The Safety Seat Check Station Program provides hands-on help for parents and caregivers. This free service is to learn how to install and use the child safety seat.
The safety seat check takes 20-30 minutes depending on the safety seat and vehicle.

Parents and caregivers will be asked to complete a form to have the seat checked. A certified child passenger safety technician works with each participant. Technicians check the installation and that the seat is proper for the child.

To ensure that you have the best experience, here is how you should prepare:

• For newborn installations, please schedule an appointment 1 to 2 months before your due date. Moms can deliver early and check stations take appointments weeks in advance.
• For non-newborn installations, please try to bring your child with you or know your child’s weight and height.
• Be familiar with your safety seat before having it checked. Review the safety seat instruction manual and install the safety seat. Bring the safety seat instruction
• manual and vehicle owner’s manual to the safety seat check.

For time, date and location information please visit:

Please visit https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/child-passenger-safety/safety-seat-checks/

YOVASO’s excited to announce an all new Holiday Safety Campaign, Jingle Your Way to a Safe Holiday: Buckle Up and Celebrate Responsibly! The focus of the campaign will be on seat belts, avoiding alcohol/drugs, celebrating/driving safely, and peer-to-peer messaging.

As part of the campaign, students will compete to develop the best jingle (short song or tune) to influence their peers to buckle up and drive safely! Jingles are due by December 10 at 5:00pm. The YOVASO staff will select the top 5 jingles for public voting which will open December 14 and close on December 18. The winning jingle will be announced on December 21 and will run on YOVASO’s social media pages through December 25 to remind students to drive safely and make good choices.

Many motorists will take to the scenic highways throughout Virginia’s Northern Neck during the upcoming holidays. While quality time with family and friends is the forefront of attention, the need for traffic safety is paramount and must not be overlooked. The goal of this campaign is to help drivers and passengers remember the importance of buckling up, traveling at a safe speed, putting the phone down while behind the wheel, and not drinking and driving.

During the “Survive The Drive” campaign, a major focus will be seat belt enforcement across the Northern Neck region. This task will be accomplished through patrols directed at encouraging adherence to Virginia seat belt and child restraint laws. Seat belts save lives, and everyone – front seat and back, child and adult – should remember to buckle up.

Safe driving in holiday season

In the days leading up to the holidays, remind Virginians that buzzed driving is a serious, risky behavior that causes needless deaths. Help educate Virginians on the dangers of buzzed and drunk driving in the weeks leading up to the holidays. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has downloadable pre-holiday season messaging on its Traffic Safety Marketing website.

Additionally, you can access the anti-drunk driving “Act Like It” social media toolkit here from highway safety partner WRAP.

This is a FREE child safety seat check provided by Carilion Children’s Safe Kids and the Virginia Department of Health, Injury, Suicide and Violence Prevention Program, for parents and caregivers. The safety seat check is adapted for COVID-19. Please contact the event coordinator to schedule your appointment.

Christiansburg, Monday, November 23rd, 3-5 pm.
For an appointment call 757-618-3310 or email amhash@carilionclinic.org

Lexington, Tuesday, November 24th, 11am-1pm.
For an appointment call 540-458-3595 or email haostby@carilionclinic.org

Rocky Mount, Monday, December 14th, 3-5 pm.
For an appointment call 540-484-8569 or email bmrobertson@carilionclinic.org

The national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over, and the Commonwealth’s Checkpoint Strikeforce campaigns strive to prevent anti-drunk driving crashes, injuries and deaths during the December holidays.

Highway safety partner WRAP developed an “Act Like It” social media toolkit to remind Virginians to never get behind the wheel after drinking, especially during the dangerous holiday season. The toolkit’s social media graphics are sized for Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, and include draft content to go along with the graphics. You can download materials here.
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