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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSafety BeltSafeBOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT: Bonnie Oseas SECRETARY: Karen Proc#or, CPNP, CPST TREASURER: John Nisbet, CPSTI Members-At Large Arkansas: Betsey Mowery, CPSTI Califomia: Zosia Chciuk, RNC, MSN, ISCLC Marc Cohen, CPSTI Anne Hamilton, CPST Bonnie Lovette, RN, MS, PNP, CPST, Sp.Needs Laura Rohnert, P'T, PCS Becky Thams Colorado: Vera Fullaway, CPSTI Illinois: Darren K. Qunell, CPST Louisiana: Annette Knohloch, DNS, RN, MPH, CPST, CNE Maryland: Emilie Crown, CPSTI Oregon: Tammy Franks, MA, CPSTI ADVISORY BOARD Donna Bryce Howard M. Ehrenberg, Esq. SulmeyerKupetz D. O. "Spike" Helmick Retired Commissioner California Highway Patrol David Horowi#z Fight Back! Productions Charles A. Hurley Retired Executive Director, MADD Ray Johnson, Retired Member Youth Offender Parole Board Sean Kane Safety Research & Strategies, Inc. Ellen R. Knell, PhD Harvey G. Keel] Deane Leavenworth Vice President, Corporate Relations Time Warner Cable Sandra Tsing Loh, radio commentator and author, "Mather on Fire" Michael J. Puntoriero Talulah Riley, Actor Michael Sachs, MD General Pediatrician Teresa Samaniego Public Affairs Director, KABC-TV Arthur M. Southern, MD Robert S. Vinetz, MD, FAAP Queens Care Family Clinics Gayle Wilson Brett Wood, Chairman Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A., Inc. Frank W. Wylie, APR, Professor Emeritus Califomia State University, Long Beach SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. 1124 West Carson Street, LA BioMed, Building B-1 West, Torrance, CA 90502 Mailing address: P. ~. Box 553, Altadena, CA 91003 vwvw.carseat.org (310) 222-6860 (800) 745-SAFE Spanish: (800) 747-SANG FAX (310) 222-68b2 February 22, 2013 To: Board of Supervisors ~~ ~e z s za~~ From: Stephanie M. Tombrello, LCSW, CPSTI Executive Director, SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. ~v~' ~ Re: Safety Seat Checkup Week, March 31 -April 6, 2013 Motor vehicle crashes remain the number 1 cause of death and permanent injury to children in Califomia. You can help save children from suffering preventable injuries by helping to make Safety Seat Checkup Week, March 31 -April 6, a special event in your county. SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. is available to you as a resource for posters, pamphlets, speakers, program ideas, and information about California buckle-up laws. We would appreciate it if the Board of Supervisors would: • Issue a proclamation in recognition of Safety Seat Checkup Week (sample enclosed). Your support for this effort, shared with in your county media, may encourage there to publicize this subject mare widely. Send your proclamation to us in advance for display at Safety Seat Checkup Day on April 6. • Encourage law enforcement agencies to increase the focus on violations of child safety seat and safety belt laws during Special Enforcement Week, March 24 - 30, sponsored by the Peace Officers Association of Los Angeles County, to protect children's welfare. • Distribute posters and pamphlets, available from SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A., through county agencies and employees. Put up our permanent "Buckle-Up" parking lot signs. In Los Angeles County, for example, SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. is holding a major event as the culmination of the Week: Safety Seat Checkup Day on Saturday, April 6, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Petersen Automotive Museum parking lo# in l.os Angeles STAFF On April 6, families will receive a detailed inspection of the ins#allation Stephanie M. Tombrello, LCSW, CPSTI and use of their safety seats by trained volunteers. Parents wil! be told if Executive Director the safe seats have been recalled or need re lacement arts and Kate Quirk, PhD, CPSTI tY p p Project Coordinator shown how t0 use them correctly. Error rates at previous events have John Stubbs, CPSTI been found to be more than 90%. Program Consultant Your support for this effort, reported to newspapers in your county, may encourage them to publicize this subject more widely. Please share your ideas far Safety Seat Checkup Week with us. The national non profit organization dedicated to third passenger safety since x980 Celebrating 30 Years SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. Promoting ~~ Cb'~ safety nger,-~~. 