The Safety Store
100+ name-brand child-safety products at or below cost — plus one-on-one help from an expert on proper use and installation.
Visit the storeHannah Ray Geneser · 2006 – 2011
A learning center for child safety, built in Hannah's memory.
A Des Moines non-profit and safety store inside Blank Children's Hospital — 100+ child-safety products at or below cost, plus one-on-one help from a safety expert.
“Love is stronger than death.”
— Robert Fulghum
Since 2011 · 501(c)(3) non-profit · Governor-declared Window Safety Day
Our story
Fifteen years of keeping Hannah's memory active.
On March 21, 2011, four-year-old Hannah Ray Geneser died when a window screen gave way and she fell from an open window. Her parents, Jamie and Shanda, founded the Hannah Geneser Foundation that same year — a 501(c)(3) non-profit for child-safety advocacy and organ-donation awareness.
What began as one family's response to unimaginable loss is now a learning center inside Blank Children's Hospital, a statewide Window Safety Day, and thousands of dollars in free safety equipment for families who need it.
What we do
Three ways we keep Hannah's memory active
Window Safety Advocacy
Iowa's Window Safety Day, brochures, and the free Safety-for-All program. More than 5,000 children go to ERs each year after window falls — this work is why we're here.
Learn about window safetyKindness & Organ Donation
Random Act of Kindness Cards to pay forward in Hannah's memory, and organ-donor advocacy carrying on the gift she gave.
Take actionFifteen years, in numbers
Our impact
- Years since 2011
- 15
- In free safety equipment
- $40K+
- Child-safety products stocked
- 100+
- Window Safety Day
- Iowa
Years since 2011
In free safety equipment
Child-safety products stocked
Window Safety Day
Signed by Governor Terry Branstad in 2014.
Visit us
The Safety Store
Inside Blank Children's Hospital · 1200 Pleasant Street. Come with your questions — we’ll help you leave safer than when you arrived.
Hours
- Monday
- 10:00–16:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00–16:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00–16:00
- Thursday
- 10:00–16:00
- Friday
- 10:00–12:00
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Find us
1200 Pleasant Street
Des Moines, IA 50309
Inside Blank Children's Hospital · Iowa Methodist Campus. First floor, main hospital entrance.
Map
In Hannah's memory
Come see us. Bring your kids.
The Safety Store is inside Blank Children's Hospital, five days a week. Every purchase includes one-on-one expert help.