Hard Hats for Little Heads

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!

What is Hard Hats for Little Heads?

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.

Find Out More

Hard Hats Newsroom

The latest news releases:

• There’s Still Time to Join the Hard Hats Celebration in October
• Eustace Primary School Students to Receive Bike Helmets
• Act Now to Promote Bicycle Safety in October
• 2,300 Texas Kids to Receive Free Helmets From TMA in May
• Q&A: Hard Hats for Hard Hats for Little Heads Advocates Alan Howell, MD, and Martha Howell
• TMA to Give 1,800 Helmets to Texas Kids in April
• Giving a Bike? Don't Forget the Helmet
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Hard Hats Resources

Get the resources you need to host your event:

• Hard Hats for Little Heads Power Point
  
  Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute
• Bicycling Life (tips for bike rodeos)
  
  Bike Rodeo Event Ideas
  
  Brain Injury Association of America
  
  Safe Kids
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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).