Media Advisory: Pleasure Guild S.A.F.E. Program Bike Helmet Event Thursday

May 9, 2007

M E D I A    A D V I S O R Y

WHAT: 
Pleasure Guild S.A.F.E. Program Bike Helmet Event

Free Bike Helmets for S.A.F.E. Program Preschool Participants
Explore COSI little kidspace®
Visits with Stinger from the Columbus Blue Jackets

WHEN: 
Thursday, May 10, 2007 - 10 a.m.

WHERE: 
COSI Columbus
333 West Broad Street
*check in at Guest Services Desk

WHO:  
Pleasure Guild of Columbus Childrens Hospital offers the S.A.F.E. (Safety Awareness For Everyone) Program for preschool-aged children.  Nearly 100 children from Goddard School, Mothers Helper and Christian Community Childcare centers will be properly fitted for free bike helmets provided by the Columbus Blue Jackets and Childrens Hospital Trauma Program, explore little kidspace® courtesy of  COSI, and visit with Stinger from the Columbus Blue Jackets. 

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Contact Prior to Event: 
Pam Barber/Mary Ellen Fiorino
Columbus Childrens Hospital
(614) 722-4595

Contact at Event: 
Kelli Nowinsky
COSI
(614) 205-3073

About Nationwide Children's Hospital

Named to the Top 10 Honor Roll on U.S. News & World Report’s 2024-25 list of “Best Children’s Hospitals,” Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of America’s largest not-for-profit free-standing pediatric health care systems providing unique expertise in pediatric population health, behavioral health, genomics and health equity as the next frontiers in pediatric medicine, leading to best outcomes for the health of the whole child. Integrated clinical and research programs, as well as prioritizing quality and safety, are part of what allows Nationwide Children’s to advance its unique model of care. Nationwide Children’s has a staff of more than 16,000 that provides state-of-the-art wellness, preventive and rehabilitative care and diagnostic treatment during more than 1.8 million patient visits annually. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded free-standing pediatric research facilities. More information is available at NationwideChildrens.org