Bicycle Accidents
Breakstone, White & Gluck Makes Kids’ Bicycle Helmet Donations in Quincy, Framingham and Westborough
Breakstone, White & Gluck is committed to protecting children on bicycles from serious head injuries. For the fifth year, our law firm will donate bicycle helmets to children in the Boston area as part of our Project KidSafe campaign. Once again, we are pleased to partner up with local police departments, schools, bicycle committees and community organizations to distribute the helmets.
Over the past four years, Breakstone, White & Gluck has donated more than 10,000 bicycle helmets to children. We are excited about the year ahead and invite you to follow along: www.facebook.com/bwglaw.
Over the weekend, Breakstone, White & Gluck donated more than 350 bicycle helmets to three organizations:
Quincy Police Department. Attorney David W. White delivered 100 bicycle helmets to the Quincy Police Department on Friday afternoon. He was greeted by the Community Policing Unit, including: Officer White, Lieutenant Bina, and Officer Miller (shown in this photo with Attorney White. Photo courtesy of Quincy Police).
On Saturday, Quincy police officers gave the helmets away and spoke to families about bicycle safety at the Healthy Kids Day event at the South Shore YMCA. Read the Quincy police department’s announcement on our donation and bicycle safety tips.
Framingham Earth Day. We partnered up with the Framingham Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee and Framingham Police Department for the fourth year, fitting children for helmets at the annual Framingham Earth Day celebration. The community welcomed us back as we fit 140 helmets and answered bicycle safety questions from families. The donation was coordinated by Bill Hanson, chair of the Framingham Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee. We are lucky to have Bill’s help; he has coordinated the donation for the past four years. Bill was also out fitting helmets for the kids, along with Attorney David W. White of Breakstone, White & Gluck and Framingham Police Officer Garrett Coffin.
Healthy Kids Day. For the fourth year, we donated more than 100 bicycle helmets for the Healthy Kids event at the Boroughs Family Branch of the YMCA of Central Massachusetts. The event was held on Saturday. The donation was coordinated by Bruce Tretter of the Westborough Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee, who was also on hand to fit helmets for the kids (he is shown in the photo below). Bruce has coordinated this donation for the past four years and we appreciate his efforts.
On June 10th, Attorney David W. White will join Bruce and the Westborough Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee at Spring Festival. This event is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Westborough.
Highlights from our 2017 Project KidSafe campaign:
-Breakstone, White & Gluck will partner with more than 30 community partners this year, including police departments, bicycle committees, schools and community organizations.
-We will donate 1,500 helmets within the City of Boston, including 600 helmets to the City of Boston. The Boston Police Department and Boston Bikes’ Roll It Forward initiative will receive helmets.
-Partner organizations include 10 police departments, including Boston, Cambridge, Quincy, Everett, Randolph. Dedham, Norwood, Waltham, Framingham and Malden.
-Safe Routes to School in Massachusetts will receive 400 helmets for children in need who participate in its bicycle safety programming.
-We will partner up with CYCLE Kids and Somerville Public Schools again in June. Fifth-graders who finished the CYCLE Kids bicycle safety program will receive a brand-new helmet for safe summer riding.
Attorney Marc Breakstone Teaches Arlington Students His Bike Safety Pledge
Attorney Marc L. Breakstone’s message to fifth graders in Arlington yesterday? Ride safe.
Breakstone, White & Gluck kicked off our 2017 Project KidSafe campaign yesterday, donating 50 helmets to Peirce Elementary School in Arlington. Attorney Breakstone participated in a bike safety training led by Richard Fries, executive director of MassBike. Helmets were distributed to children who needed one after the training.
The training was coordinated by Mary Alice Burke, the school’s parent coordinator of Safe Routes to School programming. Nicole Edmonds, a school outreach coordinator for the Safe Routes to School office in Boston and Arlington Police Officer Corey Rateau also participated.
