Upcoming Events

Highlighted Programs:

Car Seat Inspections – Safe Kids North Shore oversees all twenty of the certified child passenger safety technicians (CPST) within Benzie, Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties.  All CPST’s rotate through twice monthly car seat inspection stations where the public can come have their child’s seat inspected for safety, recalls, proper use and proper installation.  300 car seat inspections were conducted this year.  In addition – CPST’s attended a Continuing Education taught by two local Child Passenger Safety Technician Instructors allowing these technicians the ability to complete their mandatory  6 continuing education credits free of charge.

3D (Diminish Distracted Driving) – In partnership the local Sheriff’s Office and the Michigan State Police, 867 high school students participated in the 3D program which heightens awareness about the outcomes of distracted driving.  Students experienced hands on the dangers of distracted driving while driving a simulator and the effects of driving while impaired by riding a tricycle through an obstacle course while wearing fatal vision goggles.

KOHLS 4 Season Safety – In a unique partnership with Munson Hospital, Safe Kids North Shore provides programming to reduce head injuries in children through our KOHLS 4 Season Safety program.  The winter portion of this effort uses a curriculum called CHILL OUT for Winter Safety.  This program was delivered in local elementary schools to 1734 students and highlights many areas of Winter Safety. 300 ski/snow helmets were provided to participating schools to utilize on their sledding hills and for students participating in winter sports in need of a helmet.  The CHILL OUT for Winter Safety curriculum that was delivered was born locally through the joint efforts of three of the safety coalition experts.  The authors of the curriculum were presented the 2011 Michigan Governor’s Hometown Hero Safety Award for this effort. 

During the other seasons, bike and wheeled sports safety programming was offered.  Over 800 children were fitted for and given bike helmets. 

In and Around Cars - Buckling your child up is just one way to help prevent injuries. It's also important to be aware of the other hazards cars can pose to kids. Preventing backover and frontover incidents, heat stroke and trunk entrapment are just as important to keeping your kids safe in and around vehicles. Safe Kids North Shore offers this program to community groups.  Great for children and adults to attend together.

In and Around Cars for Boy Scouts - Safe Kids Buckle Up and Chevrolet have teamed up with the Boy Scouts of America to teach Cub Scouts and their parents and caregivers about safety in and around vehicles.  These hands-on educational activities are conducted by Safe Kids Coalitions and held at Chevrolet dealerships designed to educate families with older children — ages 7 to 10 — about being safe inside and outside of moving and parked vehicles. After the Scouts successfully complete all of the educational stations, they are presented with their Automotive Safety Patch.

Walk this Way/Photovoice – Walk this Way and Photovoice are pedestrian safety programs that were developed by Safe Kids USA and used locally.  Walk this Way Pedestrian safety programs were offered in the fall coinciding with International Walk to School Day and Halloween.  Photovoice is a program that empowers students with the safety education and photography skills to document areas around their school that they identify as unsafe.  The student’s assessments/pictures were then submitted to Safe Kids Worldwide and they were awarded a $2000 grant to make the pedestrian safety improvements needed around their school. 

953 students participated in pedestrian safety lessons, walking school buses and safe walking assessments.