog for Firefighters by Fire Science Schools

Thanks to Fire Science Schools for naming the Firefighter Dayna fire safety site as one of the Top 20 Blogs for firefighters!

Click on the picture of the firefighter to read more!

Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog Fire Safety Blog Named Top 101 Women Blogger in 2010 by WE Magazine

What an honor for Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog fire safety blog to have been named one of the top 101 Women Blogger to Watch in 2010 by WE Magazine. Sparkles and I are very honored and very excited! Thankyou WE Magazine for helping us share the fire safety message and help keep children and their caregivers fire safe!

You may read the original article HERE.

Here's a copy of the announcement on the WE Magazine site:

WOW! It’s hard to believe it’s 2010! And I am so excited because I am sure this is going to be the year of the Social Media Entrepreneur. Participating in and leading Social Media has become a way of life for people personally and professionally.

Along with Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and many other niche social networking sites, blogs are mainstream now – books are being written by, for and about bloggers. Movies are made showcasing bloggers’ stories and bloggers are headlining news stories every day.

It is an honor for me to share our annual list of 101 Inspiring Women Bloggers to Watch with the readers of WE Magazine for Women.

Updated Bios

Click on the pictures to view the bios.

Sparkles the Fire Safety Dogs' bio has just been updated. See how a dog, rescued from a home with 62 other dogs has been able to help keep children and their caregivers fire safe since being adopted in 2003.

New Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog Video for Children

Sparkles the Fire Safety Dogs' Fire Safety Give-away Coming Soon

Coming Soon! Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog will be having a drawing for her Facebook Fans for some really exciting fire safety items from First Alert and Firehouse Dog Publishing! Be sure to join Sparkles the Fire Safety Dogs' Facebook Fan page before February 1st for your chance to win!

New Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog Word Search Puzzle

New Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog fire safety word search puzzle for the younger set! Click on the image of the puzzle to print. Enjoy!
Attention kids, parents, teachers and fire departments. Have you checked out Sparkles the Fire Safety Dogs' fun fire safety activity and coloring pages? Check them out! We're adding new ones all of the time! Just click on the picture of Sparkles to see more!

Please feel free to add this button to help spread the fire safety message. Together, we can help keep children and their caregivers fire safe!

Children's Author Firefighter Dayna Hilton on KXIO

Wanted to post the interview with Don Johnson on KXIO October 2nd. Had a wonderful time visiting with Don on "Eye on the River Valley" about what Sparkles and I have been up to sharing the fire safety message.

To hear this fun interview, click HERE.

A special thank you to Cortney Lanphear from KXIO for recording this interview for us!

Children's Book Author Dayna Hilton Interviewed by the Children's Author Show

Children's Author Firefighter Dayna Hilton was recently interviewed on the Children's Author Show. To listen to Hilton's interview, click HERE.

New Fire Safety Hidden Puzzle Picture by Artist Liz Ball

The Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of a new fire safety hidden puzzle picture by artist Liz Ball! Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog and Firefighter Dayna Hilton enjoyed working on the project with Liz with the goal of helping spread the fire safety message in a unique way among children and their caregivers.

Liz is the author/illustrator of the popular Hidden Treasures hidden picture puzzle books. More than 3000 of her hidden pictures are published in over 100 newspapers, magazines and publications throughout the U.S. and internationally.

Click on the picture below to go to the page!

Attention kids, parents, teachers and fire departments. Have you checked out Sparkles the Fire Safety Dogs' fun fire safety activity and coloring pages? Check them out! We're adding new ones all of the time! Just click on the picture of Sparkles to see more!

Please feel free to add this button to help spread the fire safety message. Together, we can help keep children and their caregivers fire safe!

Helping Keep Children and their Caregivers Fire Safe

Whenever Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog and I worked on the children's fire safety book and audio book, Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog, we wanted to do whatever we could to help keep children and their caregivers fire safe. In the spirit of the holidays, we are going to donate profits from the book and audio book to the Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation. To learn more, visit the foundation's website, HERE.

One-of-a-Kind Item Donated to the Keep Kids Fire Safe™ Foundation

A one of a kind item will be donated to the Keep Kids Fire Safe™ Foundation. While in Omaha, Glenn Trembley, autographed for the first time, several copies of the audio book, Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog. This audio book was made by three generations of firefighters, including Trembley, Children's Author Firefighter Dayna Hilton and her son, Michael. This audio book is special in that it is the very first copy that was signed. This audio book will also be signed by Firefighter Dayna, Firefighter Michael and will be pawed by Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog. This one of a kind audio book will be used later at an auction for the Keep Kids Fire Safe™ Foundation to help raise money to help the foundation's fire safety efforts.

If you have an item that you would like to donate to the foundation, please contact Executive Director, Dayna Hilton at dayna@keepkidsfiresafe.org

Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog and Tango Visit Celia Clinton Elementary

Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog, Tango and myself, along with the assistance from firefighters from the Tulsa Fire Department, made a fire safety program at Celia Clinton Elementary. This program was sponsored by our good friends from the Rotary Club of Tulsa.

We enjoyed our visit back to the school and had the best time! To learn more about this incredible day, click on the picture of the Tulsa World newspaper below.

You may watch a newscast of the days activities HERE. To view more pictures, click HERE.

More information on Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog helping save the lives of children and their families may be found HERE.