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Vehicle safety for children

Submitted by AaronChatten on Mon, 2007-06-18 15:17.


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In May of 2005, my 14th Month old daughter Madison was killed in a back over accident by another parent at her daycare, the driver could not see my daughter in the blind zone of her large suburban. Since Madison's death I formed the MFC Foundation, "Montanans for Children Foundation" With the main goal to help in bettering the lives of Children by supporting legislation that aims to keep children safe and educate parents and new drivers on the dangers there children face in and around vehicles. Have spoke to drivers education students, speaking of my daughters accident, hoping to prevent others. Have plans to speak to numerous schools in the coming 2007-2008 school year in Montana, Wyoming, and North Dakota. Also have gained the support of all congressman in Montana, for the support of Senate bill 694, the Kids and Cars safety act. Hope to countinue to educate young drivers of the dangers young children face around cars, by giving speeches to drivers education students and parents alike.

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Started On: May 2005 (Foundation formed)Ended On:endless
People Involved:10 people People Impacted:Thousands
Money Raised:$2,000  

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Related Cause: Smart Driving

Category: Public Health

Tags: driving Smart Driving safe driving Driving safely

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Shattered Dreams Hawaii

Submitted by scaoili96 on Thu, 2007-05-31 03:14.

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The Shattered Dreams Project consists of two different events, the Mock Car Crash and the Every 15 minutes project.
The Every 15 Minutes project is named after the statistic that says that in every 15 minutes, a teenager is killed or seriously injured in an alcohol related collision in the United States. The every 15 minutes project comes before the mock car crash. On (Monday) November 19 a police officer will read the scenario of the car crash that took place on the morning announcements. Next, the police officer and a grip reaper will go to different class rooms, read the scenario to the class, and will pull out pre-selected students who were part of the accident. After all the students that were involved with the crash have been pulled out of class, they will march across campus to the front of the school. The students at our school will see these students (who aren’t allowed to speak) and realize that it can happen to anyone. The students that were pulled out will leave the campus and will not return to school the next day.
The next part of the project is the Mock Car Crash. This event will take place on (Wednesday) November 21. On this day we will stage a mock car crash in the front of our school. A mock car crash is a dramatized portrayal of the events and consequences resulting in an alcohol-related collision. All agencies (fire department, police department, EMS, etc.) will respond to the collision as if it were a real accident while the students watch. When it is learned that drinking is involved and that fatalities have resulted, the police establish a crime scene investigation and perform a DUI arrest on the young intoxicated driver. Finally, the coroner arrives to perform the grim task of placing the victims of the crash into body bags for transport to the morgue.
The Shattered Dreams project is a good visual reminder that will help students see the consequences that result from drinking and driving and other poor driving habits. By doing this project we hope to decrease the number of injuries and fatalities on Hawaii’s roads.

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Started On:November 19, 2007Ended On:November 21, 2007
People Involved:about 30 studentsPeople Impacted:n/a
Money Raised:none  

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Related Cause: Alcohol Abuse

Category: Education & Environment

Tags: driving Accidents safe driving alcohol Driving safely alcohol abuse accident

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Teens Against Careless Driving

Submitted by amandacornish on Thu, 2007-05-17 18:17.


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My sister and I have developed a myspace site call "Teens Against Careless Driving". We promote safe driving by sending messages and bulletins to teens. We have almost 16,000 teen friends acrossed the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Our site contains videos of unsafe driving practices that get the teens attention. We then send them safe driving tips and information on driving schools. We also do a few fun things like listing our Top Friends every week. On the serious side we have memorial areas where the teens can honor their lost friends and loved ones. The teens find this comforting in their time of grief. To get a better understanding of what we do please visit our site. http://www.myspace.com/t_a_c_d Thank you for you efforts to promote community service.

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Started On:August 2006Ended On:On going
People Involved:2People Impacted:16000
Money Raised:None. We are non-funded.   

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Related Cause: Smart Driving

Category: Public Health

Tags: driving Smart Driving safe driving Driving safely 2007 Safe Driving

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I pledge to drive safely!

Submitted by vishalli_loomba on Fri, 2007-04-13 04:19.

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The project "I pledge to drive safely," is supposed to be a comical spin off the famous red ribbon week saying, "I pledge to stay drug-free." This comical title will be used on stickers passed out to anyone and everyone who is willing to wear one. The only catch is, the only way you can receive a sticker and a key chain is by signing a poster with your name and age stating that you truly pledge to "drive safely." After this is offered to students for a week at all the high schools in my community, the poster will then be photocopied and put up all around the schools for everyone to see who is definitely going to be driving safely. I would love to get this project in motion right now, but like any good campaign, my school needs money for this to get going. My high school has about 3,500 kids enrolled, and so trying to affect as many of them as possible, we will need a lot of supplies. Thank you for taking my high school into consideration. I think it is a great place to start this campaign and then after we test it at my high school, I am sure that I can convince the school board to start a specific budget for this campaign that way every high school in my district can reap the benefits! In order to make more money for this project, we could also conduct car washes to further our reach while staying within the general theme of the project.

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Started On:05/14Ended On:05/18
People Involved:estimation at my high school: 2000People Impacted:estimation at my high school: 2000
Money Raised:at the car wash, an estimated $500  

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Related Cause: Smart Driving

Category: Education & Environment

Tags: Driving safely 2007 Safe Driving

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