Safe Kids

Updated: 12/15/23 at 1:00 PM

Each year, preventable injuries kill children in Sauk County. This is a problem we can fix.  

Safe Kids Sauk County meets quarterly. Please join us!

To learn how you can prevent childhood injuries at home, please visit Safe Kids Wisconsin.

The mission of Safe Kids Sauk County is to reduce unintentional childhood injuries through a multifaceted strategy of public awareness, education, public policy advocacy and community action. Our focus areas:

• Child passenger safety:
  • Contact us for free car seat safety checks, now available virtually by video chat and at various locations throughout Sauk County. Click here for more information.
  • Baraboo Children’s Museum: Car seat checks every 3^rd Friday from 9:30a-11:30a; no appointment needed! Also receive 50% off admission that day for getting seat checked.
  • Car seats/boosters are available for eligible families; call 608-355-3290 for more information.
• Other safety: 
  • Child Safety education/booth at Community Fairs.
  • Safety items such as gun locks, CO2/smoke alarms, medication lock boxes, and more may be available throughout the year. Please call for more information.
  • Rural Safety Days annually in May: all third graders come to the Sauk County Fairgrounds to learn about different safety topics. 
  • Cribs for Kids program: provides Pack and Plays to families in need, along with education on safe sleep. 
  • Water Safety: life jacket loaner board located at Whitemound County park.
  • "Caught Being Safe" program: rewards are available for kids practicing safe behavior such as wearing a helmet when riding a bike.

We are very proud to have the following list of partners.

• Baraboo Area Fire and EMS District
• Dells-Delton EMS
• Lake Delton Police Department
• Reedsburg Area Ambulance Service
• Reedsburg Area Medical Center
• Sauk County Emergency Management
• Sauk County Sheriff's Office
• Sauk County UW-Extension
• Sauk Prairie Healthcare
• Sauk Prairie EMS

For more information about Safe Kids Sauk County or resources specific to Sauk County, please contact :

Rebecca Szydlowski, Coalition Coordinator
Public Health Sauk County 
rebecca.szydlowski@saukcountywi.gov
608-355-4337