KIDS ARE 1ST

BANNED IN VATICAN CITY and EGYPT

I find it kind of strange that while our not for profit organization saves countless lives each year with our safety events, child passenger safety, and teen impairment/distractions demonstrations, some of our videos are BANNED in the following countries. Do you think that if the huge and rich Record Companies knew what we do they would allow our Videos to be seen.

 

Maybe they would contribute to our efforts to save lives if they only knew!

 

Copyright Info: Baby Loves Disco in Hollywood CA on Oct 24, 2010 w. Kids Are 1st

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It is not right that our videos are banned as a non profit is allowed by US law to use copyrighted material for its not for profit work.

Our videos use copyrighted material in a manner that does not require approval of the copyright holder. It is a fair use under copyright law.

Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. NON-PROFIT, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

So how about some donations so we can continue our mission to save lives.

Your Year End Gift

 

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We're not interested in asking people to give money just for the sake of giving. What we hear from people like you is they're willing to give only when they have a sense of how their donation might be used and why it's important. This type of understanding only develops over time.

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Your donation to Kids Are 1st is tax deductible 

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We have a lot of new functionality coming to Jumo in the New Year and look forward to continuing to help you connect to the causes and organizations that are most meaningful to you.

Thanks for your support,
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Dangerous Driving Errors, Distractions while driving

Government Hopes to Spur Advancement of New Technologies to Prevent Crashes

By LISA STARK and HUMA KHAN

Daydreaming drivers are getting a reality check.

Inattention, talking on the cell phone, and distraction while driving are some of the leading factors behind car crashes in the U.S. New technologies have also added a new dimension of danger to the highways, officials say.

(ABCNews Photo Illustration)

A significant number of car crashes are caused when drivers are not paying attention, according to a new report released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

The study -- dubbed as landmark by the U.S. government -- is the first of its kind in 30 years. The research, officials say, could be helpful in determining what crash avoidance technologies may help prevent collisions.

The NHTSA analyzed 5,470 crashes occurring between 6 a.m. and midnight from July 2005 to Dec. 2007.

In 36 percent of those crashes, vehicles were turning or crossing at intersections right before the accident occurred. About 22 percent of the vehicles ran off the edge of the road. Only 5 percent were driving too fast when the accident occurred and 2.1 percent of crashes were caused by poor road conditions.

In other results, about 41 percent of the crashes were attributed to drivers being distracted, not paying attention (which would include daydreaming) and failing to look or see when it would be safe to maneuver. Thirty-four percent of the accidents were blamed on driving errors, such as driving aggressively or too fast. Ten percent were due to performance errors.

"I'm not sure if there are any real surprises because through history we've known that human error is the largest factor in vehicle crashes, so that part of it wasn't a real surprise," said Rae Tyson, spokesman for NHTSA. "I think what we've learned since the last causation study we did 30 years ago is that a great deal has changed in terms of the vehicle, in terms of the driver behavior, and of course in terms of roadway."

He added that new technologies, such as cell phones and Blackberries, have added a new dimension of danger.

The report may also spur debate on whether drivers should be allowed to use cell phone while driving.

Nearly 41 percent of drivers in the case cars were involved in another activity besides driving -- mostly talking on the cell phone or with a passenger -- and most of these were drivers in the 16-25 age group. Currently, five states, Washington, D.C. and the Virgin Islands prohibit drivers from talking on handheld cell phones.

Your donation to Kids Are 1st is tax deductible

                                                                      

 

United Taxi continues to support community events.

I recently reported on United Independent Taxi’s support of the Burbank Family Safety Festival, but they deserve some more mention as they have continued to support community events in the Los Angeles area. They bill themselves as “the cab company that cares about the community & the environment."

On December 9th, United Taxi donated a bag of toys and promotional calendars, coin purses and pens at the annual holiday event hosted by 26th District California Senator Curren D. Price, Jr. at the California African American Museum in Los Angeles. All donated items from the evening will go to needy families in and around L.A.

United Taxi  December sponsored the Kids Are 1st child safety booth (www.kidsare1st.org) that offered free child ID fingerprints and photos on December 11th & 12th at the Winter Holiday Festival at Pershing Square. Events included a Snow Fun Zone, Holiday Ornament Grove, Puppet Show, Make & Take Holiday Crafts, and entertainment, and the cab company passed out free promotional items, "green" recycled tote bags, pens, coin purses and magnets.Councilwoman Jan Perry, 9th District President Pro Tempore Los Angeles, CA stopped by the booth.

Then, on December 18th, United Taxi donated 200 'green' recycled tote bags filled with grocery donations for 100 needy families this holiday season at the LAPD Pacific Division's annual Winter Wonderland event which featured Santa, fun and games.

