Wabash Valley organizations partner together to host free ‘car seat clinic'
CLAY COUNTY, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — Several Wabash Valley organizations came together to host a free 'car seat clinic' at the Clay County Health Department on Friday afternoon.
Chances and Services for Youth (CASY) and Union Health provided free car seat inspections for the local community. Skilled child safety technicians inspected car seats and even provided new car seats free of charge.
This is all part of CASY's initiative 'saving lives one car seat a time.'
'9 out of 10 car seats are installed incorrectly,' said Brandon Halleck, Chief Operating Officer for Chances and Services for Youth. 'That's either from (child) not being installed properly in the car seat or the car seat itself not being installed properly in the vehicle. It's just so vitally important that your most precious cargo is riding around safe.'
If you missed the event, CASY teams up with other health departments across the area to host other car seat clinic throughout the year.
'We do these car seat clinics year-round. We partner with Union Hospital. Union Hospital is one of our sponsors and so they host quite a few with us as well. We're always making sure and if you can't make it to the one of these clinics, we also have a permanent fitting station. I have staff on hand at the Booker T. Washington Community Center, and they can check those car seats at any time as well,' said Halleck.
If interested, you can call CASY to set up a car seat safety inspection with a technician at 812-232-3952. For more information about CASY click here.
As of late, there are around 25 certified child safety technicians across the Wabash Valley. Old car seats from car seat clinics will go towards training new technicians in the future.
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