O'Leary Fitness & Leisure Centre signs

I dropped off a bunch of signs for O'Leary Fitness & Leisure Centre today. They have bears as their "mascot". I really like the ideas that O'Leary staff came up with  for these signs. When you tell a person that they need to go no deeper than shoulder deep if they can't swim, they also need to understand that their children's shoulder deep is a lot different! And then there's my  favourite, the giraffe showing how deep their deep pool is. They've said that they get a lot of kids AND some adults standing beside the giraffe and looking up … way up! Brilliant stuff Colleen! And I have to admit that I'm pretty darned proud of how I brought her idea to life. I think the giraffe is cute and I like how the message is presented.

Giraffe sign to demo the Deep-end depth at O'Leary pool 

Deep water sign for the City of Edmonton Leisure Centres

face painting photo on the Edmonton Sun's web page

This is the writeup that was on The Edmonton Sun's webpage today...

Laurel Hawkswell (left) face paints a dolphin on Nathaniel Gibbs, 7, during the EPS West Division Summer Safety Fair at Inglewood Community Hall in Edmonton, Alta., on Saturday, July 6, 2013. The fair brought the community together with Edmonton Police Service officers to see their equipment and to participate in a variety of activities. Ian Kucerak/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency

Laurel Hawkswell face paints a dolphin

Edmonton Artist Laurel Hawkswell

Girl holding balloons - with her face painted