April 2020 e-newsletter

Mothers Day is May 10th!

Please join us April 30th through May 1st for an online Kendra Scott Gives Back Event. 20% of proceeds will benefit Mothers Against Drunk Driving in Virginia!   This is a great opportunity to show appreciation to the Mom’s in your life while also supporting our mission to end drunk driving in Virginia! ENTER CODE GIVEBACK7228 AT THE TIME OF CHECKOUT. CODE IS VALID APRIL 30th THROUGH MAY 1st. RSVP and shop: https://maddva.splashthat.com/

Calendar

Underage Drinking Prevention Learning Opportunities Coming Up this Week and Next Week!

Thursday 4/30/20 1-2pm

In honor of National Alcohol Awareness month and MADD’s PowerTalk 21 initiative, please join a VIRTUAL Town Hall Meeting on Underage Drinking Prevention this Thursday (4/30) @ 1pm presented by Community Coalitions of Virginia (CCoVA). This is a great opportunity for parents, professionals, and interested community members to learn about underage drinking and what other communities across Virginia are thinking and doing about it. Please feel free to invite your colleagues and community members!

Tuesday 5/5/20  Zoom Power of Parents Workshop

2 options: 12-12:30pm and 6-6:30pm    - Join us for a free 30 minute parent workshop, Talking with your Teens About Alcohol conducted via zoom. RSVP to cristi.cousins@madd.org for login info. Download free parent handbooks here.

Can’t make that date? Contact cristi.cousins@madd.org or follow MADD VA Facebook and Instagram for future workshops.

2/25/20  Terry Lamont Parker, 45, and Edgar Griffith, 61, Colonial Beach

3/28/20  Reinee Thomas, 43, and Jesiah Thomas, 1, Chesterfield County

3/31/20  Jeremy Crites, 27, Augusta County

4/9/20    Clarence Eheart, 59, Fluvanna County

MADD Around VA

MADD VA learning series. Please join us for our first in a series of educational videos on impaired driving and underage drinking topics. This informative interview is with MADD National Law Enforcement Initiatives Manager Ron Replogle. He talks about trends on the roads now and what law enforcement expects to happen as quarantine restrictions are lifted. He tells us about MADD’s National law enforcement initiatives, and talks about efforts to address drug impaired driving that are working across the country. He ends with a message of appreciation and support for law enforcement here in Virginia.  Watch it here!

MADD’s New Newsletter for Law Enforcement

MADD National now has a newsletter JUST for law enforcement. You can see the inaugural issue here, the archives here (scroll to bottom of page) and sign up to receive it by email here.

MADD VA April Media Campaign

We hope you have seen or heard our impaired driving prevention ad’s featuring local volunteers who have lost loved ones. They have been running on TV, Facebook and radio stations across Virginia during April. These were paid for by a grant from the Virginia DMV and created by Siddall Advertising. There are more in the works! Thank you to all of our victim volunteers who agreed to share their stories: Greg Estep, Racell Broadnax, Cathy Cooper, Sherri Neselrod, Valarie Patterson and Destani Jefferson.

MADD VA Victim Volunteer Stories on Facebook

In honor of National Crime Victims Week and National Volunteer Week, we honored our Victim Volunteers on Facebook and Instagram. Check them out!

Did you Know MADD VA is Now on Instagram!!! Follow us at @madd_virginia