Sadly, Katie and Mark Kessler are far from alone in their loss. Across the country, each year an astonishing 26 million children are injured or killed in their own homes.

In response to these sobering facts, The Samantha Foundation recognizes an immense need to create a resource that reduces these numbers.

Among the troubling statistics*:

• Children under the age of four accounted for nearly 70% of these deaths.
  
  
• In 2000, the number of children ages 14 and under who died as a result of a home accident reached a staggering 5,686.
  
  
• Each year, more than 4.5 million children ages 14 and under are treated in hospital emergency departments for injuries incurred in the home.

*Source: National SAFE KIDS Organization