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A Story by Keisha Bowles
My name is Keisha Bowles. Last year, the unthinkable happened to my family. My beautiful 2-year-old daughter, Sydney Chance, was killed in a tragic accident.
Sydney Chance, or “Chance” as we typically called her, was a wonderful, curious little girl. She loved to explore and was totally fearless. She adored butterflies and loved to dance and sing.
Sponsor J&J Consumer Inc. helps educate families about medication and youth sports safety.
General Motors and Safe Kids have partnered to protect children in and around cars since 1997, through the Buckle Up program.
For over 25 years, the Bell and Safe Kids partnership had led in awareness, education and advocacy programs to promote the use of bike helmets for children.
As Chief Program Officer US, Torine provides leadership and strategic direction for all Safe Kids programs and coalition partners in the United States. Previously, she served as leader of Safe Kids’ child passenger safety program, Safe Kids Buckle Up. Prior to her work at Safe Kids, 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.
This is an in-depth research report, conducted with support from FedEx, on distracted driving in school zones conducted by Safe Kids Worldwide and its member coalitions throughout the United States. The study found that one in six drivers in a school zone was driving distracted.
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Unintentional injury is the number one killer of children in the United States. Understanding the risks by developmental stage is important to help parents protect children from serious injury.
The leading killer of kids in the United States is unintentional injury. Safe Kids Worldwide delves into the injuries, prevention strategies and facts surrounding childhood injury.