Safe Kids - Amador/Calaveras
Sutter Amador Hospital is the lead organization for the Safe Kids - Amador/Calaveras Chapter, which works to keep local children safe from unintentional injuries and death. Since May 2002, more than 2,100 residents have benefited from car seat checks, bicycle rodeos and health and safety fairs.
About Safe Kids
The mission of the national Safe Kids campaign is clear – to prevent injuries and deaths to children ages 14 and under from the following:
- Motor vehicle crashes and pedestrian injuries
- Bicycle crashes
- Drownings
- Fires and scald burns
- Poisonings
- Unintentional shootings
- Falls
- Airway Obstruction
About the Local Chapter
In addition to participating in a variety of health and safety fairs in Amador and Calaveras counties, the group organizes car seat checks in both communities throughout the year. At these free events, certified child passenger safety (CPS) technicians check if the car seats being used have been recalled, are the wrong size for the child or are improperly installed. The CPS technicians also educate parents about the proper installation and use of car seats. If a family cannot afford a car seat, the chapter has them available at low or no cost.
Chapter Members
SAFE KIDS - Amador/Calaveras meets monthly to plan child safety events and is led by President Nancy Joyner of the Amador County Public Health Department, Vice President Jody Boetzer of Sutter Amador Hospital, Treasurer Kathleen Chase and Co-Secretaries Cathy Wagner and Stephenie Giusto of Calaveras Head Start.
Chapter members include representatives from:
- Calaveras County Health Department (funded by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety)
- Amador and Calaveras California Highway Patrol
- Kiwanis
- Angels Camp Police Department
- Jackson Police Department
- Voices for Families
- Amador Sheriff’s Department
- HRC Childcare Resources
- Sutter Amador Hospital
- Sutter Creek Police Department
- ATCAA
- Jackson Head Start
- Amador Fire Safe Council
- Pine Grove Civic Improvement Club
- Ione Police Department
- Amador County Health Department
- State Farm Insurance
Contact Us
For more information on upcoming Safe Kids events or how you can join our efforts, call (209) 223-6407 or e-mail us.
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