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‘Safe Kids’ Injury Prevention Event, Nov. 18th

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The Hidalgo County Criminal District Attorney’s Office, in collaboration with the City of Pharr Emergency Medical Services, will host a “Safe Kids” Injury Prevention event on November 18 from 6-8 p.m. Bgd for illustration purposes
The Hidalgo County Criminal District Attorney’s Office, in collaboration with the City of Pharr Emergency Medical Services, will host a “Safe Kids” Injury Prevention event on November 18 from 6-8 p.m. Bgd for illustration purposes
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EDINBURG – EDINBURG – The Hidalgo County Criminal District Attorney’s Office, in collaboration with the City of Pharr Emergency Medical Services, has announced a new location for its November 18 “Safe Kids” Injury Prevention event. The new location will be at the Pepe Salinas Convention Center, at 1011 W. Kelly in Pharr.

This event aims to provide injury prevention education for parents including ATV Safety; Bike Safety; Fire Safety; Car Seat Safety; Gun Safety; Online Safety; Head Injury Prevention; Suicide Prevention; and Child Abuse Prevention for youths of all ages.

“We want to provide resources and prevention education for parents to prevent injuries that can harm our children,” stated DA Toribio “Terry” Palacios. “We need to be proactive and prevent tragedies from impacting our families.”

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“Our office has done extensive prevention education work with youth in our Young Hearts Matter Prevention campaign and this is another way for us to provide prevention resources to parents in any area that can cause injury to a child,” said Rosie Martinez, Victims Unit Director.

The event will be hosted in collaboration with the City of Pharr Emergency Medical Service; Pharr Police Department; Pharr Fire Department; DHR Level 1 Trauma Department; South Texas Health Systems Trauma & Critical Care Department; Driscoll’s Children’s Hospital; Regional Justice Center; South Texas Health Systems Clinics; Hidalgo County Health & Human Services Department; Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council; Prevention Awareness Team of Hidalgo County; and United We Stand Texas.

In addition, we will be giving away free Turkeys (until supplies last) and a safety class to prevent fires while frying a turkey, hosted by the City of Pharr Fire Department. We will also give FREE bike helmets, gun locks, child ID fingerprinting, and other goodies for kids.  Bring your kids and come learn how to prevent injuries.

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