Honda Hosts Child Safety Awareness Day at 400 Dealerships Nationwide
19 May 1999
Honda Hosts Child Safety Awareness Day This Weekend at 400 Dealerships Nationwide HONDA CHILD SAFETY DAY Eighty percent of all child safety seats are improperly installed. To help reduce that number, participating Honda dealerships will demonstrate proper child-seat installation at Child Safety Day on May 22, and provide information on the correct use of booster seats and seatbelts. Injuries resulting from not wearing seatbelts are the leading cause of death in children under the age of 14. (PRNewsFoto)[DM] TORRANCE, CA USA 05/13/1999 HONDA AND POLAROID PROJECT KIDCARE Over 1 million children run away or are reported missing or abducted each year, and most parents do not have suitable photos to aid authorities in the recovery of these children. Parents will be able to obtain free "passports" from Polaroid's Project KidCare(TM) at Child Safety Day on May 22, which will include a photograph, fingerprint and valuable physical and medical information about their child. (PRNewsFoto)[DM] TORRANCE, CA USA 05/13/1999WHAT: American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and more than 400 Honda dealers nationwide will host the company's second annual Child Safety Awareness Day. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990512/LAW020 ) (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990512/LAW020-b ) With more than 1 million children killed or injured each year in traffic, household and recreational accidents, Honda's Child Safety Awareness Day offers families valuable information and hands-on instruction to help reduce this number. Parents will be advised on issues relating to vehicle and traffic safety, sports and recreational injuries, preventing child abduction, monitoring their child's Internet usage and protecting them from common household hazards. VISUALS: * Expert demonstrations on the proper installation of child safety seats and the correct use of seatbelts. * Children being photographed for their free Polaroid Project KidCare "photo passports" that are designed to provide parents and police with information vital to the recovery of missing children. * Children with local police officers and fire fighters. * Preview of Honda's new "Safety First" instructional baseball video featuring former major leaguers Steve Garvey and Steve Lyons. * More activities depending on dealer. WHERE: At 400 Honda dealerships nationwide. For nearest participating dealer, call Honda's Child Safety Awareness Day hotline at 800-33HONDA, ext. 808 or check the Web site at http://www.childsafetyday.com WHEN: Saturday, May 22, 1999 10:00 a.m. -- 2:00 p.m. CONTACT: Anne Bryan for American Honda Motor Co., Inc., 310-781-4261, pager: (888) 781-9340