Free Youth Bike Helmets!

 

This Saturday, May 17th, 2025, a community event will take place to help promote bike safety!
Families can venture to Julifs Park in Anderson Township for a Put a Lid on It event where Pediatric Associated of Mt. Carmel will be onsite to fit up to 120 local children with free bike helmets*. Families can head to the park from 10 a.m.-noon to learn all about bike safety. Pediatric Associated of Mt. Carmel will be on site

About the Put a Lid on It! Program
This program started in 2011. Through the Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, more than 100,000 bike helmets 100,00 bike helmets have been distributed to Ohio’s children. The Ohio AAP aims to prevent unintentional injuries. The Ohio AAP reports that 10-20% wear bike helmet and 75% of bike-related fatalities would be prevented with a helmet.

Learn more about the Put a Lid! program by clicking here.

Visit the Pediatric Associates of Mt. Carmel, Inc. website by clicking here.

*subject to proper sizing and availability.

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This article was originally published in May 2025.