THE BUCKLE BUDDIES CAR SEAT PURCHASING PROGRAM provides seats at no mark-up with additional discounts available. Seats are available through Safe Kids Midlands at the Stork's Landing Shoppe on the Fourth Floor of Palmetto Health Richland. A variety of seats from infant to booster styles are available. Discounts are offered for Medicaid recipients and those attending car seat classes held by Safe Kids Midlands. Anyone may participate in the purchasing program. For details, call 803-434-5797 or 803-434-2955 or visit www.safekidsmidlands.org/cps.html.  

LEARN ABOUT PREVENTING and treating running injuries May 3 at Providence Heart and Vascular Institute. The program is free. To register, call 877-256-5381.  

“PRETTY SHOES, UGLY FEET” with Bret Smith is May 10 at Providence Heart and Vascular Institute. The program is free. To register, call 877-256-5381.  

LEARN ABOUT COOKING for the DASH Diet May 24 at Providence Heart and Vascular Institute. The program is free. To register, call 877-256-5381.  

FREE CAR SEAT CHECKS sponsored by Safe Kids Midlands are 9 a.m. – noon May 19 at Flight Deck in Lexington and 9 a.m. – noon May 22 at Kohl’s on Two Notch Road. Call 803-296-5437.  

FREE CAR SEAT EDUCATION CLASSES sponsored by Safe Kids Midlands are 6 – 7 p.m. May 3 at Lexington Town Hall, 6 – 7 p.m. May 8 in Northeast Columbia and 6 – 7 p.m. May 23 at Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital. For details and to register, call 803-296-5437.  

S.C. BUCKLE BUDDIES is an education program aimed at keeping children safe in cars. Anyone in South Carolina can call 1-888-787-2283 or visit www.bucklebuddiessc.org to anonymously report unbuckled children. Owners of reported vehicles get a courtesy letter and a packet of information about car seat safety and South Carolina law. No tickets are issued through the program.  

INFANT AND CHILD CPR class is offered at 6 p.m. May 8 and 24 at Lexington Medical Center. The class includes the mechanics of CPR and how to respond to a choking individual. Call 803-791-2318.  

ADULT, CHILD AND INFANT CPR AND FIRST AID classes are offered at the American Red Cross of Central South Carolina. For details and registration information, call 800-733-2767, option 4, or visit www.redcross.org.  

INFANT AND CHILD CPR class is offered at Palmetto Health Baptist Hospital and Palmetto Health Richland Hospital. Call 803-296-2273 or visit www.palmettohealth.org. 

BABY-SITTER TRAINING for ages 11 – 15 is offered at the American Red Cross of Central South Carolina. For details and registration information, call 800-733-2767, option 4, or visit www.redcross.org.  

SAFE SITTER, a baby-sitting class for ages 11 – 14, is offered at Palmetto Health Baptist Hospital and Palmetto Health Richland Hospital. Call 803-296-2273 or visit www.palmettohealth.org.