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Join Us! KID Hosts Best Friend Awards Night 2017
Posted on May 11, 2017Get ready to support a great cause, enjoy food from some of Chicago’s best restaurants, and win some exciting prizes: the KID Best Friend Award Night is right around the corner! Lisa Parker, NBC5 Consumer Investigative Reporter, will emcee the… Read More
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Happy National Volunteer Appreciation Week!
Posted on April 25, 2017Today, we are celebrating our wonderful volunteers during National Volunteer Appreciation Week. While we thank our volunteers, this week also serves as a reminder of the power of working together to better our communities. KID is a small organization, and we… Read More
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New KID report shows injuries, incidents up in 2016 recalls
Posted on April 3, 2017On Monday, along with Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, US PIRG and Illinois Action for Children, KID released new data on product recalls and children’s safety. This year marked a reversal of decreasing recall and injury numbers that the U.S…. Read More
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This Week at KID
Posted on March 31, 2017As usual, KID staff, interns, and volunteers have been hard at work. Here’s a look at what we’ve been up to over the last week: All week: KID interns and work study students have been returning to the office after… Read More
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New Study Shows Increasing Injuries from Nursery Products
Posted on March 14, 2017As consumers, parents and caregivers expect nursery products such as cribs, strollers, and high chairs to be safe. Unfortunately, we at KID have seen time and time again how many nursery products pose serious hazards to children. A new study… Read More
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KID Looks Ahead to 2017
Posted on January 6, 2017Throughout the year, KID highlights major events, successes, and product safety updates in our blog. Looking back at posts from 2016 shows how far we’ve come this year. KID’s Executive Director, Nancy Cowles, visited the Dr. Oz show to discuss the… Read More
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KID in Wisconsin for MIPA 2016
Posted on December 9, 2016On December 1st and 2nd, KID’s Executive Director, Nancy Cowles, and I travelled to Pewaukee, Wisconsin for the annual Midwest Injury Prevention Alliance (MIPA) Summit. The MIPA Summit brings together injury prevention professionals from across the Midwest to connect with… Read More
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Support the KID Running Team at the 2016 Naperville Marathon
Posted on October 19, 2016This Sunday marks the fourth annual Healthy Driven Naperville Marathon and Half Marathon, and members of the KID Running Team will be running to support KID. Each runner has set a goal of raising $200 to help promote the development of… Read More
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KID Welcomes Work-Study Students from University of Chicago!
Posted on October 12, 2016KID is very excited to welcome a big team of UChicago work-study students to the office this fall. We have some returners and some new faces! Get to know the team: Celia Cullom: Celia is a first-year graduate student at… Read More
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A Week in the Life of KID
Posted on October 4, 2016September went out with a bang at KID with lots of activity. Busy weeks like this remind us all how important KID’s work is to children’s product safety. KID ED Nancy Cowles spent the first part of the week at… Read More