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Lee County and LaBelle-area Kiwanis clubs have announced a new campaign to prevent children from being left unattended in vehicles, where they can dangerously over-heat.<\/p>\nLee County and LaBelle-area Kiwanis clubs have announced a new campaign to prevent children from being left unattended in vehicles, where they can dangerously over-heat.<\/p>\n
The \u201cNot Even for a Minute\u201d campaign is now distributing educational materials to the community\u2019s daycare centers, churches, nursery schools and children\u2019s health care clinics. The club is looking for additional funds to keep the effort going.<\/p>\n
\u201cParents should place the decal either on their dashboards or on the car window by where the child’s car seat is,\u201d said Trinky Jarrett, a club member and campaign organizer, in a prepared comment this morning. \u201cWe want to make the public aware that it is dangerous to leave an unattended child in the car \u2013 even if it\u2019s only for a minute,\u201d said Jarrett, \u201cKids 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.\u201d<\/p>\n