By partnering with our organization, you would be assisting all of our member organizations dedicated to preventing childhood injuries in Charlotte Mecklenburg. Your organization would help to bring awareness to our cause, and in return you would be helping to save lives!
Our Mission: To provide childhood injury prevention outreach to the Charlotte Mecklenburg Community.
Sadly, unintentional injuries remain the leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 14 in our community. Safe Kids Charlotte Mecklenburg is a coalition of government, health, and safety agencies; educators; corporations; and individuals who are interested in preventing childhood injury and death in Mecklenburg County. Our coalition provides leadership to Mecklenburg County in an effort to reduce unintentional childhood injury. We identify and target the injury problems most prevalent in our community. Then, by calling on the combined resources of our diverse membership, we plan and implement strategies to address those problems. Our primary focus is to educate children, parents, caregivers, and the public; advocate for child safety; and conduct injury prevention programs in Mecklenburg County. One of 450 worldwide coalitions dedicated to unintentional injury, Safe Kids Charlotte Mecklenburg is a proud member of Safe Kids Worldwide and the 2006 National Coalition of the Year.
The Charlotte Fire Department initiated the beginning of the local coalition in 1995. The Charlotte Fire Department continues to lead the coalition, and dedicates staffing for coalition coordination. Grant and donation funded, the coalition thrives due to membership involvement. Safe Kids Executive Board members are elected members who oversee the Safe Kids Coalition. The Coalition achieve 501(c)(3) non-profit status in February 2007.
2008 Member Agencies
AAA Carolinas
Britax Child Safety (sponsor)
Carolinas Center for Injury Prevention (CMC)
Charlotte Fire Department
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
Matthews Police Department
Mecklenburg County Health Department
Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office
Mecklenburg EMS Agency
Pineville Police Department
Presbyterian Hemby Childrens Hospital
Queen City Tri Club
WKQC 104.7 (media sponsor)
Charlotte Mecklenburg Awards and Honors
2007 NC Safe Kids Outstanding Event (Water Safety) Event of the Year
2006 NC Safe Kids Child Passenger Safety Community Event of the Year
2006 NC Safe Kids Coordinator of the Year – Amy Krise
2006 National Coalition of the Year
2005 WSOC-TV Nine Who Care Finalist
2003 NC Safe Kids Outstanding Community Impact Award
2003 Awarded National Safe Kids Campaign Mobile Car Seat Clinic Van
2002 Awarded National Safe Kids Campaign Child Safety Seat Inspection Clinic
2001 National Safe Kids Campaign Worlds Largest Car Seat Event Award
Member of the Year
Nominated by the coalition for outstanding commitment and dedication to childhood injury prevention in Mecklenburg County, each year we honor a member as “Member of the Year.” The Award includes a plaque, recognition at the Annual Appreciation Luncheon, and attendance at the Safe Kids Worldwide Leadership Conference. Our “Members of the Year” include:
2007 Janice Williams, Carolinas Center for Injury Prevention
2006 Matthew Bazluki, Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office
2005 Ryan Jackson, Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department
2004 Jo Provost, Charlotte Fire Department
2003 Leigh Ann Kelley, Mecklenburg EMS Agency
2002 Eric Morrison, Mecklenburg EMS Agency
How you can help Safe Kids prevent injuries and death to our children
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Be a role model. For example: wear a bike helmet when you ride your bike & buckle up every time you ride in a vehicle. When kids see you being safe, they learn to be safe!
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Visit a child safety seat inspection to learn about proper child safety seat installation. See our on-line calendar to find an event near you.
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Keep up to date on child related recalled products
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Join us in our mission to prevent accidental injuries - attend our general Coalition meetings, held the first Tuesday of each month at the Fire Prevention Bureau, 441 Beaumont Ave., 11:30 a.m. (Lunch included - RSVP required)
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Donate your time to Safe Kids. We welcome volunteers to participate and support our programs.
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Contribute to Safe Kids. Safe Kids receives limited financial grant funding support from a variety of sources, including Safe Kids Worldwide. In-kind support is provided from our Coalition members and the community. In-kind, financial donations, sponsorship and participant bags support our current programs.
Our Donation Wish List
Accepted In-Kind Donations
We utilize the following in-kind items for programs to prevent injury and deaths to children 14 and under. All donations are now tax-deductible! Safe Kids Charlotte Mecklenburg Tax ID # 20-8141442. Help save lives with your tax-deductible support! Please contact Safe Kids for details on how to donate these materials (All items must be new and unused):
- Bicycle gear (repair kits, tire tubes, knee and elbow pads)
- Child Safety Seats (all sizes/types)
- Child/Youth bike helmets
- Clipboards – legal size
- Colored paper
- Color printer/photo printer
- Hand sanitizer
- Hats/ballcaps
- Latex gloves
- Legal size folders
- Paper products – plates, napkins, utensils
- Meals and/or Snacks (for volunteers)
- Media advertisement & promotion items (flyers, posters, signage)
- New safety home products - Cabinet locks, baby gates, doorknob locks, etc.
- Pens/pencils/markers
- Personal floatation devices
- Ponchos
- Pool water noodles
- Prizes/Gift Cards * Much appreciated!!*
- Reflective safety vests
- T-shirts
- Stickers
- Storage tubs, with lids – all sizes
- Sunscreen
- Surgical caps (for sharing helmets)
- Warehouse shelving
- Water bottles
- Water safety products
- Water/canned sodas
- Volunteers *Much Appreciated!!*
- Anything else you can think of that will help provide our safety message, pre-approved by SKCM
Financial support contributes to the purchase of program materials and supports the maintenance of current program materials. All donations are now tax-deductible! Safe Kids Charlotte Mecklenburg Tax ID # 20-8141442. Help save lives with your tax-deductible support!
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Administrative costs
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Marketing
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Office supplies, copies
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Meetings
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Equipment maintenance
- Child passenger safety equipment (mobile car seat van, training trailer, cps mobile trailers, signage, tents, supplies, etc)
- Bicycle safety equipment (mobile bike safety trailers, bicycles, supplies, etc)
- Additional program equipment supplies, such as gas, signage, copies, etc)
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Needed safety Items, such as car seats, bike helmets, personal flotation devices, etc
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Staff training/certification
- Child passenger safety certification staff training/continuing education
- Bicycle safety training
- Injury prevention workshops - local and state sponsored workshops
Donate on- line, mail in contributions or contact Safe Kids for details
Safe Kids Charlotte Mecklenburg
441 Beaumont Ave*
Charlotte, NC 28204
*Car Seat Inspections are not conducted at this location
