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Ohio children to receive more than 9,000 Bike Helmets
Promotes Bike Helmet Safety Awareness Week May 2-10, 2015
 
COLUMBUS – Around 9,300 bicycle helmets will be going to children across Ohio thanks to a partnership between the Ohio Department of Transportation and the Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). ODOT is contributing $25,000 to the campaign with the Ohio AAP kicking in another $14,000.
 
The effort is part of the Ohio AAP’s Put a Lid on It! Bike Helmet Safety Awareness campaign in conjunction with Bike Helmet Safety Awareness Week May 2-10, 2015
 
“We are incredibly grateful for ODOT’s support of our Put a Lid on It campaign, and look forward to this partnership,” said Melissa Wervey Arnold, Executive Director for the Ohio AAP. “With ODOT’s support, we will be able to supply three times as many bike helmets to children than we did last year.”
 
At an event in Columbus, Yay Bikes and CoGo Bike Share joined ODOT and Ohio AAP to distribute bike helmets to local organizations across the state and provided training sessions for biking education, including how to properly fit children with bike helmets.

A combination of efforts is necessary to effectively increase helmet usage rates among Ohio children including raising awareness of the benefits, encouraging model behavior among adults, distributing bike helmets to Ohio children and advocating for supportive public policies.
 
“Spring is here and children getting out to enjoy the great outdoors on their bikes. We want them to be as safe as possible by having the right equipment,” said ODOT Director Jerry Wray. “We’re happy to be a partner in this effort to get helmets to children who may not otherwise have easy access to them.”
 
As part of Ohio’s transportation system, the state has 4,207 miles of bike routes and trails, including the Ohio to Erie Trail which connects Cincinnati and Cleveland. Since 2008, ODOT has invested $60 million into the Safe Routes to School program which builds sidewalks and improves street crossings and encourages children to walk or bike to school safely.
 
To learn more about Bike Helmet Safety Awareness Week, visit the Put A Lid On It Facebook page at www.facebook.com/bikehelmetsafety or the Chapter website at www.ohioaap.org.  To learn more about the Ohio SRTS program visit: www.dot.state.oh.us/saferoutes


 
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