Launched in 2013, Breakstone, White & Gluck’s Project KidSafe campaign has donated more than 10,000 helmets to children, with a goal of preventing serious head injuries and encouraging safe riding. Under Massachusetts law, all cyclists age 16 or younger must wear bicycle helmets. But all cyclists are strongly encouraged to wear helmets, regardless of age. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, helmets can reduce the risk of head and brain injuries in bicycle accidents by up to 88 percent, making them the single most effective way to reduce head injuries and save lives.
This is the fourth year we have donated bicycle helmets to children in the Arlington community. In Arlington, our helmets support Safe Routes to School bike and pedestrian training in elementary schools. In addition to Peirce Elementary School, we will also donate make donations to the Hardy Elementary School and the Arlington Bicycle Advisory Committee this year. The Arlington Bicycle Advisory Committee will distribute helmets to children who need one at Arlington Town Day in the Fall.
Learn more about our Project KidSafe bike safety campaign.
About Breakstone, White & Gluck
Breakstone, White & Gluck is a Boston personal injury law firm which is committed to the safety of all bicyclists in Massachusetts. We have over 100 years combined experience representing bicyclists injured by the negligence of others. If you, or a member of your family, has been injured in a bicycle incident, please feel free to contact us for a free legal consultation at 800-379-1244 or 617-723-7676 or use our contact form. Thank you and RIDE SAFE!
Breakstone, White & Gluck Donates 500 Bicycle Light Sets to Boston Cyclists
Breakstone, White & Gluck is teaming up with Boston Bikes, the City of Boston and cycling groups this week to remind cyclists to use bike lights. All over the city, cyclists are being surprised with free lights (if they need them), as part of Boston Bikes’ #BeBrilliant campaign to keep cyclists safe.
Breakstone, White & Gluck donated the 500 bicycle light sets to Boston Bikes, which is part of the City of Boston, for the third year. Boston Bikes staff and volunteer groups have been giving the lights away this week in Dorchester, Allston, Brighton, Dorchester, East Boston, Mattapan, Roxbury, South Boston and Downtown. Groups include Rozzie Bikes, Commonwheels Bicycle Collective and Bike Dorchester.
Under Massachusetts law, cyclists must use bike lights to help them stay visible to motorists. Cyclists must have a white light on the front of their bike and either a red light or a red reflector on the rear. This is an important reminder since Daylight Saving Time ended last weekend and the nights are getting darker earlier.
“As evenings get dark earlier, people who are driving, walking and bicycling need to be more aware of each other than ever,” said BTD Commissioner Gina N. Fiandaca, in an announcement posted on the city’s website. “Our top priority is ensuring the safety of people traveling on our streets, and we ask everyone to help us by slowing down and looking out for each other.
Here are a few safety tips for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists.
For Drivers
- Follow the speed limit
- Do not use cell phones
- Always yield to pedestrians
- When turning, slow down and look for bicyclists going straight
- Make sure you do not open your car door into the path of a bicyclist or another driver
- Do not park or stop in the bike or bus lane
For Pedestrians
- Always use crosswalks
- Avoid crossing the street between two parked cars
- Wear reflective colored clothing
For Bicyclists
- Always wear a bicycle helmet and use bike lights
- Bike in the same direction as traffic, unless the street is marked otherwise
- Stop at stop signs and follow all traffic signals
- Wear reflective colored clothing
- Use hand signals
- Yield for pedestrians
BWG Project KidSafe 2016: 10,000+ Bicycle Helmets Donated to Children
Breakstone, White & Gluck has completed its 2016 Project KidSafe campaign, donating nearly 5,000 helmets to children in Massachusetts this year. With help from local bicycle committees, police departments, schools and community groups, we have now donated more than 10,000 bicycle helmets over four years to help children ride safely.
Our partners, Marc L. Breakstone, David W. White and Ronald E. Gluck, thank everyone who has helped us and embraced our goal: to keep children and families safe and encourage them to wear a helmet every time they ride to prevent serious head injuries.
