Creating a Safer Environment for Children 

Safe Kids East Central, a childhood accident prevention program and affiliate of Safe Kids Worldwide, works to protect local children and has a real impact on our community. Established in 2002 and led by Children's Medical Center, the nonprofit community coalition serves Richmond and Columbia counties and reaches out to other communities when possible. We also promote legislation to protect children, provide safety equipment to members of the community at little or no costs and offer a variety of programs to reduce childhood death and injury. Program topics include: 

• Car Seat Class
• Child Seat Safety Inspections
• Cribs for Kids
• Safe Sitters
• Infant Sleep Safety

• Bike helmets
• Water safety
• Pedestrian safety
• Poison prevention
• Accidental shootings
• Fire prevention
• Fall prevention
• Sleep safety