Early Childhood Education students help Ollie the Otter teach booster seat safety

Each Fall and Spring, students from the Tennessee Technology Center at Paris’ Early Childhood Education program visit area Elementary and preschools to help spread the word about the importance of booster seats and seatbelt safety. They are helping Ollie the Otter, Tennessee’s booster seat and seatbelt safety mascot. They will be making appearances in Henry, Benton, Carroll, Stewart and Weakley counties.

The Ollie Otter program communicates that Tennessee state law requires the use of a booster seat until a child is 4-feet-9 inches tall or 9 years old. An orange and white construction site barrel, representing Ollie’s home, is on display to teach the children the importance of roadway safety near construction work zones. The fully-costumed Ollie Otter character encourages children to wear their seatbelts and educates them about Tennessee’s booster seat law. The statewide safety education program will make presentations in all 95 counties in Tennessee this year.