LONGVIEW, Texas & HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Sloan, Hatcher, Perry, Runge, Robertson & Smith Law Firm is pursuing a goal of custom-fitting and donating its 10,000th bicycle safety helmet by or before Aug. 1, 2017, while fulfilling its role as the first national ambassador of the Heads In Helmets safety program. Additionally, the firm is appealing to other law firms, businesses, and organizations throughout the United States to get involved in Heads In Helmets.
The mission of the Heads In Helmets program is to promote awareness and prevention of traumatic brain injury in children. Heads In Helmets provides free helmets that are color coded by size with a retail value of $15 each. The Sloan Firm became the first national ambassador of the Heads In Helmets program in June 2013. Since then, its attorneys and volunteers have custom-fitted and distributed more than 7,800 free safety helmets during festivals, church fairs, health and safety expos, and other special events in northeast Texas and the greater Houston area. To date, The Sloan Firm’s commitment to funding, staffing and promoting the Heads In Helmets program comes directly from the firm’s operating budget. No fundraisers or solicitations aid in the Sloan Firm’s affiliation with the Heads In Helmets organization.
Volunteers and staff affiliated with The Sloan Firm and the Heads In Helmets program recorded the custom-fitting and donation of 348 bicycle safety helmets on Oct. 22, 2016, at the First Baptist Church Fall Fest in Longview, Texas. The firm’s involvement in this recent event brought the total number of helmets donated and custom-fitted to more than 7,800.
“Head injuries can result in death or long-term disabilities for both children and adults. A child is 14 times more likely to receive a fatal injury if he or she is not wearing a helmet,” explained Kevin Fullen, National and Texas Ambassador for Heads In Helmets and administrator for The Sloan Firm’s Longview and Houston offices. “We love showing kids that wearing a safety helmet is cool. At our helmet fitting events, we encourage kids to personalize their helmets with stickers and other decorations. We supply a broad range of stickers to appeal to a variety of interests, ages, and cultures.”
“We have attorney Howard Spiva of Savannah, Ga., to thank for starting this program. And we encourage other law firms, businesses of all sizes and types, schools, churches, hospitals and anyone who cares about the health and safety of children to get involved in Heads In Helmets,” Fullen commented.
According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), helmet use can reduce the risk of bicycle-related head injury in children and teens by about 80 percent. This is what drove Howard Spiva, the founding partner of Spiva Law Group, to create The Justice 4 Children Foundation and the Heads In Helmets safety program in 1999 in Savannah, Ga. The mission of this program is to provide free safety helmets as a means of promoting awareness and prevention of these traumatic head injuries among children and teens.
“It is refreshing to see the smiling faces of the kids and their parents when we properly fit them with their free bike safety helmets. To know that we are truly making a difference in helping prevent traumatic brain injury in such a tangible way is sometimes overwhelming. I enjoy meeting and visiting with the recipients of these safety helmets. These events give me, our staff and volunteers the opportunity to speak with parents and guardians about the Heads In Helmets program and how it benefits so many,” commented Kena Ridge, a board member for Heads In Helmets and a legal assistant with The Sloan Firm.
Please see www.headsinhelmets.com and www.headsinhelmets.com/ambassadors/ for more information.
About The Sloan Firm
The Sloan Firm was established in 1980 and has offices in Longview and Houston, Texas. The Sloan Firm has an impressive track record with effective negotiations and litigation in its primary practice area of personal injury law with two board-certified attorneys in this practice area. The firm’s attorneys also have extensive experience in commercial law, employment law, product liability, insurance litigation, work place injuries, asbestos-related diseases, FELA (Federal Employers’ Liability Act), and oil and gas law. The Sloan Firm has successfully litigated on behalf of its clients’ cases involving product defects, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, work injuries, medical malpractice, drunk driving accidents, trucking accidents, motorcycle accidents, highway defects, burn injuries, premises defect, sexual abuse, sexual harassment and wrongful death.
For more information on The Sloan Firm, please visit www.SloanFirm.com or call toll free at 800-730-0099.