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from The Houston Chronicle
By ALLAN TURNER

Beginning Saturday in Huntsville, the Texas Medical Association and associated sponsors will distribute hundreds of free helmets to children and teens in the Houston area as part of its Hard Hats for Little Heads Program.

Free helmets will be distributed in Conroe on Oct. 10-12, Houston on Oct. 11 and Sugar Land on Oct. 25.

Texas Medical Association outreach director Tammy Wishard said 45,000 helmets have been given away in Texas since the program began in 1994.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that, on average, 80 children are killed annually in bicycle accidents. As many as 250,000 children under 16 are injured each year in bike mishaps.

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KWTX.com reports on this helmet giveaway for 700 helmets to children.

King’s Daughters Clinic and Texas Medical Association are teaming up again for the 4th annual “Hard Hats for Little Heads.�

This event takes place May 10, 2008 from 9:00am-12:00pm.

We will be giving away more than 700 helmets and 4 bicycles to boys and girls in the community. Hard Hats for Little Heads is designated for children Pre K thru 5th grade. King’s Daughters Clinic is teaming up with Temple ISD and St. Mary’s Catholic School to send out 4800 flyers to their elementary aged students.

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from medicalnewstoday.com

Kids across Texas are safer from the threat of debilitating head injuries, thanks to free helmets and advice provided by the Texas Medical Association (TMA). TMA hosted a major statewide Hard Hats for Little Heads blitz during October, Brain Injury Awareness Month.

"This is wonderful, knowing we’ve improved the lives of thousands of children just this month alone," said David Butler, MD, a TMA physician leader who helped host a Hard Hats event in Austin. "It is so much better to protect children from potential devastating head injuries than to see them suffer needlessly from a fall while riding on their bike," adds Dr. Butler. He keeps a crashed bike helmet in his office to help illustrate the importance of head protection to his patients.