[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 17, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E938]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                RECOGNIZING FEDEX-SAFE KIDS PARTNERSHIP

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                            HON. STEVE COHEN

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 17, 2019

  Mr. COHEN. Madam Speaker, I rise today in praise of a 20-year 
partnership between Memphis-based FedEx and Safe Kids Worldwide and to 
congratulate FedEx for receiving the 20th Anniversary Award at this 
Thursday's Childhood Prevention Convention Awards Luncheon here in 
Washington, D.C. For 20 years, FedEx has worked with Safe Kids to 
advance pedestrian safety for children in school zones around the 
country, reaching 17 million children and improving safety at 13,000 
schools with educational outreach and infrastructure improvements. I 
especially want to call attention to the dramatic improvements this 
partnership has produced in my own district. Between 2003 and 2011, 
Treadwell Elementary School in Memphis saw 16 pedestrians hit in its 
school zone, ten under the age of 15, resulting in serious injuries. 
With a $40,000 contribution from FedEx, Safe Kids and the City of 
Memphis created a safe zone and there has not been a single crash in 
that zone in the eight years since the intervention.
  Treadwell's safe zone became a model and has resulted in upgrades to 
the safety zone at Grahamwood Elementary, also in my district. I'd also 
like to applaud Tennessee's proud legacy in promoting child safety as 
the first state to pass a child passenger safety law in 1978. I would 
also like to commend Safe Kids MidSouth, part of the Tennessee network 
of Safe Kids coalitions, supported by Memphis-based LeBonheur 
Children's Hospital. FedEx, with more than 100,000 vehicles on the 
road, understands the importance of protecting pedestrians. I want to 
commend its leadership for the forethought that has brought the FedEx-
Safe Kids partnership to this 20-year milestone.

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