Early Childhood Center Prioritizes Health of Children & Staff: Air Purifiers Reduce Allergens at Local Little Lukes
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
ranks air pollution as the #1 environmental threat to human health. They
suggest improving the air quality indoors by eliminating the source of
pollution, diluting the air when possible, and cleaning air with a high quality
air purifier.
Little Lukes Preschool & Childcare Center has accepted the challenge of
providing clean indoor air for children, families and staff. With the help of Oswego County manufacturer,
Intellipure, Little Lukes has installed the Super-V air purifiers at
all of the daycare sites to provide fresh, clean, contaminant free air
throughout the daycare centers.
“We understand that a higher percentage of
children are negatively affected by asthma and allergies and want to be part of
the solution. By offering Clean Air Daycare
for children in our care, we can give children a fresh start in life and
healthier futures,” said Ed Alberts, administrator of Little Lukes
Preschool & Childcare Center.
Little Lukes Preschool & Childcare Center partnered
with Pulaski-based Intellipure, designer and manufacturer of the Super-V
air purifier, to improve the quality of the indoor air for students, parents
and staff. New world-class, medical-grade air purifiers remove ultrafine
particles, chemicals, toxins, germs and odors using the Super-V technology from
Intellipure. Most
importantly the new air purifiers help capture the smallest, most dangerous
lung penetrating particles, including airborne viruses to help reduce the
spread of illness.
“Children’s more
sensitive immune systems makes them more prone to developing a bacterial or
viral infection. In daycare, due to the many children in a confined space, it
is inevitable that airborne germs will easily spread from one child to the
next. Children with allergies also sneeze more often, releasing airborne germs
into the air,” explained Melanie Groch, D.O. - Lakeshore ENT, Oswego Health. “Air purifiers remove bacteria, viruses, and
allergy particles from the air. By installing air purifiers at all of the
Little Lukes sites, children will not become sick as easily or as often, and
the chances of an allergic attack are reduced. The
installation of air purifiers at every Little Lukes will allow parents to bring
home happy and healthy children at the end of the day. It is wonderful what
Little Lukes is doing to improve the lives of families in our community,”
continued Dr. Groch.
Intellipure president,
Vinny Lobdell, said, “The World Health Organization stated Indoor air pollution
is the greatest environmental threat of our time and can be particularly
dangerous for our children. The patented Super V system is guaranteed to rid
the environment of greater than 99% of all these dangerous particles, creating
a much healthier and more enjoyable space. Little Luke’s Preschool and
Childcare Center is the first center Nationwide to adopt medical grade air
cleaning systems, showing their true commitment to providing the next level of
comfort for their staff and children. “
“We want
the children in our centers to have the healthiest environment possible while
learning, growing and preparing for success in school,” said Tim Alberts,
Regional Director of Little Lukes Preschool & Childcare Center. “The
installation of the Super V systems is improving the health of the children in
our centers, as well as the staff.”
As parents and grandparents drop off children
for preschool and daycare each day, a large number of people enter daycare
centers and preschools. With over 40 staff members and 80-90 children in a
daycare building, this heavy traffic flow of children, parents and staff can
create high concentrations of unhealthy indoor air. Little Lukes is taking action to combat this
issue.
Little Lukes offers an inclusion preschool
model, where typically developing daycare children are integrated into a
preschool classroom with children with a variety of developmental delays. In-house teams of special education teachers,
speech language pathologists, occupation & physical therapists offer
developmentally appropriate interventions to help every child learn and
succeed. Children in this setting make
substantial gains in their learning and development and acquire the skills
needed for success in kindergarten and beyond.
Daycare services are available for children ages 6 weeks to 12 years,
with locations in Fulton, Oswego, Pulaski, East Syracuse and Radisson. For a tour of Little Lukes visit
www.littlelukes.com and click the yellow Schedule a Tour button. https://www.littlelukes.com/ccscheduleatour.html
For information on Intellipure air purification products for home or daycare, visit https://www.intellipure.com/?ref=82
