Safe Kids Grand Forks is dedicated to preventing injuries At Home, At School, At Play and On the Way.

Unintentional injuries are the number one cause of death among children ages 19 and under in the United States. Each year one out of every four children needs medical attention for an accidental injury. In addition, most of these unintentional injuries and deaths are preventable and Safe Kids Grand Forks is here to help.

Pictured: Carma Hanson, Tina Sanders, Sue Bjornstad Amy Covington, Linda Funkhouser, Jasmine Wangen

We want to thank Mr. Chad Grassel, principal at New Heights and South Point, for being such an amazing supporter of Safe Kids programming. He is always willing, ready and able to support our initiatives, the first to respond when we are scheduling an event and there to greet us when we arrive for events. He joined us at New Heights at 7:30 in the morning in October to walk kids to school for International Walk to School Day (see photo). It makes our work so much easier when we have administrators like Mr. Grassel who support what we do and respond promptly and pleasantly.



Thank you so much, Mr. Grassel!

Our list of summer car seat checkup events has started! We will continue to add to this list, check out our calendar of events for more information on each event and to see what communities have been added.

Check out this site to find great car seat resources in Minnesota, including a county listing of car seat fitting stations to provide help with your car seat installation and education.

The Baby Jogger® City Turn™ Convertible Car Seat features a secure rotating mechanism that allows you to turn the seat 180 degrees with one hand while in rear-facing mode. 

When bicycling, you can ignore certain stop signs – legally.

Beautiful springtime weather calls for time spent outdoors on bikes, scooters and skateboards! Safe Kids Grand Forks wants to help you protect your brain with low cost helmets for your wheeled sports needs.

ATVs can weigh between 350-800lbs and can reach up to speeds of 70 miles per hour. They do not contain any type of safety equipment to prevent riders from injury. Children under the age of 16 do not have the needed decision-making abilities or physical capabilities to operate an ATV safely.

Safe Kids Grand Forks will be observing Poison Prevention Week March 19th to 25th to bring awareness of the dangers of accidental poisoning to children. Every day over 300 children require treatment in an emergency department, with an average of two deaths per day being recorded due to poisoning.

Sports- and recreation-related injuries (SRIs) have been a major topic of discussion on the local, state, and national level. We have observed that younger and younger children are playing in contact sports and, while we encourage physical activity, we wanted to ensure that athletes were not incurring an increase in SRIs

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Baby Trend are warning consumers about a risk of head or neck entrapment between the pivoting front canopy and the arm rest or seat back of Baby Trend’s Sit N’ Stand Double and Ultra strollers with model numbers beginning with “SS76” or “SS66”. 

A front harness adjustment strap with insufficient strength may not properly restrain the occupant, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.

Starting March 25 - April 7 at all Hugo's locations when you checkout cashiers will be asking you to make a donation to Safe Kids Grand Forks. We hope you will consider supporting safety in our communities.

Each year, more than 200,000 children go to hospital emergency rooms with playground related injuries. Most of the injuries occur when a child falls from the equipment onto the ground. Many backyard playsets and some public playsets are placed on dirt or grass-surfaces that do not protect children when they fall. (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)

Water beads, often used as sensory activities and in flower vases, can pose a danger to children if swallowed or placed in a child's ear. Here is a great resource with information on this danger, the signs and symptoms a child may present with and how to prevent these situations from occurring.