Teleflex and First Responder Kits4Kids deliver 300 comfort kits for first responders

Teleflex marked five years of partnership with the Playtime Therapy Sheets Foundation by assembling and delivering 300 First Responder Kits4Kids during Volunteer Week in Morrisville, North Carolina. The kits are meant to help police and fire personnel calm and comfort children in crisis, while the effort also doubled as leadership training for employees.

Why it matters: - The kits are designed to give first responders immediate tools to comfort children during accidents and other traumatic situations. - The partnership shows how corporate volunteer programs can support emergency services while also serving local families. - Teleflex has now backed the effort for five straight years, signaling a longer-term community investment.

What happened: - Teleflex and the Playtime Therapy Sheets Foundation assembled and delivered 300 First Responder Kits4Kids during Teleflex’s annual Volunteer Week. - The event took place at Teleflex’s Morrisville, North Carolina, facility. - Teleflex presented the kits to representatives from the Morrisville Police Department, the Morrisville Fire-Rescue Department and the Zebulon Police Department. - The effort marked the fifth consecutive year of partnership between Teleflex and the foundation.

The details: - Each kit is intended to provide emotional relief, interactive distraction and therapeutic comfort for young children in crisis. - Teleflex employees worked in logistics teams during the packaging event. - The volunteer exercise was also used as team leadership training focused on communication, workflow and servant leadership. - As teams reached milestones, employees rang a ceremonial mission bell to mark task completion. - Kevin Gatlin, founder of the Playtime Therapy Sheets Foundation and co-founder of First Responder Kits4Kids, said the effort reflected a shared commitment to equip police and fire personnel with tools that bring calm, reassurance and dignity to vulnerable children. - The partnership has also placed hundreds of Kits4Kids in patrol cars and emergency response vehicles across multiple municipalities. - The foundation has also donated Playtime Therapy Bed Sheets and slumber bags with more than 65 interactive games, educational lessons and comforting graphics to children’s hospitals and Ronald McDonald Houses.

Between the lines: - The event blended philanthropy with workforce development, giving employees a hands-on leadership exercise while producing a community benefit. - The kit program appears aimed at filling a small but important gap in emergency response: helping first responders manage the emotional needs of children during stressful incidents. - The broader foundation work suggests the partnership is meant to extend beyond emergency scenes into pediatric health-care settings.

What's next: - Teleflex and the foundation said the partnership will continue to support local agencies and pediatric comfort initiatives. - More information on the foundation’s initiatives, corporate partnership opportunities and field demonstrations is available at the foundation’s website. - The foundation can also be followed on LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube.

The bottom line: - Teleflex is using employee volunteer time to produce practical comfort kits that support first responders and children in crisis, while reinforcing a five-year community partnership.