$5,000 PRIZE! Ford DSFL & KEEP KIDS ALIVE DRIVE 25®

$5,000 PRIZE! Belt it OUT! Ford DSFL & KEEP KIDS ALIVE DRIVE 25®
Wants You to Sing for Safety

Ford Driving Skills for Life (DSFL) has been a long-time supporter of KEEP KIDS ALIVE DRIVE 25®. Now they are offering musically-inclined teens in your community the opportunity to create a song about traffic safety that could lead to a $5,000 prize. You can even incorporate one or more of our Keep KEEP KIDS ALIVE DRIVE 25® slogans into your song – Keep Kids Alive Drive 25®, Be Aware! Drive With Care®, Check Your Speed®/No Need To Speed®, Stop! Take 3 To See®, Seat Belts-FASTENATING!®, and It’s Not A Race! Create Space© .

The contest is entitled "Belt it OUT!" It is a national competition for an original safe driving song. Students must write, compose, and perform the song. Students may compete individually, or in teams of up to five (5) members. Students must be ages 15-19 and not be professional paid performers.

Students can win up to $5,000 for their submissions. The public will be invited to choose the top five finalists on the DSFL website from March 16-31st 2010, and then Kate Voegele (www.katevoegele.com/) will pick the winners.
You can find more about the competition at this link: Belt It Out! DSFL Song Contest
If you choose to incorporate our KEEP KIDS ALIVE DRIVE 25® slogans into your song, please e-mail us to let us know. We want to give appropriate permissions as well as to announce support for your song.

From the e-mail box:

• Oh Deer! Steer Clear!
• Most Auto Deaths from Single-car Crashes
• From a resident of Des Plaines, IL – “I was driving down Dempster/Thacker and saw the Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 signs. What a great idea! Meant to tell the police that I thought it was a super idea. I drive down that street all the time on the way to the library and forget the speed limits, great to have reminders. Someone deserves a pat on the back.” Read the press release from the Des Plaines Police Dept. at Police Launch KEEP KIDS ALIVE DRIVE 25 Campaign.

Thank you for supporting KEEP KIDS ALIVE DRIVE 25®

Thanks to all who supported KEEP KIDS ALIVE DRIVE 25® through America's Giving Challenge. We raised over $1,500 and finished in the top 200 out of over 7,500 charities registered for the Challenge. We also have registered over 2,100 supporters of KEEP KIDS ALIVE DRIVE 25 on our Facebook Cause Page. You can sign on today at our Facebook Cause Page.

However, the real challenge remains - to demonstrate behavior behind the wheel each day that keeps us and others safe. You are invited to find out how to make a real difference in your community - check out the information on our web site at Campaign Start-up Information-Click Here.

You can also make a donation through our site to help to make our mission real for all who care about creating safe roadways in our neighborhoods, and beyond, and for all who care about families who have experienced the death of a loved one due to a traffic incident. Click on our DONATE link. Your generous giving keeps kids living.

“Don’t let the two minutes you ‘save’be the last two minutes of someone’s life.”David Townsend (Tia’s Dad).

In safety,
Tom Everson

KEEP KIDS ALIVE DRIVE 25® - A Non-Profit "For Action" Organization 501(c)(3) 402-334-1391 kkad25@kkad25.org www.KeepKidsAliveDrive25.org