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Oct 20-26, 2024, is National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: Let’s Get Tested
Each year, National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW) is a call to bring together individuals, organizations, industry, and tribal, state, and local governments to reduce childhood exposure to lead by increasing lead poisoning prevention awareness. The 2024 theme...
Get The Lead Out Detroit Coalition Encourages Testing for National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, Oct. 20-26, 2024
Lead poisoning is 100% preventable and testing is critical to detect lead poisoning. Starting this year, it is the law that all children in Michigan be tested for lead poisoning between 12-months and 24-months of age. Exposure to lead hazards in and around the home...
Two Job Opportunities With CLEARCorps
A founding member of Get The Lead Out Detroit Coalition, Community Lead Education and Reduction Corps (CLEARCorps) is dedicated to lead poisoning prevention in Detroit through its programs, education and outreach, and policy work. Outreach Worker to participate in the...
April is National Healthy Homes Month
National Healthy Homes Month (https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/healthy_homes/nhhm) means everything to the members of Get The Lead Out Detroit Coalition. Among the goals of this national effort are: Improve Standards: Support stakeholder awareness and access...
World Health Day is April 7
The WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All has found that at least 140 countries recognize health as a human right in their constitution. Yet countries are not passing and putting into practice laws to ensure their populations are entitled to access health...
We Are All Public Health
Let's Talk about Health this Month! April is all about ways to raise awareness and rethink health. Its National Public Health Week (https://www.nphw.org/) April 1-7 and as part of National Public Health Week the theme for Tuesday April 2 is...
January is National Radon Action Month
Radon is the number one cause of lung cancer among non-smokers and is responsible for about 21,000 lung cancer deaths every year, but many people don’t know about radon or the risks it can pose to their health. Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that...
National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week should be every week in Detroit
Every week, too many kids test positive for lead poisoning in Detroit. It’s time to change that. Last week was National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, but I would like to suggest it should be every week. As chair of the Get The Lead Out Detroit Coalition, I...
Thank you Governor Whitmer for Proclaiming it National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
WHEREAS, October 22-28, 2023, is declared as National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW). It represents a call to bring together individuals, organizations, industry, and tribal, state, and local governments to reduce childhood exposure to lead by increasing lead...
Get The Lead Out Detroit Coalition Debuts New Website with Free Public Resources National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week Oct. 22-28, 2023
LeadOutDetroit.com website is designed as a clearinghouse for information and resources to learn about lead hazards and preventing lead poisoning. Exposure to lead hazards in and around the home has a lifetime impact on children. Children under six years of age are...
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Our Logo and Guidelines
To help raise awareness and strengthen our brand identity these comprehensive guidelines for logo usage have been developed. They provide an easy reference for incorporating the Get The Lead Out logo into various forms of communications. It is essential that these guidelines are utilized. Consistent usage over time will present an identity that is clear, strengthen our brand awareness, and work powerfully to support the mission and vision of Get The Lead Out.
Primary Logo
If background colors or images cause the logo to lose readability, backgrounds should be adjusted to improve readability or the reverse version of the logo should be used.
Secondary Logos
A reverse version of the logo is provided for times when placing on a light background is not possible.
A one-color version is provided for instances when full color is not possible.
Sizing
The logo WITH the website should be no smaller than 1.75 inches wide in print. “www.leadoutdetroit.com” in should be clearly legible in all print and on-screen applications.
Safe Area
To maintain a strong visual effect and avoid graphic clutter, adequate space must be maintained around the logo and tagline. The safe area is the same measurement as the height of the “E” in “THE.” This area must remain clear on all four sides of the logo.
Incorrect Usage
Consistent graphic form is important to maintain the integrity of the Get The Lead Out logo. Therefore, the logo must never be altered in any way. Inconsistent use of color, shape and form will diminish the recognition of the Get The Lead Out brand,
This logo should not be altered in any way. These include:
- Don’t incorporate other elements into the logo
- Don’t use the logo to coin a phrase, or as part of a sentence
- Don’t alter any elements of the logo
- Don’t distort the logo
- Don’t change the colors of the logo
- Don’t place the logo on busy or non-contrasting backgrounds
