Schwinn Brand Ambassador and Olympic Gold Medalist Summer Sanders and my daughter Schwinn Helmets on Heads Event
This week, my daughter and I headed over to Schwinn’s Helmets on Heads Event to be fitted with bike helmets. Schwinn has just launched Helmets on Heads, A National Helmet Safety Education Campaign committed to educating one million kids about bike helmet safety over the next 10 years. Helmets on Heads will offer tools and opportunities for educators, local communities and families to get involved and take action in protecting themselves and those around them.
At the event, there were hundreds of kids being properly fitted with helmets and I learned quite a bit about how to properly fit a helmet for my daughter. But the highlight of the event was that Schwinn Brand Ambassador and Olympic Gold Medalist Summer Sanders joined the event to help properly fit kids with helmets.
Helmets on Heads will launch with a national Public Service Announcement and a helmet fitting education tour stopping at six cities across the United States this year, including Austin, Chicago, Denver, Minneapolis and New York. Helmets on Heads is scheduled to visit another 15 cities in 2013. The program will provide teachers, parents and caregivers with information and resources on the importance of helmet and bike safety.
Over the next 10 years, the campaign will visit additional communities across the country. For more information, including: event details, educational materials, helmets for your own fitting event and the public service announcement visit www.helmetsonheads.org.
Disclosure: NYC Single Mom and Helmets on Heads attendees received a bike helmut at the event.
