ABI Preventation & Education

"Helmets on Kids" is an initiative, started by the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association in London, Ontario in 2002. The goal of the project is to donate bicycle helmets and to promote education and awareness on proper bicycle helmet use.

The program began in Peel Region in 2008 with Pace Law Firm purchasing the first 500 helmets

Helmets on Kids – Peel is a joint venture of the Brain Injury Association of Peel and Halton, the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association, the Peel Children's Safety Village, Peel Regional Police, Peel Public Health and Peel District School Board. The kick off event and safety assemblies are held every June to coincide with Brain Injury Awareness Month.

The 2009 Peel "Helmets on Kids" kicked-off at Brandon Gate Public School in Malton on June 18. Pace Law Firm again purchased 500 helmets for distribution.

The 2010 Helmets on Kids took place at Thornwood Public School in Mississauga on June 9. Over Six hundred students from the participating schools were selected to receive helmets this year.

Thank you to our 2010 sponsors:

Pictured front row, left to right: Chief Mike Metcalf - Chief of Police Region of Peel, Mr. Sandev Singh Purewal - Chair Peel Helmets on Kids, Member OTLA, Vice President Board of Directors - BIAPH, Lawyer - Gluckstein & Associates LLP
Back row, left to right: Ms. Christie Hallett - Administrator Peel Children's Safety Village Mrs. Joan Webster - Public Health Nurse - Region of Peel Ms. Jorun Rucels - Executive Director, BIAPH.
Also pictured: Students from Credit Valley Public School

Helmets on Kids – Halton

On Monday June 21st, the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA) in conjunction with the Brain Injury Association of Peel and Halton (BIAPH) held a Helmets for Kids Campaign at the Halton Children's Safety Village to bring helmets to kids in need. Local Halton personal injury lawyers donated funds to purchase 170 helmets for kids who otherwise would not have one. Laura Hillyer, Martin & Hillyer, coordinated the event, the first of it's kind in the Halton Region. Children from McKenzie Smith Bennett School in Acton were taken on a trip to the Halton Children's Safety Village in Oakville, where they received bike safety instruction from Cindy Lawrence of the Safety Village. All the children were then individually fitted for a brand new bike helmet.

Thank you to our sponsors:

Thanks to the volunteers from Martin & Hillyer, OTLA and the Halton Police co-op student program.

Below is a photo with a student from MSB along with (from left to right): Mr. Baker (Grade 3 teacher), Officer Barnett (Halton Police), and Laura Hillyer (Martin & Hillyer).