FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Texas ENT & Allergy along with supporting sponsors want to encourage child safety by giving away free bicycle helmets Thursday, October 23rd, at 9:00 at Kyle Field to all BISD and CSISD second graders. Presentations by Aggie Athletes and Aggie coaches on the importance of helmet use and safety will be made.

Hard Hats for Little Heads is a comprehensive educational curriculum involving bicycle, scooter and pedestrian safety.

The program is designed to educate children about how to prevent head injuries by wearing a helmet when bicycling, in-line skating, skateboarding, or when riding scooters. On average, 250 children in the United States under the age of 14 die each year because of a bicycle crash. Another 300,000 children are treated in emergency rooms for severe head injuries. Many of these accidents could have been prevented if the children had worn bicycle helmets. Bicycle helmets can reduce the risk of head injury by as much as 85 percent, yet only about 40 percent of cyclists wear one when they ride. Texas ENT & Allergy, Texas A&M Athletes, and participating sponsors want to ensure our kids are wearing helmets when they ride, glide, or drive.

Participants and sponsors of the program include:

College Station Medical Center
Texas ENT & Allergy
Texas A&M Athletics
Arctic Wolf Ice Center
Texas Medical Association
The Texas A&M Health Science Center
The Texas A&M HSC College of Medicine
State Farm Insurance
MSC Bookstore
AgriLife EXTENTION
Fox Marketing & Design
KBTX

See also:

KBTX News story with Video

Aggie Athletics news release

KRHD News story