Safety Street


Health & Safety Street is a big part of Clowns at the Carousel. It’s where we provide educational opportunities for everyone attending. On Health & Safety Street we have fun with education. Many organizations give tours of their special vehicles, provide free information & have free give always.

Health & Safety Street 2023:

BACA – Bikers Against Child Abuse
Boy Scouts of America
C3 Robotics
Conmingo Early Education Center
Des Moines Fire Department
Drake Headstart
Employee and Family Resources
Fire Safety House
Polk County Sheriffs Department
Safe Kids Greater Des Moines
The Church at Union Park
U.S. Army Corp of Engineers

The following organizations have participated in Health & Safety Street:

American Red Cross
Animal Rescue League
Blank Children’s Hospital
Boys & Girls Club
Child Care Resource and Referral
ChildServe
Crime Stoppers
Des Moines Fire Department
Des Moines Police Department
Des Moines Public Schools
Drake Headstart
East Des Moines Family Care Center
East Des Moines Lions Club
Employee and Family Resources
Epilepsy Foundation
Everybody Wins
EveryStep Healthy Start
Farmer’s Insurance Group
Fire Safety House
FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics
Hannah Geneser Foundation
Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Iowa Department of Public Health
Iowa National Guard
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Kids In Cars / Harrison’s Hope
Lutheran Social Services
Macaroni Kid Northwest Des Moines
Mercy Children’s Hospitals & Clinics
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Polk County Health Department
Polk County Sheriff’s Department
Safe Kids of Greater Des Moines
Salvation Army
Serve Our Youth Network
Story County Sheriffs Department
United Health Care
University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics American Lung Association
University of Iowa SPARK
US Army Corp of Engineers