CHI Health Good Samaritan, Safe Kids And Law Enforcement Promote Safety On Bike To School Day-May 3
CHI Health Good Samaritan, Safe Kids Platte Valley, Kearney Police Department and Buffalo County Sheriff are teaming up for National Bike to School Day to promote bike safety awareness.
On May 3, the group will be stationed outside of Kearney’s Northeast Elementary and Central Elementary to greet students as they arrive for class. Featuring first-responders, ‘Serve and Protect the Noggin’ Bike Safety Event will convey the importance of helmet usage, following traffic rules and other safety tips related to wheeled sports. As an added incentive for modeling good behavior, students biking to school wearing helmets will have a chance to win a variety of prizes including bike lights and bike locks.
This community outreach project was funded by a grant from Safe Kids.
Those without bike helmets are invited to Good Samaritan’s annual Bike Helmet Event from 2:30-3:30 pm on Thursday, June 1 and the Kearney Public Library. Helmets, toddler through adult sizes, are distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis. Each is provided at a greatly reduced price: a suggested donation of $10 to the Good Samaritan Foundation. All helmets meet current safety standards and are fitted by trained staff members from Good Samaritan Emergency Services. Last summer, more than 100 new bike helmets were provided during this event.
Safe Kids reports more children ages 5 to 14 are seen in emergency rooms for injuries related to biking than any other sport. Helmets can reduce the risk of severe brain injuries by 88 percent – yet only 45 percent of children 14 and under usually wear a bike helmet.
Bike Safety B-roll from Safe Kids: https://www.safekids.org/b-roll
Bike Safety Tips from Safe Kids: https://www.safekids.org/sites/default/files/documents/bike_safety_tips_2019.pdf