to help provide child car-seat training and free child car seats to the community.
The CT Department of Public Health awarded
Griffin and Safe Kids a grant to purchase 20 booster car seats, which
will be distributed in a free training event from
5:30-7:30 p.m. April 11 at Griffin’s Dining Room, 130 Division St.
At the end of a two-hour training session, participants will receive a free highback booster seat and instruction on proper use.
To be eligible for the giveaway, participants must have a child that weighs between 40 to 80 pounds and is between 42 and 57 inches tall.
Also, the participant’s vehicle must have lap-shoulder seat belts in the back seat.
At the end of a two-hour training session, participants will receive a free highback booster seat and instruction on proper use.
To be eligible for the giveaway, participants must have a child that weighs between 40 to 80 pounds and is between 42 and 57 inches tall.
Also, the participant’s vehicle must have lap-shoulder seat belts in the back seat.
A Safe Kids Worldwide “Start Safe”
grant has provided 16 child car seats.
The Griffin Safe Kids Chapter was one of just 17 across the country to receive this funding.
The seats will be distributed through a car seat clinic at the Head Start TEAM Early Care and Education Center in Ansonia.
The Griffin Safe Kids Chapter was one of just 17 across the country to receive this funding.
The seats will be distributed through a car seat clinic at the Head Start TEAM Early Care and Education Center in Ansonia.
The third grant comes from Valley United Way Special Needs program. This $1,100 grant will purchase car seats for special needs children.
For information about the car seat
distribution or to register for the April 11 event, call Cathi Kellett, 203-732-1337. Please have the age, weight, and height of your child.
This information is taken from a press release from Griffin Hospital.
This information is taken from a press release from Griffin Hospital.
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