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 St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center, under the direction of the New Jersey
State Safety Council, has formed the first SAFE KIDS Chapter in New Jersey. The
National SAFE KIDS Campaign is the first and only national organization dedicated
solely to the prevention of unintentional childhood injury, which is the number
one killer of children ages 14 and under. Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett
Koop, M.D., Sc.D is the chairman of the Campaign and Johnson & Johnson is
the Founding Sponsor. The members of the St.Lawrence SAFE KIDS Chapter include
Capital Health Systems, Medical Center of Princeton,Robert Wood Johnson University
Hospital at Hamilton, St.Francis Medical Center and the Trenton Thunder, Trenton
Titans, KidsBridge Children's Museum, the Lawrenceville Fire Department, Lawrenceville
Police Department and Coleman Buick Pontiac GMC. This team effort is an important
step in uniting different community organizations to work together to prevent
injuries and to promote safety education
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