Help MADD - Strides for Change 5K Walk

MADD - Strides for Change 5K Walk

Waterford, Michigan

Cause Description:
We're MADD. Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Since our beginning in 1980, we've been working to make our roads and communities safer by preventing motorists from drinking and driving. And it's been paying off. Our efforts have helped reduce the number of alcohol-related crashes and injuries. It is estimated that MADD has helped save more than 400,000 lives since 1980, reducing drunk driving fatalities by over 40 percent. But our work doesn't stop there. MADD also provides much-needed comfort and support for victims and survivors. And we are deeply committed to the prevention of underage drinking because alcohol is the deadliest drug for youth today. Statistics show thats kids are starting to drink as early as age 12. And that means they are four times more likely to drink and drive. In the Metro Detroit area (Macomb/Oakland/Wayne Counties)in 2005 drunk drivers killed 118 people, seriously injured 2,460 people and caused an estimated amount of $21,612,739 in property damage alone - $814,552,370 for property, medical, lost earnings, public services and quality of life. Drunk drivers visit unimaginable pain and suffering on the survivors. As you can see, we have done much. but there is much more to be done. And we can't do it alone. We need more people like you to step up and help.

Type: Children/Teens
Listed on iGive since: February 2007
iGive members supporting: 1

Raised through iGive: $10.31 across 1 check, May 2007 to May 2007.

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