In Collaboration With The Akron Children's Hospital and The Goodyear Foundation
This past Tuesday, January 13, 2026, The Akron Children’s Hospital and The Goodyear Foundation collaborated with EANDC to expand child safety programs focusing on child passenger seats. The program also includes education on bicycle safety and teen safe driving. The car seat distribution included information Tuesday on training and installing car seats for children. Other useful resources were provided by the external affairs department at The Akron Children’s Hospital, such as hygiene kits for the parents and nurseries.
Hygiene Kits provided by the Akron Children’s Hospital
Car Seat Selection Tool provided for the parents.
At EANDC, we value the health and safety of our residents and the communities that we serve in Summit County. We had parents that have SNAP and/ or Medicaid coming from different parts of Summit County with their children who cannot afford a car seat for their children. We were able to witness parents who were eager to learn and to be trained on child passenger safety to keep their child safe. In addition, the parents who were eligible got to receive a free car seat. We collaborated with The Akron Children’s Hospital last year on this program, and appointments were filled up more than last year. It’s great to see the positive impact we have on our communities by doing a community partnership and Akron’s support.