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- Attorney Ron Gluck and Attorney David White join the Cambridge Police and students at the Cambridgeport School. Breakstone, White & Gluck donated 140 bicycle helmets for the Cambridge Police to distribute through its first-ever helmet voucher program.
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- Attorney David W. White at a safety event in Easthampton last May. Breakstone, White & Gluck donated 140 helmets for the event.
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- Attorney Marc L. Breakstone and the fifth-graders at the Dr. Albert F. Argenziano School in Somerville. Breakstone, White & Gluck donated 300 helmets to students who finished the CYCLE Kids curriculum.
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- Milton Bike fits helmets donated by Breakstone, White & Gluck’s Project KidSafe campaign for children at Celebrate Milton in October.
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- Attorney Reza Breakstone fits a helmet at the Dedham Bike Rodeo. Breakstone, White & Gluck donated 120 bike helmets to children at the Dedham Bike Rodeo. This was our fourth year participating.
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- Attorney David W. White at the Joseph M. Tierney Learning Center in South Boston
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- Tewksbury Police distributed helmets from our Project KidSafe campaign.
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- Attorney David W. White with a young cyclist at the Joseph M. Tierney Learning Center in South Boston last summer.
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- In August, Attorney David White with Everett Police Captain Richard Basteri.
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- Breakstone, White & Gluck donated 100 bicycle helmets to children served by the Windsor Street Care Center in Cambridge.
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- Attorney Reza Breakstone and Framingham Police fit children for helmets at the Framingham Earth Day Festival.
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- Children in Easthampton listen to Attorney David W. White speak about bicycle safety.
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- Photo: Attorney David White stopped at The Home for Little Wanderers this week and delivered bicycle helmets from Breakstone, White & Gluck’s Project KidSafe campaign. He was greeted by (left) Paige Oldaker, Leadership Gifts Officer; Johanna Lauer, Volunteer Mentor; and Taryn Marino, Manager of Volunteer and Mentor Programs. (next to David).
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- Attorney Marc L. Breakstone with a cyclist and an instructor at the iCan Shine Bike Camp in Arlington last April.
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- Graduates of the Girls in Action Program with Attorney David W. White. Breakstone, White & Gluck donated helmets for the program, which is led by Bikes Not Bombs.
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- Attorney Ronald E. Gluck and Attorney David W. White with members of the Malden Police Department, which received 100 helmets from our Project KidSafe campaign.
Our Partners:
Boston Bikes, Roll It Forward
CYCLE Kids
Bikes Not Bombs
Arlington iCan Shine Camp
Arlington Bicycle Advisory Committee
Ashland Farmers Market
Bicyclecentro of East Boston
Bike Milton
Commonwheels Bicycle Collective
Dedham Bike Rodeo
East Arlington Livable Streets Coalition
Easthampton Healthy Youth Coalition
Framingham Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee
Friends of Lexington Bikeways
Groundwork Somerville
Haynes Early Education Center in Roxbury
Massachusetts Safe Routes to School
Northbridge Public Schools
Somerville Kiwanis Club
Somerville Public Schools
The Home for Little Wanderers
Tierney Learning Center of South Boston
Up Academy Dorchester
Watertown Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee
Westborough Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee
Westwood Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Committee
Windsor Street Care Center of Cambridge
Worcester Earn-a-Bike
Our Police Department Partners:
Cambridge Police
Dedham Police
Everett Police
Randolph Police
Norwood Police
Waltham Police
Marlborough Police
Malden Police
Tewksbury Police
Somerville Police
Framingham Police
Lexington Police
Cycling Clubs and Bicycle Organizations:
We were also pleased to support safe riding in other ways, by sponsoring the Boston Cyclists Union, MassBike, Northeast Bicycle Club, Charles River Wheelmen, New England Mountain Bike Association (NEMBA), CYCLE Kids and Bikes Not Bombs. We are also sponsoring the Boston Bikes #BeBrilliant campaign again in 2016.
