With more and more people on bikes in our North Shore communities, it is important to protect ourselves and our children from injury with bike helmets.
Bicycle accidents only account for a very small number (2 percent) of motor vehicle crashes. Children are more at risk for head injuries than adults, which is why in public health and in the bicycling community all agree that children need bike helmets.
In Cook County, low or no cost children’s helmets are available thanks to generous grants from the North Shore Health Care Foundation.
Contact Kristin Wharton or Maren Webb at 387-2330 ext. 150 for information to obtain a bike helmet.
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