Heads Up For Safety
Heads Up For Safety (HUFS) is a broad based public education campaign established to increase community and professional awareness of preventable head injuries. Heads Up For Safety is a program funded by the Office for Prevention of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities/NJ Department of Human Services. It promotes bicycle, scooter, skateboard and in-line skates safety in an effort to reduce the risk, severity and incidence of early childhood head injuries by emphasizing the importance of wearing safety helmets and the practice of safe play habits. Also included in this campaign is outreach to parents and family members in an effort to raise community awareness of the importance of head injury prevention. This is a free program open to children ages 6-12.
For more information contact (732) 262-8020 or (888) 376-0376.
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