Breakstone, White & Gluck Supports Local Bicycle Committees in 2016 Project KidSafe Campaign
Local bicycle committees are the wheels behind our success. As we finish our Project KidSafe campaign, our partners, Marc L. Breakstone, David W. White and Ronald E. Gluck, want to thank all the local bicycle committees who organized community events and helped us donate bicycle helmets to children in 2016. Committee members volunteered their time and fit helmets for children, while also speaking to families about the importance of always wearing a bicycle helmet, every time they ride.
This year, we thank the: Arlington Bicycle Advisory Committee; Bike Milton; Framingham Bicycle and Advisory Committee; Friends of Lexington Bikeways; Westwood Pedestrian and Bicycle Committee; Westborough Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee and the Watertown Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee. While not bicycle committees, the Kiwanis Club of Somerville, Boston Bikes and the Ashland Farmers Market all deserve mention. Here are some photos from the year or read more about our 2016 Project KidSafe campaign here.
Arlington Bicycle Advisory Committee
Ashland Farmer’s Market
Bike Milton
Framingham Earth Day 2016
Friends of Lexington Bikeways
Kiwanis Club of Somerville
Westwood Pedestrian and Bicycle Committee
Westborough Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee
Watertown Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee
Breakstone, White & Gluck Supports Local Police Departments in 2016 Project KidSafe Campaign
Breakstone, White & Gluck was proud to partner with more than a dozen police departments in the Boston area during our 2016 Project KidSafe campaign. During the first three years of our campaign, police departments provided critical support in helping us give away children’s bicycle helmets. This year, we expanded our police donations to help protect more children and reach more families. Our partners, Marc L. Breakstone, David W. White and Ronald E. Gluck, thank police departments for helping us give away more than 1,500 helmets in 2016. Our attorneys have now donated over 10,000 helmets to children since 2013 and we owe much to the support of local police officers and departments.
The police departments did a great job this year. Some departments organized bike rodeos and gave away bike helmets. Others gave helmets away one at a time to children who needed one. Others, like Framingham, Lexington and Somerville, dispatched officers to help fit helmets at community events. For several years now, Somerville Police Officer Marianne Manfra has participated in two events in June. With her help, we reached more than 400 children in less than two weeks last Spring. Read about our Somerville bike helmet donations.
Cambridge Police Department incorporated the donation into their National Bike Safety Month activities, by announcing a helmet voucher program. Please check out our photo album and read more about our 2016 Project KidSafe campaign.
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- Attorney Ron Gluck and Attorney David White join the Cambridge Police and students at the Cambridgeport School. Breakstone, White & Gluck donated 140 bicycle helmets for the Cambridge Police to distribute through its first-ever helmet voucher program.
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- Attorney Reza Breakstone, Framingham Police and the Framingham Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee fit helmets for children at Framingham Earth Day.
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- Attorney Ronald E. Gluck and Attorney David W. White with members of the Malden Police Department, which received 100 helmets from our Project KidSafe campaign.
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- Attorney Reza Breakstone with Neil Cronin and Bob Nedder of the Dedham Police Department at the 2016 Dedham Bike Rodeo.
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- We thank Lexington Police for stepping in at the last minute and fitting helmets for the kids at Discovery Day in May!
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- Attorney David W. White delivered helmets to Norwood Police Chief William G. Brooks III (right) and Officer Paul Murphy (left).
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- Tewksbury Police distributed helmets from our Project KidSafe campaign.
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- Attorney David W. White with Boston Police Sgt. Gino Provenzano. Boston Police received 150 bicycle helmets from our Project KidSafe campaign. Helmets were distributed at bike rodeos in Dorchester and Hyde Park.
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- Attorney David White delivered bicycle helmets from our Project KidSafe campaign to Randolph Police Commander John Hamelburg and Officer Miguel Cruz.
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- Officer Marianne Manfra of the Somerville Police Department at Bike Safety Day, organized by the Kiwanis Club of Somerville, last June. Breakstone, White & Gluck donated 120 helmets for the event.
