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Follow on Google News | SAVE And The Allstate Foundation Sponsor Teen Safe Driving In North CarolinaStudents Against Violence Everywhere Receives $40,000 Grant from The Allstate Foundation to Promote Teen Safe Driving in North Carolina
By: Carleen Wray 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. Schools participating in this year's grant include: • Chapel Hill High School - Chapel Hill, NC • E. A. Laney High School - Wilmington, NC • Highland School of Technology - Gastonia, NC • Garner High School - Garner, NC • Cuthbertson High School - Waxhaw, NC • Eastern Guilford High School - Gibsonville, NC • Walter Williams High School - Burlington, NC • Sun Valley High School - Monroe, NC 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-two percent of teens reported using cell phones while driving. • 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-seven percent of teens admit they have felt unsafe with another teen's driving. “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 California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Washington DC, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. “By empowering teens to become smart driving activists in their schools and communities, we hope to reverse the staggering statistics,” “Through The Allstate Foundation, we seek to develop innovative, teen-focused approaches to raise awareness of the issue and, ultimately, to help save lives and reduce injuries,” said John Heid of The Allstate Foundation. 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 . Through partnerships with nonprofit organizations across the country, The Allstate Foundation brings the relationships, reputation and resources of Allstate to support innovative and lasting solutions that enhance people's well-being and prosperity. With a focus on teen safe driving and building financial independence for domestic violence survivors, The Allstate Foundation also promotes 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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