Students Receive Free Helmets, Learn Sports Safety

NEWS RELEASE # 89
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 10, 2013 

WHAT: Helmet Giveaway, Sports Safety Lesson
WHEN: April 12, 8:45 a.m.
WHERE: Fletcher Primary School, 10455 East 25^th Avenue 80010

 

Students Receive Free Helmets, Learn Sports Safety

Second grade students at Fletcher Primary School will get to choose a new helmet and learn about sports safety from University of Colorado Hospital emergency medicine doctors, nurses and staff. UCH and Dr. Bruce Evans, Senior Medical Director of the UCH Emergency Department, will give away about 500 new Bell helmets to second-graders at four elementary schools. Staff members will also teach the students about sports safety in a fun and visual way using a “coconut smasher.”

Friday, April 12
8:45 a.m.
Fletcher Primary School
10455 East 25^th Avenue
Aurora, Colorado 80010

“Emergency Department staff see first-hand how serious head injuries can be,” said Dr. Evans, who has been practicing emergency medicine at University of Colorado Hospital since 2001. “Many injuries can be prevented just by wearing a helmet, so we want to give helmets to as many kids as we can.”

The program expands this year from three schools to four, and Dr. Evans’ goal is to eventually give free helmets to students throughout Aurora and Denver.

 

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Interested media may contact 
Aurora Public Schools News Media Specialist Paula Hans at 303.326.2755
or
University of Colorado Hospital Media Relations Coordinator Dan Weaver at 720.441.7050