Hard Hats for Little Heads

All About Hard Hats for Little Heads

The Hard Hats for Little Heads bicycle helmet giveaway program was created in 1994 to help reduce head injury among Texas children in sports on wheels, including riding a scooter and inline skating.

A properly fitting helmet can prevent almost all head injuries – up to 85%. With growing concern over childhood obesity, the Hard Hats program promotes fun exercise, and teaches parents and children the importance of wearing a properly fitted helmet.

In bike crashes, head injury causes more deaths and serious disability than any other injury. Wearing a bicycle helmet that fits properly can prevent nearly all head injuries. 

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Hard Hats for Little Heads: TMA’s Helmet Giveaway Saves Lives

The Texas Medical Association's Hard Hats for Little Heads program allows physicians to supply bike helmets to kids. The organization's longest-running outreach program has helped protect children's health and promote exercise by giving away more than 375,000 helmets.

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TMA’s Hard Hats for Little Heads is funded in 2026 by the TMA Foundation with major support from an anonymous TMA/TMAA member donor couple’s matching grant and Lee Ann Pearse, MD, Kimberly E. Monday, MD, the McCallum Family Foundation, and gifts from physicians and their families.