Saint Vincent’s Receives Bicycle Helmet Award

Saint Vincent’s has been awarded 75 bicycle helmets as part of the 2009 Statewide Bicycle Safety Program of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security. The program provided has more than 8,000 helmets to 86 communities and organizations for distribution this year. "We are pleased to receive these helmets to enhance our bicycle safety efforts," said Jack Weldon, Saint Vincent’s Executive Director. “The helmets will be distributed to the children and youth served by Saint Vincent’s.”

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts law requires children 16 years of age or younger who operate a bicycle, or who ride as a passenger on a bicycle, on a public way or bike path to wear a properly fitted and fastened helmet. A bicycle helmet can reduce the risk of serious head and brain injury by as much as 90%. For more information on the bicycle helmet law and bicycle safety tips, please visit www.mass.gov/highway safety. The Executive Office of Public Safety and Security is also distributing its current bicycle safety poster throughout the communities and organizations that have received bicycle helmet awards.

For more information, please contact Melissa Dick at 508/235-3228.