The online teen safe driving contest, sponsored by National Organizations for Youth Safety (NOYS) and funded by The Allstate Foundation, featured 20 teams of teen activists from across the country that competed to raise awareness for teen safe driving in support of National Youth Traffic Safety Month in May. The winners were determined by the number of online votes they received on the contest website, www.ActOutLoud.org.
The Allstate foundation will award Anoka SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) $10k for their winning first place in "Get the 411 on Teen driving! Stay Connected! Save Teen Lives! The school intends to use the funds to help assist with applications.
"This contest is an awesome way to get teens nation wide to think about these issues" Martha Howards a local resident of the second prize winners Massapequa High School winning $5k
When asked what the students would do with their prize money, Cusick said: “We have been thinking a lot about what we will do with the $5,000 award. Our first priority is to raise teen awareness and we would do that by using the money toward a drunk driving simulator. Hopefully, if we can get the simulator it will show teenage drivers how dangerous it really is to drink and drive.
Obviously this is a model contest that can be duplicated in so many ways. The SADD is a wonderful concept that would help each of the High School students in every state of this country have an active part of their daily schedule. Driving safer is just one aspect. Being considerate in a way that shows itself in habits is a healthy life style which we all hope becomes contagious
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