AAA Hoosier Insurance and MADD Indiana Take Strides to Eliminate Drunk Driving

Indianapolis Strides for Change 5K Walk Turns Team Donations Into Safer Roadways
Saturday, April 12, 2008

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AAA Hoosier Insurance is proud to sponsor Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD's) Strides for Change 5K fundraising walk in Indianapolis on Saturday, April 12, 2008. The Festival area opens at 8:30 am with the walk beginning at 10 am at Fort Benjamin Harrison State Park in Lawrence and will rally support to eliminate drunk driving, support victims of this violent crime and prevent underage drinking.

Drunk driving threatens all of us. It impacts every community around the nation, and unfortunately, it can touch your life without any warning. For more than 25 years, MADD has helped save lives—but that progress has stalled and too many people continue to die and be injured by this violent crime. Every month more than 1,000 families have a loved one killed by drunk driving. In Indiana alone, 319 people lost their lives in alcohol related incidents on Hoosier roadways in 2007.

Through these walks, MADD is bringing together families, friends, and neighbors to raise funds and awareness to make our roadways safer. You can help eliminate drunk driving by registering for Strides for Change and by helping raise money to toughen enforcement, strengthen laws, and support new prevention technologies.

This year Strides for Change will take place in 27 cities across the country. Corporations and individuals form teams of 10 or more and are asked to raise $100 each through pledges. Funds raised help further MADD's lifesaving mission in a variety of ways. For instance, a single $40 donation enables MADD to provide two hours of group support for a victim/survivor of drunk driving.

Interested in participating? There are three options: (1) you can register to walk or form a team; (2) If you are unable to make the Strides for Change walk, you can sign up to raise money as a virtual walker, anywhere and anytime; or (3) You can also give a one-time donation to the walk. Please visit the Strides for Change Web site, www.stridesforchange.org, to register, donate or get more information.

To volunteer for the Strides for Change Walk, please call the MADD Indiana State Office at 317-781-6233.

Together we can eliminate drunk driving. Won't you please walk with us?

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