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Kids get a heads up on safety at annual event
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Lt. Louis Legier, Kris Dale and Justin Cohen with Gainesville Fire Services hand out firefighter hats as well as fire safety information to children Saturday during Safe Kids Day event at the Midtown Greenway in Gainesville. At the event, attending children were given free fitted bike helmets, water bottles, backpacks, Kona Ice and information on safety in the home. - photo by Erin O. Smith
Dozens of families gathered Saturday at the Midtown Greenway with the goal of entering the school year safely at the first annual Kids Safe Day. The event, held by Safe Kids and the Gainesville Police Department, gave children free fitted bike helmets, water bottles, backpacks, Kona Ice and information on home safety. According to Kids Safe Coalition Coordinator Kim Martin, “our goal was to educate families on the dangers and risks in and out of the home, in the funnest way possible.”