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and Second Graders Participate in Coloring Contest March is “National Brain Injury Awareness Month,” a nd
the Brain Injury
Association of New York State (BIANYS) has partnered with the New
York State Police and other local police agencies, to bring the
6th Annual “Design Your Own Helmet” Contest to all first and
second graders.
 “When I speak with the kids, I try to make the information relate
to them. It allows for them to understand the importance of
protecting their brain,” School Resource Officer Trooper Hal Wittner said. “I tell them that they need to wear a helmet if they
are bicycling, roller skating, roller blading, skateboarding and
scootering. If you are strapping wheels to your feet, you need to
be strapping a helmet to your head.”
Each school submits the top five helmets for each grade level to
BIANYS, where they are judged by grade on the county level. The
Amsterdam Chapter
 of BIANYS sponsors the contest for all first and
second graders of Fulton, Montgomery and Schoharie Counties. Each
county is judged independently of the other counties.
According to Wittner, more than 2,200 first and second graders in
Fulton, Montgomery and Schoharie Counties participated in 2004.
The coloring content is meant to be something fun for the children
to do while learning the importance protecting them against
needless injury or death because:
- Almost 80% of all bicycle fatalities involve a head injury, and
- 43% of children, between the ages of 5 and 9, die from head
injuries.
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Fonda-Fultonville is being represented this year by:
(click on the helmet to view the larger image)
First Grade:
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Justin Brooks |
Hailey Etherton |
Mackenzie Dopp |
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Sarah Mia Krzys |
Jared Leamon |
Second Grade:
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| Alyssa
Castle |
William Furman |
Shawn Monge |
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| John Oevering |
Sabrina Springer |
New York State law requires all children under the age of 14 to
wear a helmet if they are riding a bicycle, roller skating, roller
blading or scootering and the parent or guardian is subject to a
$50.00 fine.
If you have further questions, please call Trooper Wittner at
853-4415 Ext 4911 or email at
hwittner@mum.neric.org.
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