July 16, Kathy Funderburk stopped by to tell us about her work with SafeKids. Did you know more children ages 1 to 14 die from accidents such as motor vehicle crashes, fires, drowning, poisoning and falls than any other cause? Accidents kill one million children each year around the world and permanently disable many more. Almost all of these injuries are preventable
Safe Kids was founded in Washington, DC in 1987 by Children's National Medical Center with support from Johnson & Johnson. In the United States, Safe Kids has contributed to a 45 percent reduction in the child fatality rate from accidental injury – saving an estimated 3Safe Kids has distributed more than 2.5 million bike helmets and 250,000 smoke alarms and has checked more than 740,000 car seats.
Saturday Sept 6 will be the 13th Safe Kids Super Saturday event in Orangeburg. Hundreds of children will participate!
Interested? Call Kathy at 803-395-2822
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