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Torine CreppyExecutive Director, Safe Kids Buckle Up Program Operations
Torine leads the Safe Kids Buckle Up program for Safe Kids Worldwide. Previously, she served as Safe Kids Worldwide operations manager and Safe Kids Buckle Up operations manager, where she was responsible for program operations and diversity initiatives. Torine is responsible for developing, implementing and evaluating program strategy. Torine also leads the Safe Kids Finance Department and is the primary liaison with Children's National Medical Center for finance and human resources. Earlier, Torine was operations manager for the Radio-Television News Directors Association. In that role, she led efforts managing the association's day-to-day business operations and was the project lead for the Edward R. Murrow Award. Torine is a graduate of Morgan State University. Blog: A Life Too Short. By Gordon and Julie RossPosted by: Torine Creppy at May 15, 2012 12:00 AM CDT Keywords: Education
Blog: Hyperthermia: Lessons LearnedPosted by: Torine Creppy at Apr 17, 2012 12:00 AM CDT Keywords: Education
Blog: Heat Waves: Kids Can't CopePosted by: Torine Creppy at Jul 20, 2011 12:00 AM CDT Keywords: Education
Blog: Slow Down, Walk AroundPosted by: Torine Creppy at Jun 20, 2011 12:00 AM CDT Keywords: Education
Blog: In Memory of Baby CarlsonPosted by: Torine Creppy at Mar 14, 2011 12:00 AM CDT Keywords: Education, Parents, Safety Tips
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Alec was joyful, loving, and kind. He loved his little brother, loved to play in the water, loved to dance naked, and loved music, especially Raffi. Like most new parents, we were learning as we went, discovering how to care for our cute little boys, and spending time getting to know them. Unfortunately, we were unaware of some important dangers, and were about to receive the hardest possible lesson.
Universally, the families I’ve worked with whose children have overheated and died in hot cars are smart, caring, responsible, “good” parents. They NEVER thought “it” could happen to them. In almost all of the cases, there was a breakdown in communication or a change in routine
The worst news you can hear involves the death of a child. It's only more upsetting when that death might have been prevented. This spring, Nedao Abdelghani of Bridgeview, IL died after a relative backing out of a driveway backed over him. He was three years old..
Last week marked the first 2011 hyperthermia death of a child left unattended in a hot vehicle. This tragedy occurred when a mom forgot to drop her six-month-old daughter at daycare before work one ordinary Tuesday morning. Some deaths have no immediate answers. But it's only human to have questions: why didn't the daycare facility call the parent to inquire about the baby's absence? Why doesn't society talk about this difficult subject more often?
