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Free Lead Screening
Guilford County Department of Public Health offers free lead testing for children. The GCDPH recommends testing for children under 6 years of age. Testing is available 9 am until noon and 1 pm until 4 pm every weekday at 501 E. Green Drive in High Point and 1100 E. Wendover Avenue in Greensboro.
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Our donation mailing address is 201 Church Avenue, High Point, NC 27262. Our fax number is 336-883-6928.
Is Everybody Buckled?
New Safety Belt Law. All occupants in a motor vehicle are now required to wear safety belts, which includes all back seat passengers. This law became effective December 1, 2006.
Out of the 1,059 people who were fatally injured on North Carolina roads in 2005, 476* of them were not wearing their safety belt.
*Based on DMV crash data.
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Kids Run Better Unleaded!
Lead paint is often found in homes built before 1978. If children touch the dust from windows or doors that contain lead paint, they can become poisoned. Lead poisoning is very dangerous for children and expectant mothers. In kids, it can cause learning and behavior problems, hearing loss, brain damage, and even more serious problems. In High Point, the main places lead is found include paint dust found in older homes, and in dirt from yards, playgrounds, and gardens in older neighborhoods. Lead poisoning is 100% preventable.
How can I protect my family and my home?
- Children who have been poisoned by lead don’t look sick, or act sick, so get your child tested for lead exposure at least once before he or she turns 1. Ask your child’s doctor, or contact the Guilford County Health Department at 845.7994
- 75% of homes and buildings built before 1978 have lead-based paint. When paint is in good condition, it does not pose a threat, but when it chips and peels, it can make a child very sick. Call the City of High Point at 883.3349.
Lead Safe High Point is a prevention program funded by HUD and the City of High Point. For more information please visit the City of High Point's website at http://www.high-point.net/cd/leadsafe or http://www.high-point.net/leadsafe
United Way of Greater High Point
We appreciate your interest in our United Way and hope you will visit often. If you have any questions, issues, or concerns regarding our website or our United Way, please feel free to contact us via the "Contact Us" link on this site, or by telephone at 883-4127.
What We Do and How We Do It
The United Way of Greater High Point develops community resources and partnerships that support a broad array of critical health and human service needs in our community. Resources are focused on community impact programs that promote thriving children and families, independent and self-sufficient people, healthy people, and safe neighborhoods.
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United Way of Greater High Point
201 Church Avenue, High Point, NC 27262
Email: info@unitedwayhp.org
Phone: 336.883.4127 -- Fax: 336.883.6928
