YNDC and City of Youngstown Provide Free Helmets to Elementary School Students

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

On Monday, May 23, YNDC and the City of Youngstown Health Department presented a bicycle safety demonstration and distributed more than 150 bicycle helmets to kindergarten and 3rd grade students at McGuffey Elementary School.

The giveaway was part of the Safe Routes to School project, which seeks to create safer environments for elementary students who walk and bike to school. McGuffey Elementary was identified as a priority school in the Youngstown's Safe Routes to School Travel Plan, which was approved by ODOT in March of 2016. The city has submitted a grant proposal to ODOT for infrastructure improvements around the school. The helmets were awarded through Ohio AAP's "Put a Lid On It" Bike Helmet Safety Awareness Program.