August 2020 e-newsletter

#ActLikeItVA

19th Annual #CheckpointStrikeforce Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Activation - August 19 to September 7, 2020.

During the Labor Day holiday weekend from 2014-2018, 44% of traffic deaths involved drivers who had been drinking- 945 people died. Virginia’s law enforcement will be out in full force during the national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over mobilization, and the local Checkpoint Strikeforce mobilization. Impaired driving prevention is the focus of the mobilizations, which are held in advance of and include the Labor Day holiday, one of the busiest travel weekends of the year.

Please share the messaging on facebook and Instagram! And please don’t forget to include @moveoverva!

NHTSA released this video of MADD's amazing present and past National Presidents as part of its Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign kickoff on August 19th. MADD National President Helen Witty and past presidents Karolyn Nunnallee (1998-1999), Millie Webb (2000-2002), Wendy Hamilton (2002-2005), Glynn Birch (2005-2008) and Jan Withers (2011-2014) have saved countless lives by sharing their stories. But we're far from finished. #DriveSober #NoMoreVictims

Underage Drinking Rates Down

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have released the results of the 2020 Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
See how underage drinking has gone down in several categories plus new areas of concern in their publication Trends in the Prevalence of Alcohol Use National YRBS: 1991—2019.

Calendar

At Your Convenience!

Power of Youth underage drinking prevention presentations for Middle/High school audiences FREE and on demand via Zoom. Contact cristi.cousins@madd.org to schedule.

View the handbook online here!

9/17/20 12-1pm

9/19/20 10-11am

Mini Volunteer orientation/refresher via Zoom

9/30/20

Virtual MADD Law Enforcement Awards on MADD VA Facebook

10/31/20
JOIN US for a VIRTUAL Halloween Walk Like MADD!!
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Impaired Driving Stories in the News

7/30/20 Adrian Lee Powers, 65 – Dickinson County

8/1/20 Reginald Kelly, 28 – Norfolk

8/1/20 Keaonna Lakaren Carter-Faggins, 21 – Buckingham County

8/2/20 Timothy Love Crites, 43 – Orange County

8/4/20 Jeffrey Wayne Causey, 33 – Rockingham County

8/8/20 Jonathan Rios Perez, 23 – Hanover County

8/13/20 (Date of crash 8/7/20) Arden Marie Zuwallack, 18 – Virginia Beach City

8/14/20 Carlos Alberto Hernandez, 38 – Grayson County

8/16/20 Justus M. Taylor, 20, Chesterfield County

8/21/20 Roger Antoine Gravely, 38 – Henry County

8/23/20 John Barry Digney, IV, 23- Orange County

8/25/20 Alexander Eastridge, 21 – Washington County

MADD Around Virginia

Lt. Robert Netherland, III of the Henrico County Police Department was awarded MADD National Officer of the Month for August. Read about why Lt. Netherland was so deserving of this award on the MADD National Blog here. Presenting the award was volunteer Vanessa Haislip whose daughter Melissa was killed by an impaired driver in Henrico County.
If you know of an outstanding officer deserving of MADD National Officer of the month for their impaired driving accomplishments, you can submit a nomination here.

Congratulations to Vanessa Haislip and “Team Melissa” ( named in honor of Melissa Haislip, Vanessa’s daughter who was killed by an impaired driver) for winning Top Fundraiser in the “Friends and Family” team category at Walk Like MADD-Richmond first ever virtual walk. The Richmond Walk was held in April but fundraising was extended to July. Vanessa is shown here with her award plaque and her grandson who was one of her team members.