Lead Poisoning Education and Prevention Program

Program Overview

Are you passionate about creating a safe and healthy environment? Help the fight against childhood lead poisoning in your community! SERI is recruiting volunteers to be Community Champions against lead poisoning in the Tucson community! Community champions help SERI educate the community on lead poisoning prevention, test household articles for lead-contamination, and refer families to the City of Tucson’s Lead Hazard Control Program (LHCP).

Lead is added to the paint or the glaze of household items like cookware, toys, and other household decorations to provide a smooth, long-lasting finish. Household items containing lead are a health hazard. The symptoms that develop after lead exposure are irreversible, but luckily, lead poisoning is preventable by simply removing lead in the house. SERI aims to directly reduce potential lead poisoning by testing families’ kitchenware and other household items while educating about potential lead contamination in the household. For participants who have clay cookware, SERI can also replace lead-containing clay cookware with lead-free clay cookware if the family gives SERI the lead-containing clay cookware for proper disposal.

Responsibilities of Community Champions

  • Conduct neighborhood presentations to spread the word about lead poisoning prevention
  • Test household items for lead contamination
  • Refer qualifying families to the City of Tucson’s Lead Hazard Control Program

Benefits

  • Help your community by:
    • spreading awareness about lead poisoning and prevention
    • connecting qualifying families to resources that can prevent lead poisoning
  • Get a gift card of up to $500

Steps of the Program

  1. Apply: Fill out the form on this page to submit your interest in volunteering
  2. Training: Attend a Community Champions Training session to learn about the basics of lead poisoning prevention
  3. Volunteer: Community Champions will work together with SERI staff members to successfully spread the word about lead poisoning in their community

Attend a workshop

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To request more information contact us today at seri@seriaz.org or (520) 321-9488.

Or you can fill out our program request form HERE and we will be in touch with you soon.