Safe Kids Athens

12/10/2025

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There are countless consequences for driving drunk. This December — and every month — choose SAFETY. ✅

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over

12/09/2025

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Decorating for the winter season with lights and candles? Remember these tips:

✨ Always turn off decorative lights before leaving home or going to sleep. Regularly check lights for exposed or frayed wires and loose connections to avoid fire hazards.

🕯️ Keep candles and matches out of reach of children. Lit candles should be placed at least 12 inches away from anything that can burn, and never leave them unattended. Remember to blow them out when you leave the room or go to sleep.

🚨 Test your smoke alarms to ensure they’re working properly, with one on every level of your home and near sleeping areas.

For more holiday safety tips, check out our Holiday Safety tips: https://www.safekids.org/quick-tips-holiday-safety

12/09/2025

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Holiday hustle is real! 🎄🚶‍♂️🚗 Let’s all make it home safe this season. ⤵️

11/19/2025

11/19/2025

Today, Safe Kids Athens and our amazing community partners provided hands-on safety education to families in the Pinewoods community in honor of National Injury Prevention Day.

We were able to:
✔️ Provide free booster seats
✔️ Give out safe sleep cribs and education
✔️ Give out bicycle helmets and provide bike safety
✔️ Teach Hands Only CPR, Stop the Bleed, and Home Fire Safety Fire extinguisher training
✔️ Share the importance of always wearing your seatbelt

Thank you to everyone who stopped by and to our partners who helped make this event possible! Together, we’re helping keep our community’s children safe. 💚🙌

11/09/2025

It’s Piedmont Athens Regional/Safe Kids Athens-
Stuff the Truck Day at Pet Smart in Athens.
Donate a stuffed animal, and get your choice of Athens Rock Lobsters cap or socks & get your photo made in our Spike Squad pads!
Learn some booster seat safety and home fire safety tips! We are here until 2 pm. Go Dawgs & Claws Up!

11/02/2025

recently drew attention to the rise of unsafe imagery and misinformation about infant sleep across social media. When well-meaning parents scroll for advice, what they see matters. Images of babies sleeping with blankets, pillows, or in loungers send the wrong message and can have tragic consequences.

It’s a critical reminder that every photo, post, and conversation shapes how families think about safety. That's why we are collaborating with key partners to ensure all families have access to safe and accurate imagery and information on safe sleep. Safe Kids Worldwide strives to be a trusted resource for parents, caregivers, and professionals working to keep kids safe.

To read the full story: https://www.consumerreports.org/babies-kids/child-safety/misinformation-about-infant-sleep-more-dangerous-than-ever-a7076883803/

11/02/2025

Car seats adjust to meet the needs of growing kids. Remember to regularly check and adjust your child's car seat as he or she grows. Review your car seat instruction manual and/or meet online with a Child Passenger Safety Technician here: https://www.safety-connection.org/caregiver/

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10/25/2025

As National School Bus Safety Week wraps up, parents — remind your kids to always:

🟡 Look left-right-left before crossing the street.
🟡 Stay at least 5 giant steps away from the curb.
🟡 Wait for the bus to come to a complete stop.