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🎉 Welcome to the Carter Kits Team, Andie! 🎉

We are excited to officially welcome Andie Grube to the Carter Kits family as our Training Services & Grant Manager! 💙🧩

Andie brings an incredible background in EMS, education, and science-driven training, along with a deep passion for improving safety and outcomes for children and families in crisis. As a Paramedic, Pediatric Champion for EMS for Children in Michigan, and one of our very first certified Carter Kits instructors, Andie has already been an invaluable part of our mission for years.

We’re grateful to now have her expertise supporting our training programs and grant efforts as we continue to grow and serve first responders and communities nationwide.

Please join us in giving Andie a warm welcome! 👏💙

Stay safe out there! Thank you to all first responders working this holiday!

Are your child's layers safe to wear in their car seat?
Bulky clothes can take up space around your child’s body in their car seat causing the harness to be dangerously loose in a crash. Use this test to keep them safe and warm.
1. With the coat or outfit on, buckle the child into their car seat harness.
2. Tighten the harness until it feels snug on all parts of their body and you cannot pinch any extra harness up and down at their shoulders. This means it passes the “pinch test.”
3. Without loosening the harness, unbuckle the child and take the coat or outfit off.
4. Buckle them back into the harness and try the pinch test again.
✅If you cannot pinch any slack, the outfit passed the test!
❎If you can pinch slack or notice the harness feels more loose on their body, the outfit is not safe for wearing in the car seat.
5. If the child needs another layer, add it around their body after they are buckled and snug in the harness.