Support Development of Special Transportation Safety Equipment for Children with Special Healthcare Needs
We know Child Passenger Safety is important to you.
Car Safety Restraints and Booster Seats are important life savers. Children ride safer every day when car safety restraints are used correctly. However, for some young children who have health conditions, such as an omphalocele, or who require monitors or oxygen, riding safely is a challenge. Their alternate mode of safe transportation is either a car safety bed or an altered harness system. And, safely securing special medical equipment is also difficult.
Several years ago the production of the car safety bed that could transport children who weigh greater than 20 pounds was discontinued. Likewise, a special harness system to accommodate children with an omphalocele and restraint systems to secure oxygen canisters and monitors are not available.
The National Center for the Safe Transportation of Children with Special Healthcare Needs collaborated with engineers to design a replacement for the discontinued car safety bed. A new manufacturer, The Hope Special Needs Products, LLC, agreed to begin manufacturing the car safety bed and also agreed to design the special harness and medical equipment restraint systems when capital is available.
Announcing : HOPE Car Bed Now Available
On September 15, 2010, Merritt Manufacturing, Inc. introduced a large-child passenger safety car bed for use by hospitals and families of children with special healthcare needs. For complete information on the HOPE Car Bed features, visit www.eztether.com
But - Your Donations Are Still Needed
The car bed is available, but the special harness and other medical equipment restraint systems are still needed. So, please...
NOW is the time to act to support passenger safety for all children. The Riley Children’s Foundation has agreed to help in raising capital for these transportation safety products. Nearly 1/2 of the needed amount has been raised, thus far, from these on-line contributions, corporate, and other foundation donations. However, donations are still needed. You have the opportunity to help the Riley Children's Foundation meet their final goal in this capital-raising effort.
WHY support the manufacture of the altered harness system and design of restraint systems for other medical equipment? Each year, nationally over 200 families and children with special healthcare needs require a larger car safety bed. Also, each year 1 child in every 5,000 births will be born with a small omphalocele. With your donation, the Hope Special Needs Products can manufacture and test the medical restraint systems so we all can safely transport children with special healthcare needs.
So, please Donate Now.
Looking for a Special way to donate? If you would like to recognize a family member, a friend, a co-worker by sending a donation, please contact Riley Children’s Foundation at kidsafety@rileykids.org.
Your donation will mean a child with special healthcare needs travels safely everyday of the year.
The Children with Special Healthcare Needs thank you!