Thanks for all you do to Keep Kids Alive

Thank you for…

…setting your cell phone aside to concentrate on just driving

…buckling up every trip, and making sure all passengers do so as well

…observing all speed limits, and adjusting downward due to weather, construction, or other factors

…stopping at stop signs and observing all traffic signals and signs correctly

…never drinking and then driving

…not tailgating

Each time you did so in 2011 helped keep kids of all ages – we’re all someone’s daughter or son – alive. May these behaviors continue to protect you and others on every road you travel in 2012.

These behaviors reinforce many of the successes enjoyed by Keep Kids Alive Drive 25^® in the past year. These include:

• ·       Our Traffic Safety Pilot Project in cooperation with neighborhood associations and schools in South Omaha, Nebraska. Law enforcement, traffic engineering students at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, the Mammel and UPS Foundations all contributed to this project to engage residents as a front-line solution to speeding concerns in their neighborhoods.

• ·       The kick-off of “America’s Trash Talks to Keep Kids Alive.” GECIO’s regional office in Florida and AAA Nebraska’s Cornhusker Motor Club Foundation joined in as our first two partners in this project. We look forward to adding more corporations and foundations in this major initiative in 2012.

• ·       16 communities representing 10 States launched initiatives in conjunction with our 5^th Annual Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 Day on May 1^st. New Berlin, Wisconsin leads the way as a city that has expanded their Keep Kids Alive campaign every year for 12 years – truly a remarkable feat.
• ·       The Distributive Education Club of America (DECA) class at Millard South High School in Omaha, NE is the first to create an in-school marketing campaign to promote safe driving among students and their family members. You can do so in your schools; visit A License to Live.

This is just a starter list of all the good that Keep Kids Alive Drive 25^® continues to support in educating and engaging citizens across the U.S. about how we can each make a difference to keep everyone safe on and around roadways of all kinds. Thanks to all our donors who help make our mission possible.

To continue to fulfill our mission in 2012, we need your continued support.

Only 2 days remain to make your tax-deductible donation to support the growth of the Keep Kids Alive Drive 25^® mission in the New Year. We welcome your on-line donation today at KKAD25 Donate.

Thanks for your support. Your generous giving keeps kids living.

Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 – A Non-Profit “For Action” Organization 501c3

12418 C Street

Omaha, NE 68144

402-334-1391

www.KeepKidsAliveDrive25.org

Spread the news about Keep Kids Alive Drive 25^® by forwarding this message to a family member or friend. Thanks!

Thanks for Keeping Kids Alive in 2011

Whether a donor, volunteer in your community, law enforcement or public works employees, neighborhood or civic leader, corporate partner/sponsor, student, teacher, or mom or dad who cares, we thank you for all your support for the mission of Keep Kids Alive Drive 25^® in 2011. Here are just three examples of how you have helped move the mission forward:

·      Work directly with 75 communities representing 21 states to continue to seed and root “Keep Kids Alive” initiatives across the country. To date we have worked with over 1,300 communities representing 49 states.

Anna Diffenderfer, Age 2, Perkiomenville, PA

·      Remember 51 loved ones whose families have connected with our mission through the 5^th Annual “Run to Remember” up Pikes Peak on August 20^th. We provided hundreds of “Memory” t-shirts to family members of the loved ones we ran to remember so that they can continue to keep the stories, memories, and love alive that their son, daughter, brother, sister, mother, father shared with all who love them.

·      Launch the pilot project for “It’s Not A Race! Create Space^®” with the cooperation of Nebraksa-based R&M Transportation, Fremont Contract Carriers, and H&M Transportation. Each of these companies carries the “It’s Not A Race! Create Space^®” message out onto roadways to encourage us all to practice safe space management (29% of all injury crashes result from poor space management.) The Nebraska Office of Highway Safety, Great West Insurance, and the Nebraska Trucking Association are all key partners in this initiative.

To continue to fulfill our mission in 2012, we need your help.

3 days remain to make your tax-deductible donation to support the growth of the Keep Kids Alive Drive 25^® mission in the New Year. We welcome your on-line donation today at KKAD25 Donate.

Thanks for your support. Your generous giving keeps kids living.

Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 – A Non-Profit “For Action” Organization 501c3

12418 C Street

Omaha, NE 68144

402-334-1391

www.KeepKidsAliveDrive25.org

Spread the news about Keep Kids Alive Drive 25^® by forwarding this message to a family member or friend. Thanks!

Thanks for Keeping Kids Alive in 2011

Whether a donor, volunteer in your community, law enforcement or public works employees, neighborhood or civic leader, corporate partner/sponsor, student, teacher, or mom or dad who cares, we thank you for all your support for the mission of Keep Kids Alive Drive 25^® in 2011. Here are just three examples of how you have helped move the mission forward:

·      Work directly with 75 communities representing 21 states to continue to seed and root “Keep Kids Alive” initiatives across the country. To date we have worked with over 1,300 communities representing 49 states.

Anna Diffenderfer, Age 2, Perkiomenville, PA

·      Remember 51 loved ones whose families have connected with our mission through the 5^th Annual “Run to Remember” up Pikes Peak on August 20^th. We provided hundreds of “Memory” t-shirts to family members of the loved ones we ran to remember so that they can continue to keep the stories, memories, and love alive that their son, daughter, brother, sister, mother, father shared with all who love them.

·      Launch the pilot project for “It’s Not A Race! Create Space^®” with the cooperation of Nebraksa-based R&M Transportation, Fremont Contract Carriers, and H&M Transportation. Each of these companies carries the “It’s Not A Race! Create Space^®” message out onto roadways to encourage us all to practice safe space management (29% of all injury crashes result from poor space management.) The Nebraska Office of Highway Safety, Great West Insurance, and the Nebraska Trucking Association are all key partners in this initiative.

To continue to fulfill our mission in 2012, we need your help.

3 days remain to make your tax-deductible donation to support the growth of the Keep Kids Alive Drive 25^® mission in the New Year. We welcome your on-line donation today at KKAD25 Donate.

Thanks for your support. Your generous giving keeps kids living.

Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 – A Non-Profit “For Action” Organization 501c3

12418 C Street

Omaha, NE 68144

402-334-1391

www.KeepKidsAliveDrive25.org

Spread the news about Keep Kids Alive Drive 25^® by forwarding this message to a family member or friend. Thanks!

Drive to Keep Everyone Alive!

What is one gift we can give everyone while on the road during the holidays? The gift of safe driving behaviors. All we have to do to keep everyone alive is: 

• Hang up and drive
• Don't drink and drive
• Buckle up everyone every trip - no matter the distance
• Observe speed limits, and slow down according to weather/road conditions
• Remember, it's not a race, so create space - give yourself time to react to what goes on around you. 
• Observe traffic signals and signs. Stop! Take 3 to See at stop signs. 

Have a safe holiday season. 

Keep Kids Alive Drive 25®

www.KeepKidsAliveDrive25.org

     PS– If you are in a position to donate to support the mission of Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 in 2012, your tax-deductible gift is greatly appreciated. Donate through our PayPal account at KKAD25 Donate

Send a check to:

Keep Kids Alive Drive 25

12418 C Street

Omaha, NE 68144

Three Reasons to Give:

1.   To support families who experience the death of a loved one due to a traffic incident

2.   To prevent deaths and injuries on roadways of all kinds.

3.   To continue to provide free support resources for communities/neighborhoods/schools to plan for implementation of local KKAD25 initiatives.

You can also donate on behalf of, or in memory of, a loved one. For additional reasons to give, please read KKAD25 Reviews

Your generous giving keeps kids living. Thank you for your generosity.

Hang Up and Drive and Keep Everyone Alive

We've all been hearing about the National Transportation Safety Board's recommendation to ban all cell phone use while driving. Read this article for more research-based reasons why.

Research: hands-free phones just as risky

Please feel free to comment to get a discussion started.

Keep Kids Alive Drive 25^® - A Non-Profit "For Action" Organization 501(c)(3)
www.KeepKidsAliveDrive25.org

“EXTRA MILE” RECOGNITION FOR KEEP KIDS ALIVE DRIVE 25®

“EXTRA MILE” RECOGNITION FOR KEEP KIDS ALIVE DRIVE 25^®

Gregg Young Chevrolet recognizes Keep Kids Alive Drive 25^® with the “Extra Mile” Award.  Check out the story on at “KKAD25 Extra Mile” – Click on the video underneath the “The Winners Circle.”

