Friday, October 05, 2012

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Atlanta City Council Member Joyce Sheperd to partner with the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department for a Child Car Seat Check up/community Health Fair

ATLANTA – Atlanta City Council Member Joyce Sheperd will partner with the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department for a Child Car Seat Check Up Event/Community Health Fair on Saturday, October 6, 2012. The event will take place from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Kroger Store located at 2985 Metropolitan Parkway.

This event is held annually in conjunction with other counties and community partners and promotes healthy living, child car seat safety and fire safety in the community.

The Child Car Check Up Event is free and if a parent’s/caregiver’s child car seat is damage, outdated, or unsafe, a “new car seat” will be issue free of charge. The damaged, outdated, or unsafe seat must be brought to the event. The new seat will be properly installed in the car to meet state requirements.

These replacement seats are being provided through a grant from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. The goal of the grant is to provide car seats to low income families and to educate parents/caregivers on the proper installation of children car seat and seat belt use in the metro area.

Last year, dozens of children received free child car seats and more than 300 adults and children received the various services offered by the numerous community health agencies and vendors on hand.