Kudos to United Independent Taxi for their involvement in the community!

United has been in operation since 1977 and can be reached at 800-822-8294 or online at www.unitedtaxi.com

Willie Pena

• Burbank Examiner

 

Kids are 1st needs your support now more then ever

Kids Are 1st, a 501 (c) (3) organization's MISSION is to create an awareness of how to keep children, teens and families safe.

Kids Are 1st helps save the lives of children by teaching, checking, and promoting PROPER child passenger safety seat USE and providing Child Identification Kits- one of the most important tools USED BY law enforcement to AID in the recovery of a missing child. Kids Are 1st addresses risks to teen drivers due to DISTRACTIVE DRIVING  such as TEXTING, NOT WEARING SEAT BELTS, DRINKING AND DRIVING, SPEEDING, USING A CELL PHONE, AND CARRYING OTHER TEEN PASSENGERS.

Kids Are 1st will continue with our action plans which include interventions designed to educate and change behaviors to reduce crashes, save lives and address all  safety concerns for families and their children.

Kids are 1st needs your support now more then ever. Car crashes are the # 1 killer of children and teens.  Our Child car seat program saves lives but without funding it is not possible to reach the children who need us the most. We are in unprecedented times as states and cities have cut funding drastically.  Kids Are 1st has been stepping up and installing as many seats as possible within our limited means.

Foundations and corporations who have historically funded important non-profit organization such as ours have all but stopped giving grants due to the recent developments in the economy.

Here are some recent quotes from news articles which explain the importance of hands on safety events and educational safety programs.

Plastic Surgeon Frank Ryan's Needless Death Due to Texting

Heidi Montag’s controversial plastic surgeon Dr. Frank Ryan, committed one of the newest cardinal sins of driving — and it cost him his life. Ryan was texting and driving.

The Beverly Hills doctor died Aug. 16, 2010 when his car ran off the winding Pacific Coast Highway in California, and plunged down a gully, overturning and killing him instantly.

Frank’s ex-girlfriend, Charmaine Blake confirmed that police told her he was texting while driving.

CANADA - The lone survivor of a plane crash near Golden is a little girl who endured five hours in the wreckage, suspended upside down in a car seat that apparently saved her life.  From the Vancouver Province: October 30, 2007, Good Morning America ABC News

ANAHEIM – The 10-month-old boy of 21-year-old Natalie Cantón, who died Thursday when her vehicle flew off the Riverside (91) Freeway before it plunged nearly 100 feet, will be released from the hospital today, a family member said.

Cantón, of Chino, died at the scene. Her baby, Aiden Koch, survived. He was secured in a rear-facing car seat and was virtually unharmed, California Highway Patrol officers reported.

CHP Officer Jennifer Hink said the car seat most likely saved the child's life.

"Car safety seats are made for high-impact crashes," Hink said. "When the seat is secured correctly, the car seat becomes a part of the car. The child cannot move."

February 16, 2007  The Orange County Register

LAS VEGAS - Free Child Car Seat Inspection Checkpoint Saves Lives

A lesson that comes too late for too many local families -- like the family of a 14-month-old baby girl who lost both of her legs in an accident last April when she became embedded in the windshield of her mother's car. The child wasn't restrained.

Installing a car seat properly is not easy. It takes 40 hours of formal instruction for someone to become a certified child safety seat technician. Alyson McCarthy, Reporter

March 4, 2007

TENNESEE - A woman died today in a two-car crash on John Bragg Highway around 1:50 p.m.

 The deceased was not wearing her seat belt, according to Trooper Boyd. The infant was properly restrained in a safety seat.  sewilliams@dnj.com

Eight-month-old Cykele Collins, of Hammond, died at Ochsner Foundation Hospital in Jefferson on Saturday, two days after he was critically injured in a crash on Interstate 12 in Tangipahoa Parish, State Police said.

The infant was sitting unrestrained in the lap of a passenger. March 06, 2007 Paul Rioux

As a Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, and Director of Trauma and Burn Services at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., every day I see the pain and suffering of kids with injuries.  Many parents ask me “Why did this happen to my child?  What could I have done?” 

 

It’s astonishing that unintentional injuries are still a leading killer of children in most nations, with more than a million children ages 14 and under dying each year.  In a recent study conducted by SAFE KIDS Worldwide, we found that within our member country network alone, 279,000 died from traffic-related injuries.

Unintentional injury is a public health issue with significant economic consequences. 

In the United States, injury is the leading cause of medical spending for children ages 5 to 14.

• Every $1 spent on a child safety seat saves $32 in direct medical costs and other costs to society 

The Vaccine That Prevents “Accidents”

Martin R. Eichelberger, M.D.