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- Attorney David White with Everett Police Captain Richard Basteri, Lt. Mark Zielinski, Officer Joe Gaff, Officer Jeff Gilmore and Detective Jason Leonard.
Our 2016 Police Partners:
Boston Police
Cambridge Police
Dedham Police
Everett Police
Randolph Police
Norwood Police
Waltham Police
Marlborough Police
Malden Police
Tewksbury Police
Somerville Police
Framingham Police
Lexington Police
A little farther west, we thank Easthampton Police for supporting us.
Breakstone, White & Gluck Partners With Schools During 2016 Project KidSafe Campaign
As part of our commitment to keep children safe, Breakstone, White & Gluck donated bicycle helmets to several schools and safety programs during our 2016 Project KidSafe campaign. We made donations to schools in the Boston area and across the state.
We made our largest donation of 400 helmets to Massachusetts Safe Routes to School, which works with schools, communities, students and families to increase biking and walking among elementary and middle school students. Safe Routes to School offers safety education and organizes bicycle rodeos in more than 50 percent of communities in Massachusetts.
This is the second year our law firm has partnered with Safe Routes to School. In 2016, Breakstone, White & Gluck donated helmets to support Safe Routes to School’s work at schools, including:
- Brayton Elementary School in North Adams
- Arlington Elementary School in Lawrence
- Gibbons Elementary in Stoughton
Last Spring, Massachusetts Safe Routes to School also gave out helmets from our Project KidSafe campaign at a bike rodeo at the South Boston Neighborhood House. Attorney David W. White fit helmets for the kids and participated:
Left: Attorney White with Moss Lynch and Jana Linhart of Massachusetts Safe Routes to School, Maren Tober of South Boston Healthy Community Champions and Mary Picard Walsh from the South Boston Neighborhood House. Next: Attorney White helping a young cyclist. Next: Group shot of kids with Jana Linhart, Safe Routes to School outreach coordinator and Attorney White. Last: Young cyclist takes to the obstacle course.
In 2015, Breakstone, White & Gluck donated helmets to support Safe Routes to School’s work at:
- Lawrence Bike Program, Lawrence
- Avon Bike Rodeo, Avon
- Reingold School Bike Rodeo, Fitchburg
- Bike & Trike Parade, Salem
- Newman School Festival, Needham
- Greenfield Bike Rodeo at Greenfield Middle School, Greenfield
- Salem Farmers’ Market, Salem
- Milton Rodeo at Pierce Middle School, Milton
- Williams Elementary Bike Rodeo, Pittsfield
- Ciclovia, Lawrence
- Springfield Library Bike Rodeo, Springfield
- Foncesca Bike Summer Session, Fall River
Other Donations to Schools
Through our Project KidSafe campaign, Breakstone, White & Gluck has donated over 10,000 helmets to children in Boston and across Massachusetts since 2013. Our other donations to schools and education centers during our 2016 campaign include:
Somerville Public Schools and CYCLE Kids
In Somerville, we donated 300 helmets to Somerville Public Schools and CYCLE Kids. The helmets were given to fifth graders who completed the CYCLE Kids curriculum as part of their physical education classes. The curriculum teaches students how to ride a bicycle, bicycle safety and nutrition basics. This is the third year we have made this donation. Attorney Marc L. Breakstone joined Somerville Police Officer Marianne Manfra, Physical Education Teacher Kris Savage in handing out the helmets to students at the Dr. Albert F. Argenziano School last June. Read our blog.
Arlington Public Schools
In Arlington, we made a donation to the Arlington Public Schools for the third year. We donated 170 helmets to support the Walk to School Day events for elementary school students. These events focus on encouraging children to safely walk and ride bicycles to school. Our Project KidSafe bicycle helmets were donated to children who needed one during these events. The donation was coordinated through the Arlington Bicycle Advisory Committee.
