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Hard Hats for Little Heads

  • 25 Free Helmets Could Be Yours

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    TMA’s Hard Hats for Little Heads is turning 25, and we want you to join our party! We’re offering 25 FREE helmets to 25 TMA members to host their first local event during Hard Hats for Little Heads Month in October. Deadline to enter the 25 for 25 campaign is June 1.

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  • Get Moving. Stay Safe. Wear a Helmet.

    TMA physicians want children to be active — and safe. So get out and ride a bike. And be sure you wear your helmet. To give the best protection, your helmet must fit properly. Review TMA’s new, easy-to-follow video (also available in Spanish) that shows how to properly fit a bike helmet on a child's head. As emergency physician Evan Meyer, MD, says in the video, "Think 2, V, 1!" Once you’re buckled up, get out and ride!

  • Host a Helmet Giveaway

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    TMA’s Hard Hats for Little Heads program helps reduce brain injuries and encourage kids to exercise by giving away bicycle helmets at local events. TMA provides everything you need for your local event, from helmets to publicity and educational materials to media support. 

    Email TMA’s outreach coordinator or call (800) 880-1300, ext. 1470, to start planning your event.

     

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  • All About Hard Hats for Little Heads

    What is Hard Hats for Little Heads?

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    Hard Hats for Little Heads bicycle helmet giveaway program was created to help reduce head injury among Texas children. A properly fitting helmet can prevent almost all head injuries — up to 85 percent — the most common cause of disability or death in a bicycle crash. Since 1994, TMA has given away more than 320,000 helmets to Texas children.

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  • Hard Hats FAQs

    Everything you need to know about Hard Hats for Little Heads.


     

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    Event Toolkit

    TMA recommends you start planning your event at least a month in advance to ensure time for delivery of helmets and materials.

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  • Hard Hats Newsroom

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  • Hard Hats Resources

    Get the resources you need to host your event:

  • Thank you

    Hard Hats for Little Heads is supported in 2019 with a TMA Foundation grant thanks to its Legacy of Caring and General Endowments, and generous gifts from an anonymous physician and spouse and donors to TMAF’s Make-A-Difference and Greatest Need appeals.

    Special thanks to the Texas Academy of Family Physicians and Texas Pediatric Society for their multi-year support. Their contributions provide 25 helmets for Texas family physicians and TPS members (matched with 25 helmets from the Hard Hats program).

  • TMA is helping to strengthen your practice by offering advice and creating a climate of medical success across the state.

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  • Ask the TMA Knowledge Center

    Got Hard Hats questions? Call or email the Knowledge Center.

    (800) 880-7955

     

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