National Education Program from Toyota and Cincinnati Children’s Helps Keep Kids Safe
Glasgow, KY – What if there was a way to prevent a leading cause of childhood death, but three out of four of us were doing it wrong?
Together, T.J. Regional Health and Buckle Up for Life, the national car seat safety program from Toyota and Cincinnati Children’s, are sharing child passenger safety education with south central Kentucky families. The program’s trained specialists will work closely with families and caregivers to educate them about all aspects of car seats, booster seats, and seat belts. Families in need will be matched with certified child passenger safety technicians to learn how to install them properly.
“We know that proper use of car seats and booster seats can mean the difference between life and death in a crash,” said Gloria Del Castillo, child passenger safety expert at Cincinnati Children’s and senior specialist of community engagement for Buckle Up for Life. “That’s why Buckle Up for Life is so committed to our work with T.J. Regional Health to teach parents, caregivers and children in this area about the proper use of car seats and provide free seats to families in need.”
This program will help enable the T.J. Community Mission Foundation to provide even more car seats through their T.J. Sweet Seats Car Seat Program. This program is dedicated to ensuring the safety of children in this community. The primary goal is to provide high-quality car seats to families in need, promoting safe transportation practices for young passengers. By partnering with local organizations and first responders, TJCMF aims to educate caregivers on the proper installation and use of car seats, reducing the risk of injury in the event of an accident.
About T.J. Regional Health
T.J. Regional Health, the parent system of T.J. Samson Community Hospital and T.J. Health Columbia is accredited by The Joint Commission and is the healthcare destination in southcentral Kentucky. In addition to two hospitals, the growing organization owns and operates the T.J. Health Pavilion, the Family Medicine Center and Residency Program, Hospice and Home Care Services, T.J. Orthopedics, Rural Health Clinics throughout southcentral Kentucky, and R+ Med Spa. For more information about the services offered at T.J. Regional Health, please visit www.tjregionalhealth.org.
About Buckle Up for Life
Buckle Up for Life is a national injury prevention program for families, created by Toyota and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in 2004, to help keep child passengers safe. The program partners with leading children’s hospitals, community organizations, local governments, schools, and non-profit organizations to teach parents and children about the proper use of car seats and seat belts and to provide free car seats to families in need. Buckle Up for Life has reached more than 130,000 people in collaboration with 504 community organizations nationwide in 172 cities, including New York, Dallas, Memphis, Phoenix, Chicago, Cincinnati, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Orange County, and San Antonio – and expands to new partners each year. In one city alone, the program nearly tripled the use of proper car seats in participating families. Toyota has provided funding for over 70,000 car seats for families in need. For more information about Buckle Up for Life, please visit www.buckleupforlife.org.
(Stacey Biggs, EVP of Marketing, Planning & Development – T.J. Regional Health)