Please join Safe Kids Utah for the Salt Lake Car Seat Initiative!
We are working to bring awareness to the life saving importance of car seats for children. Our goal is to raise $1,500 to distribute suitable car seats to families throughout the Salt Lake area.
Why does this matter?
We'll share a story from New Orleans, LA. Amanda Stockfelt saved her 2-month old daughter Autumn's life during a tornado by strapping her car seat tightly to a desk. The tornado tore through their area, lifting up the metal trailer they were in and ripping it apart. The wind was so powerful, it pulled the sneakers from her feet. But Autumn was fine, keeping her eyes closed form the dirt and rain swirling around.
Lesson learned? If a car seat can be so effective in a major tornado, imagine its protective capacity in a car crash.
About our cause:
Safe Kids Worldwide is a nonprofit organization working to help families and communities keep kids safe from injuries. Most people are surprised to learn preventable injuries are the #1 killer of kids in the United States. Throughout the world, almost one million children die of an injury each year, and almost every one of these tragedies is preventable.
Safe Kids works with an extensive network of more than 400 coalitions in the United States and with partners in more than 30 countries to reduce traffic injuries, drownings, falls, burns, poisonings and more.
Losing one child is one too many, and we don't want any parent to have to endure the loss of a child. We're calling on everyone to come together, to raise awareness and to get involved. Saving lives is a decision we can all make every day.
