HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation proclaiming April 26 through May 4, 2008 as National Safe Kids Week ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
National Safe Kids Week 2008
April 26 -May 4, 2008
WHEREAS, unintentional injury is the number one killer of children ages 1 — 14 years in the U.S.;
and
WHEREAS, each year, more than 5,000 children 14 and under die from unintentional injuries;
and
WHEREAS,for children ages 14 and under, the leading causes of unintentional injury deaths are
motor vehicle-related injuries, drowning, residential fires or burn injury, suffocation and pedestrian
injury; and
WHEREAS, 90 percent of these injuries and deaths are preventable; and
WHEREAS, reducing the barriers to attaining safety devices (such as smoke alarms, bicycle
helmets, car seats and booster seats), increasing educational efforts directed toward children
who are at high risk for injury, and improving the overall safety of the child's environment are
preventative strategies to keeping kids safe from unintentional injuries; and
WHEREAS, Safe Kids USA and Orange County Safe Communities promote childhood injury
prevention strategies by uniting diverse groups into local and state coalitions, developing
innovative educational tools and programs, initiating public policy changes, distributing safety
devices to families in need, promoting new technology and raising awareness through the media;
and
WHEREAS, Safe Kids USA, with the support of founding sponsor, Johnson &Johnson, launches
Safe Kids Week 2008"Gear Up for Safety,"which focuses on celebrating 20 years of creating a
safer world for kids and promoting efforts to make further progress to protect children from
accidental injuries.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that we, the Orange County Board of Commissioners, do
hereby proclaim the week of April 26—May 4, 2008 as Safe Kids Week in Orange County and
encourage and call upon all the residents of this County to support the efforts and activities of
Orange County Safe Communities to prevent childhood injury.
This, the 15th day of April 2008
Barry Jacobs, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners