MEDIA ADVISORY

What:

A car seat checkup event at Winterville Fire/Rescue, as part of Child Passenger Safety Month.

Nationally-certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians, Safe Kids Pitt County, Vidant Medical Center and Winterville Fire/Rescue will join 500 other locations around the country, to help raise awareness of child passenger safety.

Visuals will include certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians teaching parents how to avoid common mistakes as they install car seats. They will also provide parents with their child’s current height and weight and offer tips and advice about the car seat they are using.

Who:
 

Ellen Walston, Injury Prevention Program Coordinator at the Eastern Carolina Injury Prevention Program at Vidant Medical Center, Safe Kids Pitt County Coalition Coordinator

Chief David Moore, Winterville Fire/Rescue

When:

9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 28

Where:

Winterville Fire/Rescue, 2593 Railroad Street, Winterville

RSVP:

Members of the media: please inform us if you plan to attend.

Media contact:

Brian Wudkwych, 252-214-0782 or brian.wudkwych@vidanthealth.com

About Safe Kids Pitt County

Safe Kids Pitt County works to prevent unintentional childhood injury, the number one cause of death for children in the United States.  Safe Kids Pitt County is a member of Safe Kids Worldwide, a global network of organizations dedicated to preventing unintentional injury. Safe Kids Pitt County was founded in 1996 and is led by the Eastern Carolina Injury Prevention Program at Vidant Medical Center. For more information, visit safekids.org.

About Vidant Health

Vidant Health is a mission-driven, 1,512-bed health system that annually serves more than 1.4 million people in 29 eastern North Carolina counties. The not-for-profit system is made up of more than 12,500 employees, eight hospitals, home health, hospice, wellness centers, and Vidant Medical Group, a multi-specialty physician and provider group with more than 500 providers in more than 90 locations in eastern North Carolina. Vidant is affiliated with The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. As a major resource for health services and education, Vidant has a mission to improve the health and well-being of eastern North Carolina. For more information, visit www.vidanthealth.com.