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Follow on Google News | Save And The Allstate Foundation Sponsor Teen Safe Driving Activities In WisconsinStudents against violence everywhere (save) and the allstate foundation sponsor teen safe driving activities in wisconsin mukwonago high school participates
By: National SAVE E-mail: pobrien@ Phone: 919-661- Ellie Klooster, Allstate Media Relations ellie.klooster@ Phone: (847) 667-8108 STUDENTS AGAINST VIOLENCE EVERYWHERE (SAVE) AND THE ALLSTATE FOUNDATION SPONSOR TEEN SAFE DRIVING ACTIVITIES IN WISCONSIN Mukwonago High School Participates RALEIGH, N.C., (October 4, 2010) –– The Allstate Foundation presented a $10,000 grant to Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE) to assist SAVE chapters in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin in their efforts to increase youth safety and promote teen safe driving. This grant from the Allstate Foundation will support the SAVE program in schools and community agencies. Teen safe driving awareness campaigns will be conducted during key times of the year including back-to-school, holidays, Teen Safe Driving Month (May), prom, and graduation. In light of several fatal traffic accidents that have affected the students at Mukwonago High School, the student body will be especially receptive to the chapter's Teen Safe Driving efforts. The group will contact the local media to make the public aware of their efforts. They will also utilize homeroom and school awareness campaigns to bring about awareness of their efforts to the student body. Most importantly, the chapter will team with other groups to promote driving safety during May when students are going to prom and graduation. With support from Allstate agents and employee volunteers, SAVE chapters will be able to provide leadership in their schools and communities to ensure that all students will be encouraged and empowered with healthy life skills while engaging in educational activities and opportunities to promote teen safe driving and youth safety. SAVE is a peer-to-peer organization that focuses on the power of positive peer influences. According to a recent Allstate Foundation survey, Shifting Teen Attitudes: The State of Teen Driving 2009, peers are a major influence on teens – both positive and negative. Some of the concerning statistics that SAVE chapters will address include: • Eighty- • Nearly half (48 percent) of girls admit they are likely to speed more than 10 mph over the limit, versus 36 percent of boys. • Seventy- “This generous grant from The Allstate Foundation will assist students in finding real solutions to the issues of teen safe driving that they face each day,” stated SAVE’s executive director, Carleen Wray. Previous assistance from The Allstate Foundation has benefited SAVE schools in North Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Nevada, Michigan, Minnesota, Texas, Oklahoma, Utah, Wisconsin, California, Colorado, and Ohio. “By empowering teens to become smart driving activists in their schools and communities, we hope to reverse the staggering statistics,” About the National Association of Students Against Violence Everywhere: About The Allstate Foundation: Established in 1952, The Allstate Foundation is an independent, charitable organization made possible by subsidiaries of The Allstate Corporation . Allstate and The Allstate Foundation sponsor community initiatives to promote safe and vital communities; # # # Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE), Inc. is a nonprofit organization striving to decrease violence in our schools and communities by promoting student involvement, education and service opportunities to provide safer environments for learning. End
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