Safe Kids WNC

10/17/2026

FALL-O-WEEN! Here until 4pm!

10/13/2026

Wellness event with Unete and Bounty and Soul!

10/03/2026

🚒 Community Partnerships Save Lives! ❤️

A HUGE thank you to Blue Ridge Fire & Rescue for partnering with Safe Kids Western North Carolina to bring awareness to the dangers of leaving children unattended in vehicles.

Through our educational vehicle temperature display, we are able to demonstrate just how quickly temperatures inside a vehicle can rise, even on days when the outside temperature may not seem dangerously hot. This powerful visual serves as an important reminder that NEVER leaving a child unattended in a vehicle can save a life!

We are incredibly grateful for community partners like Blue Ridge Fire & Rescue who share our commitment to injury prevention, public education, and keeping our most precious passengers safe.

Together, through education, awareness, and strong community partnerships, we can prevent tragedies and save lives—one family at a time! ❤️

10/03/2026

🚗 Building Safer Communities Through Strong Partnerships! 🚗

A heartfelt THANK YOU to the Asheville Police Department Traffic Safety Unit for partnering with us and to Target for graciously hosting an event dedicated to Child Passenger Safety!

Through this incredible partnership, we had the opportunity to connect with multiple families, provide valuable education, and share important information about properly securing and transporting children safely in vehicles.

Child passenger safety is more than just car seats—it’s about protecting our most precious passengers and helping families make informed decisions that can save lives.

We are incredibly grateful for community partners who recognize the importance of injury prevention and are willing to invest their time, resources, and support in keeping our children safe.

When community organizations, law enforcement, and local businesses come together, we make a greater impact! Partnerships like these allow us to reach more families, strengthen awareness, and help ensure that every child has the opportunity to travel safely.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this event possible. Together, we are making a difference, one family and one car seat at a time! 💙

10/02/2026

Car seat check today at Target, 115 River Hills Rd, Asheville! Here until 1:00pm! Make sure your child's car seat is properly installed!!

09/27/2026

24 NEW CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY TECHNICIANS! ❤️🚗

What an incredible week of learning, teamwork, and dedication to keeping children safe on our roadways!

This week, 24 individuals successfully completed the Child Passenger Safety Technician Certification Course, joining a network of nationally certified technicians committed to helping families ensure their children are traveling as safely as possible.

Our students came from communities across North Carolina, bringing different backgrounds, experiences, agencies, and perspectives into the classroom — but they all shared one common goal: protecting our most precious passengers.

Becoming a Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician is much more than learning how to install a car seat. Technicians are trained to educate parents and caregivers, identify potential safety concerns, teach the proper selection and use of child restraints, and empower families with the knowledge and confidence to safely transport their children.

The course concluded with a community car seat check event, giving our students the opportunity to take what they had learned in the classroom and put those skills into practice while working directly with families. It was a wonderful way to bring the week full circle — turning education into action and making an immediate difference in our community.

We extend a very special thank you to Leicester Fire Department for graciously hosting our course and for providing a meal for our students and instructors. Your hospitality, support, and commitment to injury prevention helped make this week possible, and we are incredibly grateful.

To our 24 newly certified technicians — congratulations! Your certification represents more than an accomplishment. It represents countless future conversations with parents and caregivers, car seats checked and corrected, families educated, and children traveling safer because you chose to serve.

As these technicians return to communities throughout our state, the impact of this one class will reach far beyond the walls of the classroom.

24 technicians- Communities across North Carolina with one shared mission: keeping kids safe — one family, one car seat, and one ride at a time. ❤️

Congratulations and welcome to the Child Passenger Safety family!

09/22/2026

It's Child Passenger Safety Week! 🎉

Make sure your child is in The Right Seat for their age and size — and that it's installed correctly every time. 👶✔️

Tap the link in comments to use our Car Seat Finder tool or find a certified technician near you.

09/22/2026

It's Child Passenger Safety Week!

Go to https://www.buckleupnc.org/ to find a certified Child Passenger Safety Technician near you!

We also have a car seat check this Thursday, 9/24 at Leicester Fire Department, 1563 Alexander Rd, Leicester NC 28748 between 10am and Noon!

BuckleUpNC is North Carolina's State-sponsored resource for car seat and seat belt information. Our staff includes Child Passenger Safety Technicians and Instructors with more than two decades of combined experience.

09/22/2026

TODAY IS THE DAY!!!

Stop by and see us from 1pm - 4:30 pm 😊

09/22/2026

Come out to the Yancey County Health Department today until 4:30! Get your car seat checked, pick up some fun safety books and info, and go to the Bookmobile!!!