Joseph M. Tierney Learning Center
For the second year, Breakstone White & Gluck donated bicycle helmets to the Joseph M. Tierney Learning Center in South Boston. Attorney David W. White fit helmets for the children at the center’s summer party in July.
Haynes Early Education Center
In Roxbury, we donated 75 helmets to the Haynes Early Education Center, which is part of the Boston public school system. The school gave the helmets to children who needed one at its Healthy Families Event. Read our blog.
Photos: Arlington Public Schools left, then the Haynes Early Education Center.
Easthampton Healthy Youth Coalition and Easthampton Public Schools
In Easthampton, we donated 140 bicycle helmets to children at the Event to Celebrate Bike Safety in May. The event was sponsored by the Easthampton Healthy Youth Coalition, Easthampton Police, Easthampton Public Schools and the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office. Attorney David W. White attended to help fit helmets for the children. Read our blog.
Breakstone, White & Gluck Donates Children’s Bicycle Helmets in Milton and Westwood
Breakstone, White & Gluck cares about bicycle safety in Boston and across Massachusetts. Over the past four years, our attorneys have donated brand-new bicycle helmets to children who need one through our Project KidSafe campaign.
Wearing a helmet is the most effective step a cyclist can take to prevent a brain injury in a car accident or fall on a bicycle. While important for all cyclists, wearing a helmet is especially important for children, who are still growing and in development.
Breakstone, White & Gluck is nearing the end of the fourth year of our Project KidSafe campaign. Since 2013, our campaign has donated over 10,000 new bicycle helmets to children who needed one. Along the way, over 40 community groups, bicycles safety organizations, police departments and schools have pitched in to help us protect children. Many of these groups help us year in and year out.
We had our busiest year yet in 2016, donating over 4,000 children’s bicycle helmets. Here are a few of our recent donations. We thank our partners Bike Milton and the Westwood Pedestrian & Bicycle Safety Committee.
Bike Milton
Breakstone, White & Gluck recently donated 100 children’s bicycle helmets to Bike Milton, the town of Milton’s bicycle committee (photo above).
On Oct. 2, the Bike Milton distributed bicycle helmets to children at Celebrate Milton, and showed children and parents how to properly fit the helmets. Bike Milton also gave away free bike maps and shared information about the town’s new bike lanes. The Neponset River Greenway extension is also opening soon, which will allow cyclists to ride safely on a protected path. The path runs through Milton, Dorchester and other communities near Boston.
Bike Milton is an active partner of the Safe Routes to School program, which works in schools across the state to teach children how to ride bikes and walk to school safely (Breakstone, White & Gluck is also a supporter of Safe Routes).
Bike Milton is an advocate for safety and has campaigned to make the intersection of Neponset Valley Parkway, Brush Hill Road and Milton Street safer for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians. The intersection had no crosswalks and saw 34 reported accidents over an 8-month period. Visit their website to learn more.
Westwood Pedestrian & Bicycle Committee
For the third year, Breakstone, White & Gluck donated bicycle helmets to keep the children of Westwood safe. Our thanks to the Westwood Pedestrian and Bicycle Committee, which distributed helmets to children at Westwood Town Day on September 24th. Committee members also spoke to families about the importance of wearing a helmet on every bicycle ride.
Attorney David White of Breakstone, White & Gluck is a member of the Westwood Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Committee, but was unable to attend this year. The committee said all still went smoothly and they distributed over 100 helmets in three hours.
Tips for Fitting a Bicycle Helmet
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About Breakstone, White & Gluck
Breakstone, White & Gluck, a Boston personal injury law firm, is committed to the safety of all bicyclists in Massachusetts. We have over 100 years combined experience representing bicyclists injured by the negligence of others. If you, or a member of your family, has been injured in a bicycle incident, please feel free to contact us for a free legal consultation at 800-379-1244 or 617-723-7676 or use our contact form. Thank you and RIDE SAFE!
Breakstone, White & Gluck Makes Helmet Donations in Arlington and Watertown
As part of our Project KidSafe campaign, Breakstone, White & Gluck recently donated children’s bicycle helmets in Arlington and Watertown.
We donated 300 helmets in Arlington, where we have partnered with the Arlington Bicycle Advisory Committee and donated helmets for the past three years.
On September 17th, the Arlington Bicycle Advisory Committee distributed 70 of our Project KidSafe helmets at Arlington Town Day.
“Town Day is always a highlight of the year for us and it is great to be able to help people out with the helmets and vests,” Chairman Chris Tonkin wrote us.
The committee also coordinated our donation of 170 helmets to the Arlington Public Schools last Spring. Our Project KidSafe bicycle helmets were donated to children who needed one during Walk to School Day events for elementary school students. In April, Breakstone, White & Gluck also made a donation to the iCan Shine Bike Camp. The camp meets during April school vacation and teaches individuals with disabilities age 8 and older how to ride a bicycle. We have partnered with the camp to make this donation for the past three years.
On September 24th, the Watertown Bicycle & Pedestrian Committee donated 100 helmets to children at the Watertown Faire on the Square. This was the third year we have partnered with the committee.
We thank the committee members in both communities for taking time to fit the helmets and answer questions about safety.
Breakstone, White & Gluck cares about the safety of cyclists in Massachusetts and actively supports cycling safety in the Boston area. We launched our Project KidSafe campaign in 2013 to protect children. Our goal was to give children access to a safe bicycle helmet, which properly fits and help them understand the importance of wearing one every time they ride. Read more about our 2016 Project KidSafe campaign.
Photos: Top, students in Arlington Public Schools receive new helmets during a Walk to School Day event. Middle, Chris Tonkin of the Arlington Bicycle Advisory Committee talks about bicycle safety at Arlington Town Day in 2016. Bottom, children at the Watertown Faire on the Square give a thumbs up for our Project KidSafe bicycle helmets.
Breakstone, White & Gluck Donates 100 Bicycle Helmets to The Home for Little Wanderers
With a donation from Breakstone, White & Gluck’s Project KidSafe campaign, children at The Home for Little Wanderers are ready for safe riding.
We made a special donation of 100 bicycle helmets to The Home this week, for children and young adults in The Home’s residential and special education programs in Roxbury Crossing, Plymouth and Walpole. The Home serves children and young adults who need family support because of abuse, neglect or other reasons. For more than 200 years, it has filled a critical need in the Boston area, keeping children safe and helping them transition into foster care, adoption or independent living as adults. The Home provides the basic necessities of food, shelter and clothing for children, as well as mental health services, counseling, special education and many other services.
Photo: Attorney David White stopped at The Home for Little Wanderers this week and delivered bicycle helmets from Breakstone, White & Gluck’s Project KidSafe campaign. He was greeted by (left) Paige Oldaker, Leadership Gifts Officer; Johanna Lauer, Volunteer Mentor; and Taryn Marino, Manager of Volunteer and Mentor Programs. (next to David).
Breakstone, White & Gluck is committed to keeping children safe through our Project KidSafe campaign. Since 2013, our law firm has donated over 10,000 bicycle helmets to children who need one in Massachusetts. Our goal is to encourage children to wear bicycle helmets every time they ride to prevent serious head injuries in bicycle accidents or falls.
We learned about The Home’s need for new helmets from a volunteer. She told us children at The Harrington House in Roxbury Crossing were wearing old and worn-down helmets. Then we learned about the need at the other programs and were told the children and young adults love to ride bikes. We saw an opportunity to help.
“We were very pleased to make this donation, especially since the children really enjoy riding bikes,” Attorney David White said. “The Home for Little Wanderers is a lifeline for many children who have been neglected or abused in Massachusetts. While receiving services, the children should have the opportunity to ride bicycles, play and just be kids for a few minutes each day. We hope with brand-new bicycle helmets, they can ride safely and have a little fun.”