Pictured from left:  Kris DiGiovanni (Key Colony Beach Police Department Chief), Tony Ane (HOB SRO with Key West Police Department), Joseph Burden (Key Colony Beach Police Department), Jamie Buxton (Key Colony Beach Police Department), Jenny Young (Key West High School SRO with Key West Police Department), Renee Scarpelli (Florida Keys Healthy Start Coalition Middle Keys Program Director), and Shannon Lucas (Florida Keys Healthy Start Coalition Director of Outreach). Photo by Alison Kerr, Regional Certified Helmet Trainer/Planning Manager with the Florida Department of Health in Monroe County.

CERTIFIED HELMET FITTERS TRAINED IN KEY WEST

~ Free Helmets fitted in Key West ~

(Monroe County, Fla.) — Yesterday, the Florida Department of Health in Monroe County trained seven additional community partners at the Gato Building in Key West to become certified to properly fit helmets as part of the Florida Pedestrian and Bicycling Safety Resource Center program, funded by FDOT.  This course is offered to community partners to help educate residents about bicycle safety; learn facts, statistics, and the law; and learn about the importance of wearing a helmet when riding a bicycle.  Certified persons can register with the Safety Resource Center, order bicycle safety materials and helmets, and in-turn, provide the important education and helmets to residents to keep them from accidents that can be potentially serious or fatal.   For more information about this program, visit www.pedbikesrc.ce.ufl.edu or email [email protected].  You can also make an appointment to get properly fitted for a helmet in Key West by emailing [email protected] or be connected with one of 60 other certified helmet fitters in Monroe County. 

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