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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> National Safe Kids Week 2008 <br /> April 26 -May 4, 2008 <br /> WHEREAS, unintentional injury is the number one killer of children ages 1 — 14 years in the U.S.; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, each year, more than 5,000 children 14 and under die from unintentional injuries; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS,for children ages 14 and under, the leading causes of unintentional injury deaths are <br /> motor vehicle-related injuries, drowning, residential fires or burn injury, suffocation and pedestrian <br /> injury; and <br /> WHEREAS, 90 percent of these injuries and deaths are preventable; and <br /> WHEREAS, reducing the barriers to attaining safety devices (such as smoke alarms, bicycle <br /> helmets, car seats and booster seats), increasing educational efforts directed toward children <br /> who are at high risk for injury, and improving the overall safety of the child's environment are <br /> preventative strategies to keeping kids safe from unintentional injuries; and <br /> WHEREAS, Safe Kids USA and Orange County Safe Communities promote childhood injury <br /> prevention strategies by uniting diverse groups into local and state coalitions, developing <br /> innovative educational tools and programs, initiating public policy changes, distributing safety <br /> devices to families in need, promoting new technology and raising awareness through the media; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, Safe Kids USA, with the support of founding sponsor, Johnson &Johnson, launches <br /> Safe Kids Week 2008"Gear Up for Safety,"which focuses on celebrating 20 years of creating a <br /> safer world for kids and promoting efforts to make further progress to protect children from <br /> accidental injuries. <br /> NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that we, the Orange County Board of Commissioners, do <br /> hereby proclaim the week of April 26—May 4, 2008 as Safe Kids Week in Orange County and <br /> encourage and call upon all the residents of this County to support the efforts and activities of <br /> Orange County Safe Communities to prevent childhood injury. <br /> This, the 15th day of April 2008 <br /> Barry Jacobs, Chair <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />