UAW-GM Center for Human Resources, General Motors and National SAFE KIDS Campaign Expand SAFE KIDS BUCKLE UP Child Passenger Safety Program
WHO:
Nancy Delaney, Metro Detroit SAFE KIDS Coalition coordinator, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Richard Shoemaker, vice president and director, UAW, GM department
John Middlebrook, vice president and general manager, vehicle brand marketing and corporate advertising, General Motors
Martin Eichelberger, M.D., president, National SAFE KIDS Campaign
Local families will be present to receive hands-on instruction in the proper installation of their children's safety seats.
WHAT:
The UAW-GM Center for Human Resources, General Motors and the National SAFE KIDS Campaign will be on hand for the donation of a new 2002 Chevy Express Cargo Van to Metro Detroit SAFE KIDS and its lead organization, Children's Hospital of Michigan. The van will be used to conduct mobile child safety seat checkups in communities throughout Metro Detroit. It's one of 30 donated to SAFE KIDS coalitions around the country by the UAW-GM CHR and GM.
Each van is fully equipped with everything needed to hold a traveling child safety seat checkup event, including tents, traffic safety cones and signage. The new vehicles join the existing fleet of 51 Chevy Venture vans presented to SAFE KIDS coalitions by GM in 2000 as part of the SAFE KIDS BUCKLE UP program.
Also at the event, the next phase of the SAFE KIDS BUCKLE UP program will be announced.
WHEN:
Wednesday, June 19, 2002
10:00 a.m. Child safety seat checkup begins (closed to general public)
10:30 a.m. News conference begins
12:00 p.m. Child safety seat checkup concludes
WHERE:
Children's Hospital of Michigan
3901 Beaubien (Brush Street Mall entrance)
Detroit, MI
WHY:
Motor vehicle crashes remain the leading killer of kids ages 1 to 14. The National SAFE KIDS Campaign developed the mobile car seat checkup van component of the SAFE KIDS BUCKLE UP program in order to bring child passenger safety messages to more communities.
Editor's Note:
A satellite b-roll feed of the news conference will be available on the afternoon of the event. Please contact SAFE KIDS for information.
The Metro Detroit SAFE KIDS Coalition is part of the National SAFE KIDS Campaign, the first and only national nonprofit organization dedicated solely to the prevention of unintentional childhood injury -- the number one killer of children ages 14 and under. More than 300 state and local SAFE KIDS coalitions in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico comprise the Campaign. Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, M.D., Sc.D., is chairman of the Campaign.
SAFE KIDS BUCKLE UP® is a national program developed by the National SAFE KIDS Campaign and sponsored by the UAW-GM Center for Human Resources (CHR) - a joint institution of the UAW and GM - and the General Motors Corporation to educate parents and caregivers about the importance of properly restraining children on every ride.
Still the only freestanding hospital in Michigan dedicated to the treatment of children, Children's Hospital has been devoted to children's health care since its founding in 1886. Ranked one of the best children's hospitals in the nation, more Michigan pediatricians are trained at Children's Hospital of Michigan than in any other facility.
The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) is one of the largest and most diverse unions in North America, with members in virtually every sector of the economy. The union has approximately 740,000 members and over 500,000 retired members in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. The UAW represents 130,000 hourly and salaried workers at General Motors.
General Motors operates 78 plants in the U.S. and employs 185,000 hourly and salaried workers in the U.S. GM is the world's largest vehicle manufacturer, assembling cars and trucks in the United States under the following brands: Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick, Oldsmobile, Cadillac, GMC, Saturn, and HUMMER.
The UAW-GM Center for Human Resources (CHR) was jointly established in 1984 to meet the education and training needs of UAW-represented workers at General Motors. The Center has become one of the world's largest privately operated training centers, serving the needs of over 130,000 UAW active and retired employees of General Motors. From its headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, the Center offers a wide variety of programs addressing: occupational health and safety and wellness, skill development and education, work-family issues, product quality, and programs that benefit the communities in which UAW members and retirees work and reside.
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