If a child is missing, law enforcement authorities can use the child's completed I.D. Kit to scan the child's fingerprints into the National Crime Information Center database. These fingerprints can then be used to help locate the child in a variety of ways. For example:

• John, age 12, is abducted by his father, who is divorcing his mother and believes the court will not grant him visitation. John's father takes him from Boston to Los Angeles. For the next four years, John and his father have absolutely no contact with John's mother. When John turns 16, he goes to the Department of Motor Vehicles to get his driver's license. The DMV scans his fingerprint, which is entered into the DMV's database. From there, it is automatically sent to the California Crime Information Center and the National Crime Information Center. The fingerprint matches the record of a missing child in Boston, and John is reunited with his mother.
• Sarah, age 14, runs away from her home in Dallas. She has been gone for six months and is forced to turn to shoplifting to continue her flight. Her crimes are not large - a loaf of bread here, a carton of milk there - but eventually she is caught and fingerprinted in Tucson, Ariz. When her fingerprints are sent to the National Crime Information Center, they show that Sarah is a runaway from Dallas. The police are notified, and Sarah is reunited with her parents.

KIDS ARE 1ST needs your donations to continue our safety day events that save lives. You can use your charge card on secure PayPal  (PayPal.com) to

Kidsare1st@gmail.com

or you can mail a check to

Kids Are 1st

PO Box 642164

Los Angeles, CA. 90064

All donations are tax deductible as we are a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, a tax letter will be provided for your donation. If your donation is receved before Jan. 1 your deduction can be for the 2010 tax year.

Please help us continue to save kid, teens and their families’s lives.

Your donation to Kids Are 1st is tax deductible

 

 

Downtown on Ice - Pershing Square Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES COUNCILWOMAN JAN PERRY who is the President Pro Tempore makes opening comments and welcomes the crowd to this years Winter Festival.

 

California State Senator Curren Price Holiday Party 2010

 

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WINTER HOLIDAY FESTIVAL IN LOS ANGELES

DOWNTOWN ON ICE at Pershing Square

KIDS ARE 1ST OFFERS FREE CHILD ID

INCLUDING FINGERPRINTS & PHOTOGRAPH

SPONSORED BY UNITED INDEPENDENT TAXI

http://www.unitedtaxi.com/

December 11 & 12, 2010

Saturday & Sunday

12:00 Noon to 6:00 PM

The second weekend in December Downtown On Ice present the Winter Holiday Festival a free fun weekend including a Snow Fun Zone, Make & Take Holiday Crafts, a Holiday Ornament Grove, and Free Entertainment. A special weekend for kids, their parents, schools or child care programs. The program is free and open to the public. There is a fee for ice skating. Food is available for purchase on site. Secured validated parking with skate receipt is available in the Pershing Square underground garage or take the Metro Red Line to the 5th Street Pershing Square stop for quick no traffic travel. No alcohol or smoking of any kind is permitted at Pershing Square. We look forward to seeing you at the Downtown on Ice Winter Holiday Festival.

 

Enjoy FREE Winter Holiday Festival Activities:

Free "Green" tote bags, pens, & coin purses thanks to United Independent Taxi.

• Make & Take Arts & Crafts Stocking Stuffers
• Winter Holiday Ornament Grove
• Snow Zone
• Edible Seasonal Treats
• Ice Skating Rink (Fee Applies)

 

 

Ralphs Community Contribution Program

 Ralphs Community Contribution Program Donates to Kids Are 1st

You can support Kids Are 1st every time you go grocery shopping at Ralphs!  And it won't cost you anything extra!

Just let your checker know that you want to link your Rewards card with Kids Are 1st (NPO #92692). You can print a copy of the letter below and let the checker scan it.  It's just that simple!

Every time you shop at Ralphs, be sure to swipe your participating Rewards card, or enter the phone number associated with your card and you will be helping Kids Are 1st.

Every September you will need to re-register with Ralphs to reconfirm your donation to Kids Are 1st, or your donations won't find their way to us.

Ask family and friends - you don't have to be a volunteer of Kids Are 1st to participate.  Won't you sign up now?

OR JOIN THE PROGRAM On Line:

- Go to http://www.ralphs.com/

- Register your Rewards Card (don't have one? sign up, it's FREE)

- Click “My Account”

- Scroll down to the “Community Rewards Information” box

- Click “Edit Community Contribution Program Information”

- Enter Kids Are 1st  NPO (92692) or our organization name in the“1. Find Your Organization”

- Select KIDS ARE 1ST

- And “Save Changes”

- Once saved, It takes you back to the “My Account” page

Please forward this email or give the attached letter to your friends and family to register and have them pass it on to their contacts. 

Your participation in this program is so appreciated. 

Happy Shopping! =) and thank you.