Fitzgerald Auto Malls held their third Hispanic Child Safety Seat event at the Gaithersburg dealerships on Saturday, June 9th, in an effort to reduce the number of injuries and fatalities that occur to children every year as result of child safety seat misuse. The focus of the event was to educate the community on the importance of child passenger safety and to inform them about the serious risks and dangers associated with incorrectly installed child seats.
In partnership with Amerigroup and Univision TV, Fitzgerald Auto Malls reached out to Hispanic and Latino families within the local community to teach them about child passenger safety. Amerigroup donated 100 car and booster seats to the event, to which 30 of the seats were given to needy families chosen by CASA of Maryland, while the rest went to the winners of the Univision TV outreach contest.
Certified technicians were on-site inspecting child seats and showing parents and caregivers the proper way to install them. This gave families the opportunity to ask questions and become more involved in keeping their children safe when riding in a vehicle.
Fitzgerald Auto Malls celebrated the installation of their 40,000th child safety seat in May 2011 (42,000 seats 6/15/2012), which was the single largest number of inspections by a dealership group in America. It is the first private organization to achieve this record number of inspections within a single program. “Fitzgerald Auto Malls is very proud of this accomplishment and we are proud to support the communities we serve.
Fitzgerald’s Child Seat Inspection Program works to help save lives by proactively teaching the local community about the life-threatening dangers posed by incorrectly installed child safety seats. Child safety seat inspections are held on the third Thursday of every month, from March to December. Information about upcoming event dates and locations can be found online at www.FitzMall.com.
We would like to thank all of the Certified Technicians, Associates and Dealership Personnel including Pa. & Lexington Park Dealerships who all worked very hard to help save the lives of our communities children!
Jack Fitzgerald, founder and CEO of Fitzgerald Auto Malls, interviewed by Univision TV
Arvin Aleman (left) secured properly in his child safety seat next to Jeffrey Aleman (right) at the Fitzgerald Child Safety Seat Check event