Traffic Report from Tom Everson, Executive Director

As 2011 winds down I want to thank you for each and every action you have taken to help realize the mission of KEEP KIDS ALIVE DRIVE 25^®. Every time you observed the speed limit, stopped at a stop sign, buckled up, turned off and set your cell phone aside, and so many other actions, you contributed to the safety of others, along with yourself, each time you drove. I am grateful for every citizen who posted one of our KEEP KIDS ALIVE messages on a trashcan, via a yard sign, or on a car or window decal, as well as all who have donated financially to support the mission.

For over thirteen years KEEP KIDS ALIVE DRIVE 25^® has led the way in communities of all sizes in addressing neighborhood traffic safety concerns. No other organization is designed to do what KEEP KIDS ALIVE DRIVE 25^® does. To date, we have worked with and through over 400 law enforcement agencies, as well as hundreds of neighborhood and civic organizations, schools, public works and neighborhood services, and businesses in over 1,300 communities representing 49 states, 2 Canadian Provinces, the Bahamas, Australia, and India. Our mission and message resonate with traffic safety advocates and educators across the globe.

In the midst of a challenging economy, this past year we have supported new and expanding campaigns in 75 communities representing 21 states. Truly our message and mission are taking root and making a difference in communities large and small. We have managed to support these efforts on a budget of $84,000.00 for the 2010-11 fiscal year. With the support of our board of directors, we continue to squeeze every last drop out of funds available to make a difference on neighborhood streets (and beyond) from coast to coast.

Along the way we have met many families who have been directly affected by the death of a loved one due to a traffic incident. These families have become special partners with us in helping to create safer roadways to benefit everyone in their community – and sometimes beyond. We have been privileged to honor these loved ones each August for the past 5 years through our “Run to Remember” as part of the Pikes Peak Ascent Trail Race.

With our mission and partners in mind, I invite you to continue to help KEEP KIDS ALIVE DRIVE 25^® to go the extra mile in 2012 through your tax-deductible donation at KKAD25 Donate. Checks can be sent to:

KEEP KIDS ALIVE DRIVE 25

12418 C Street

Omaha, NE 68144

Your generous giving keeps kids living.

"It's About Kids! It's About Safety!

It's About Caring! It's About Time!^®"

Keep Kids Alive Drive 25^® - A Non-Profit "For Action" Organization 501(c)(3)
www.KeepKidsAliveDrive25.org

12418 C Street

Omaha, NE 68144

402-334-1391

Be Aware! Drive With Care - Keep Yourself and All Around You Alive this Winter

 

Tips to Keep You, Your Loved Ones, and All You Encounter Safe on Roadways Throughout the Winter

The following is a guest post written by Stuart A. Carpey of the Philadelphia personal injury law firm Kreithen, Baron & Carpey.

With winter upon us it is a good idea for drivers to start planning for the hazards which accompany icy, sleety, and snowy roads. To begin preparing for winter driving, you should assess your car or truck to make sure your vehicle is ready to meet the elements.

Make Sure…

• Your windshield wipers are in good shape and are functioning properly. Visibility is essential when driving in the snow.
• Your tires are in good shape, and have air in them. Your tires lose air faster in cold weather.
• You have anti-freeze, oil, and power steering fluid.
• You visit a mechanic to have your brakes, hoses, and belts checked.

Even after you have made sure that your car is in the proper condition, you should plan for the possibility of an emergency. Other drivers may not have taken the precautions that you have, which means you are still at risk for an accident caused by someone else. Do your best to prepare for an accident on snowy roads.

Make Sure You Have…

• A shovel to dig your car out if and when it gets stuck in the snow.
• A set of jumper cables. Car batteries tend to lose power faster in cold weather.
• Warm clothes in the car. In the event that you are stranded and waiting for assistance, your clothes may get wet from the surrounding snow, which makes a spare sweater, hat, gloves, and a blanket essential for staving off frostbite, hypothermia, or other ailments.
• An ice scraper and snow brush to help optimize visibility.
• A first aid kit in case of an injury.

Remember that if the roads are in poor condition, the safest thing you can do is not drive. However, if you must drive, check your local TV and radio stations for up-to-date information on the state of roads. And, as always, be careful and patient. Remember, Be Aware! Drive With Care® and It’s Not A Race! Create Space®

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