Children's Health & Safety
The Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation is committed each season to keeping children within the Central Ohio community safe and healthy by promoting wellness through various outreach programming.
Located along the primary public concourse in Nationwide Located along the primary public concourse in Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s new Clinical Expansion Facility, is a place of respite and comfort for patients’ families. Read more.
Head traumas are among the leading causes of hospital stays for children and the Foundation is proud to have donated over 18,000 helmets to the Central Ohio area – helping to make wearing a helmet the “coolest” thing to do. Read more.
Elementary and middle schoolers across central Ohio are making healthier choices thanks to the #61 Club Good Health Challenge. To make it possible the Jackets Foundation has partnered with Blue Jackets #61, Rick Nash, the Columbus Dispatch Newspapers in Education program and Giant Eagle. Read more.
The Blue Jackets and OhioHealth invite you to capture the excitement of hockey in your classroom with the Blue Jackets At School Program. Available to educators across the state, Blue Jackets At School features classroom-ready lesson plans, a reading incentive program presented by Univar and much more! Read more.
The Blue Jackets Foundation Life Skills Therapy Center is a state-of-the-art facility designed to replicate a home environment in which patients will engage in physical therapy simulating real-world applications. Read more.
Each season fans are invited to join Columbus Blue Jackets #61, Rick Nash, in helping to keep Columbus families warm all winter long. Read more.
The Blue Jackets and local Boy Scout Council have teamed up for “Skate Into Scouting”. The program is designed to help boys develop leadership skills that will last them a lifetime. To learn more about how to register your son for a Pack or Troop near you, log onto www.skcbsa.org or call 800.433.4051. Read more.
Street Jackets, a member of the NHL Street Program, is a grass-roots street hockey program that allows kids to learn the basic skills of hockey on the playgrounds or in the gymnasiums of community based facilities through the donation of equipment, training sessions and manuals. Read more.