ACE Recognizes Keep Kids Alive Drive 25

Next month is National Youth Traffic Safety Month. National Youth Traffic Safety Month initiates the development of youth led community projects and activities in raising awareness on traffic safety issues. Unfortunately, we have seen a lot of headlines detailing car accidents due to inhalant abuse. Whether it's the user hurting themselves or other people, this needs to be stopped. Don't wait until May, get started early by practicing safe driving.

Both ACE and Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 (KKAD 25) recognize the importance of open dialogue among parents and youths, and the role education plays in keeping our communities safer.

Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 is a nonprofit organization that focuses on active community commitment through educating, regulating, and managing neighborhoods on traffic safety. KKAD 25 states that “41,059 people – daughters, sons, brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, friends – died on America’s roadways in 2007. That’s an average of over 112 deaths per day each and every day of the year. (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 2008)”. KKAD 25 works in conjunction with local and state businesses, communities, and nonprofit organizations to reduce the number of traffic accidents that occur annually as a result of drug, inhalant, and alcohol abuse.

In an effort to continue to raise awareness on traffic safety and speed limit management KKAD 25 has formed a Facebook cause page. Also, please click here to check out KKAD 25's blog.

Life is too short to become a statistic, so learn, communicate, and extend a hand to others through arming one’s self with the resources, knowledge, and proactive skills in making a difference within your community.