The Lee County and Labelle area Kiwanis clubs have joined together in an child safety awareness campaign designed to educate the public on the dangers on leaving unattended children in the car called “Not Even for a Minute.”

Trinky Jarrett, a Kiwanis Club of Fort Myers Beach member and wife of Division 19 Lt. Governor Robert Jarrett, organized the design and printing of 5,000 car decals and fact sheets with money from a fundraiser involving all 14 Kiwanis clubs in the area. The decals have been distributed to daycare centers, churches, nursery schools and children’s healthcare clinics in Lee County and Labelle.

“Parents should place the decal either on their dash boards or on the car window by where the child's car seat is,” said Trinky Jarrett. Jarrett is looking for funds to print more decals to keep up with demand as we head into the hot summer months. “We want to make the public aware that it is dangerous to leave an unattended child in the car – even if it’s only for a minute,” said Jarrett, “Kids are left unattended in cars every year. Too many of these children die. Others suffer thermal burns, severe dehydration, seizures, kidney damage and brain damage. One death is too many.”

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