-- Orange County child safety experts team for "Every Child, Every Ride"
community education campaign kick off and child seat inspection
-- Campaign kicks off Sept. 23 to observe National Child Passenger Safety
Week (September 21-27, 2008)
WHAT: "Every Child, Every Ride" Education Campaign Kick Off and Child
Safety Seat Inspection
-- The Children and Families Commission of Orange County has
partnered with the Automobile Club of Southern California
on a community education campaign on child passenger safety.
-- The "Every Child, Every Ride" education campaign launches
with a child safety seat inspection event on Sept. 23 to
observe National Child Passenger Safety Week
(September 21-27, 2008).
-- The goal of the community education campaign is to educate
parents on child passenger safety, teach them correct and
consistent safety seat use and reduce motor-vehicle
fatalities and injuries to children.
SEE: Brief Remarks: Key local child passenger safety advocates discuss
the No. 1 preventable cause of child death and permanent disability
- car crashes - and new community education campaign designed to
educate parents on child passenger safety. Safety advocates also
will discuss car seat usage today, seat effectiveness, and injury
and fatality statistics.
Child Passenger Safety Seat Inspection: Four inspection stations
with certified child passenger safety seat inspectors helping
families with proper child safety seat installation. Inspectors
are English, Spanish and Vietnamese speakers.
WHO: Children and Families Commission of Orange County;
Automobile Club of Southern California;
UCI Medical Center Emergency Medicine-Center for Trauma & Injury
Prevention Research
*Spanish and Vietnamese spokespeople will be available.
WHEN: Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008
-- 10 - 10:30 a.m.: News Conference
-- 10:35 a.m.: First Child Safety Seat Inspection begins
WHERE: Delhi Family Resource Center, 505 E. Central Ave., Santa Ana, 92707
Contact Information: CONTACTS: Auto Club™ Elaine Beno 714-885-2324 beno.elaine@aaa-calif.com Children and Families Commission of Orange County Marcus Ginnaty 949-583-2616 marcus.ginnaty@porternovelli.com