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through bicycle safety.
Either by direct sponsorship, or in
conjunction with parents' groups or
the police , an arcade can help raise the
public consciousness of young bicycle
ride~.
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One typical approach is to designate
a date and place where children meet
with their bikes to learn about and
practice bicycle safety, under the strict
guidance of a recognized safety expert.
Children are taught tl].e special respon-
sibilities of bicycle ownership.
As an incentive to get young people
to participate, the arcade would give
each ~ hild a number of free game
cards, redeemable for games at the
center. Upon completing the course in
safety, additional games could be
awarded.
Another direct benefit your arcade
can have is providing young people
with school achievement incentives.
A well-run arcade would awa{d free
games to students who have shown
academic excellence.
T ypical_Jy , students are told to bring
their report cards to the arcade, where
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the y are awarded two free games for
every "A'" they receive and one free
game for every "B".
Arcades can do even more to pro-
vide incentives for school children.
In cooperation with the schools, an
arcade could arrange special treatment
to reward their honor students. Groups
of honor students could be treated to
special free play hours as extra reward
for their hard work.
In addition, school clubs and organi-
zation s could benefit -from special
group rates at the arcade, for either
fund raising events or club outings.
One very important way an arcade
can benefit the community at large is
through active support of programs
like Operation Trace.
Operation Trace is an effort to aid
authorities in cases where children
have run away, been abducted, or
otherwise disappeared, by photo-
graphing and fingerprinting them
before they become victims.
As a natural congregating point for
you ngste rs, the arcade in yo ur com-
munity is the perfect place to spear- ·
head the enlistment effort. Free games
could be used as an,~~pducement, and
the picture taking and fingerprinting
could take place right on the arcade
premises.
These are only a few of the ma ny
ways a well run arcade can serve your
community.
As a n active member of the com-
munit y, your arcade must vigorously
pursue any mejlns at its disposal for an
improved business and community
environment.
Brian Szad
Szad Management Co.
Chicopee, Massachusetts
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