1124 West Carson Street, LA BioMed, Building B-1 West, Torrance, CA 90502 Post Office Box 553, Altadena, CA 91003 3101222-6860 8001745-SAFE 8001747-5AN0 FAX 3101222-6862 www.carseat.arg BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT: Bonnie Oseas SECRETARY: Karen Proctor, CPNP, CPST TREASURER: john Nisbet, CPSTI Members-At-Large Arkansas: Betsey Mowery, GPSTI calif°rnia: PROCLAMATION Zosia Chciuk, RNC, MSN, ISCI.C Marc Gohen, CPSTI Anne Hamilton, CPST WHEREAS, the number one preventable cause of death and injury BonnieLovette,RN,MS,PNP,CPST,Sp.Needs of children and young adults is the automobile collision; and Louise Nichols Becky Thams Colorado: Vera Fullaway, CPSTI WHEREAS, more than 90 child passengers under fifteen are killed Illinois: and more than 10,000 injured in automobile collisions in California Darren K. Qunell, CPST I..ouisiana: in each year; and Annette Knobloeh, DNS, RN, MPH, CPST, CNE Maine: BettyMas°n,GPSTI ~ WHEREAS, 71 % of small children killed in crashes would be alive Maryland: today if they had been properly restrained in child safety seats; and Ettuhe Crown, CPSTI Michelle Freedberg oregon: WHEREAS, 45% of injuries to child occupants ages four to eight Tammy Frnnks, MA, CPSTI could be prevented with the use of booster seats; and ADVISORY BOARD Donna Bryce Howard M. Ehrenberg, Esq. WHEREAS, more than 90% of child safety seats are used 5ulmeyerKupetz D.O."Spike"Helmick incorrectly; and Retired Commissioner California Highway Patrol David Horowitz WHEREAS, California's child safety seat usage rate reached a Fight Back! Productions record high of 95% in 2010, up from 90.9% in 2009; and Charles A. Hurley Retired Executive Director, MADD Ray Johnson, Retired Member Youth OffcnderParo]eBoard WHEREAS, the State of California requires that ail occupants be Sean Kane ro erl restrained in safety seats or safety belts with children in Safety Research & Strategies, Inc. EIIen R. Knell, PhD the back seat until at least age eight; and Harvey G. Knell Deane Leavenworth Vice President, Corporate Relations WHEREAS, the State of California requires al! occupants of motor Time WamerCable vehicles to be buckled up correctly on every ride; Michae] J. Puntoriero Michael Sachs, MD General Pediatrician crash-tested safety seats are moderately priced and WHEREAS Teresa Satnaniego Pub]icAffairsDirector, KASC-TV , widely available for purchase at retail stores and at low cost from Arthur M. Southam,MD safet seat distribution ro rams thrau hoot California; and y p g g Robert S. Vinetz, Mq PAAP Queens Care Family Clinics Gayle Wilson Safet BeltSafe U.S.A. has been dedicated for more WHEREAS y Brett Wood, Chairman Toyota Material Handling, us.A., Inc. , than 30 years to protecting children from injury or death while being Frank W. Wylie, APR, Professor Emeritus California State University, Long Beach transported in a motor vehicle: STAFF Stephanie M. Tombrello, Lcsw,cPSTI NOW BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE COUNTY OF ExecutiveDireetor Cheryl A. Kim, CPSTI THAT MARCH 31 -APRIL 6, 2013, BE DECLARED SAFETY senior Program Consultant SEAT CH ECKU P WEEK. Deborah D. Stewart, CPST Technical Consultant Kate Quirk, PhD, CPSTI Project Coordinator Celebrating 30 Years Promoting SafetyBettSafe U.S.A. Child PasseAger SafCty =' ~ssazato . Safety Seat Checkup Day Saturday, April 6.10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.* *For a checkup appointment, ca113141222-6860. If you do not have an appointment, there may be a wait of more than ane hour or you may be turned away. ~ 1. x.:34 a.m. Welcome Ceremony and Recognition of Notable Guests Petersen Automotive Museum 6060 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90036 (Wilshire at Fairfax parking lot} Safety Seat Checkup Week March 31 to Apri16, 2013 Sponsors: California office of Trafj'ic Safety, Pomona Police Department, Toyota Motor Sales, U.,S.A. Major ,Supporter: Peace r0fficers Association of Los Angeles County FREE SAFETY SEAT CHECKUP More than 94% of the car seats we check have one or more errors. Meet Bucklebear and his friends. Petersen Museum discount coupons available for families participating in the checkup. Help save children's lives with your tax-deductible suunart. SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. Box 553 Altadena, CA 91003 3101222-6860 www.carseat.org SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. is the national, non-profit, member-supported organization for child passenger safety. Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Buckling up Is a family affair.