youthline september -december 2013 newsletter
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The newsletter for the Mississippi Youth Highway Safety Programs.TRANSCRIPT
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
MYHSP TEAM ADDS NEW POSITION AND NEW RESOURCES
2
MYHSP TEAM SPLITS STATE INTO REGIONS
3
CLUB OFFICER TRAINING HIGHLIGHTS
4
FORD DSFL HIGHLIGHTS 5
CONTEST INFORMATION 6
CELEBRATE MY DRIVE 7
SADD NEWS 8
SAB TAKE THEIR WORK HOME
SAB Holiday Picture Caption
THE MISSISSIPPI SAB WISH YOU A SAFE HOLIDAY SEASON!!
Volume 2, Issue 1
September—December 2013
WINTER ACTIVITIES
5 TO DRIVE CAMPAIGN
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10
Your Student Advisory Board (SAB) not only works on putting together the two
statewide youth conferences, Club Officer Training and Teens On the Move, they also work in their home communities on youth highway safety with their peers. From July
to November the SAB have: made boxes to put their phones in while driving, recruited clubs and youth groups to attend Club Officer Training, placed youth highway safety posters in their schools , wrote letters
to their state senators supporting a statewide restriction on texting while driving, and reminded peers and adults in their community about safe driving by getting them to pledge to be focused
drivers.
This program is funded by monies made available by NHTSA and is a partnership between the Mississippi Office of Highway Safety and DREAM, Inc.
DISTRACTED DRIVING AND PLEDGE
CONTACT MYHSP
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Help us welcome the newest
member of our DREAM Team and
Mississippi Youth Highway Safety
Programs —Brianna Anderson.
Brianna comes to us from another
grant at DREAM, Inc. She is the
Youth Outreach Specialist. She
will provide program support and
help us with the details of the
conferences, SAB, and other youth
highway safety events. She will also
provide technical support to clubs
and community youth groups so
they include youth highway
messages in their group activities.
She keeps us on track and likes to
have fun too!!
Brianna Anderson
Youth Outreach Specialist
BRIANNA ANDERSON
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This program is funded by monies made available by NHTSA and is a partnership between the Mississippi Office of Highway Safety and DREAM, Inc.
MISSISSIPPI YOUTH—WE’VE GOT YOUR BACK!
Over 400 officers and prevention professionals all focused on highway safety attended the Mississippi Office of
Highway Safety STARS Conference held in Olive Branch, Mississippi on September 24-26, 2013. Our youth
highway safety team provided a presentation on youth highway safety and attended the rest of the conference.
Mississippi’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Region 6 Director, Pat Tucker also attended the
conference. Ms. Pat posed with the DREAM Team as we sent the message—we’ve got your back.
Pictured from left to right: Rod Thurman, Gabe Pope, Pat Tucker, Glenda Crump, Tawni Basden, Alexandria Cantrell and De’Marco Fomby
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Who can you call for youth highway safety resources, presentations,
and technical assistance for your school or community?
The map below divides Mississippi into regions to allow the DREAM Team to be able to divide,
conquer and make a bigger difference in youth highway safety across our state.
Central Mississippi:
Tawni Basden, CPM Youth Highway Safety Programs Director
601.933.9197 [email protected]
www.msyouthhighwaysafety.org
Brianna Anderson Youth Highway Safety Programs
Youth Outreach Specialist 601.933.9193
[email protected] www.msyouthhighwaysafety.org
Tawni and Brianna provide technical
assistance statewide as needed.
De’Marco
Tawni
Brianna
Alexandria
Left: Skylar, Trevor, and De’Marco Fomby gear up for the Rock the Belt breakout session.
Rise Up- Reset- Revolutionize Youth
Highway Safety was the message the
Student Advisory Board (SAB) spread to the 580 students and school advisors
at The 2013 Mississippi Club Officer Training held on September 18, 2013 at
the Clyde Muse Center in Pearl, MS.
Students experienced an educational and entertaining day of highway safety
activities and workshops. The nationally renowned inspirational speaker, Rashad
Jones, delivered a powerful keynote
speech on leadership and making a difference. The youth then chose
breakout sessions that incorporated
national campaigns such as State
Farm's Celebrate My Drive and
Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation’s Drive Now Text Later,
along with other workshops focused on highway safety like Walk the Line
(impaired driving) and Rock the Belt
(seat belt safety). The overall objective of the day was to send these club
officers and leaders back to their schools with information, resources,
and practical applications of highway
safety that they could implement in their schools and communities to
reinforce highway safety all year long.
Pictured Left: Club Officer
Training conference t-shirt
design.
Pictured Right and below: The SAB was not only in charge of
conducting the conference, but
they also came up with skits and songs that were designed to reach
their peers in an innovative, informative way. Overall, the
2013 Mississippi Club Officer
Training was a huge success, and the MYHSP team would like to
personally thank everyone who participated, volunteered and assisted in making it an outstanding experience. Remember to Rise up, Reset, and REVOLUTINIZE youth
highway safety. It's not a moment, but a MOVEMENT.
Caption describing picture or graphic.
CLUB OFFICER TRAINING BOOT CAMP HIGHLIGHTS PAGE 4
Above: Student Advisory Board pose for media before the COT boot camp
begins.
This program is funded by monies made available by NHTSA and is a partnership between the Mississippi Office of Highway Safety and DREAM, Inc.
Ready. Set. DRIVE.
Ford Driving Skills for Life is a one
day event sponsored by Ford Motor Company and the Governor's
Highway Safety Association that
recognizes the need for a better
driving experience for novice teen
drivers. It is an opportunity for 100 students from high risk crash areas to
gain the necessary skills and resources to safely operate a motor
vehicle. Ford awarded his grant to five
states in the United States, and this year Mississippi qualified for this
opportunity. The
grant was
awarded to the Mississippi Office
of Highway Safety and coordinated
through DREAM,
Inc. Four schools from around the state were chosen to
participate in this event. Byhalia High School, Callaway High School,
Canton High School, and Lanier
High School all actively engaged in a
variety of activities. The day included
Ford Driving Skills Gameshow, Rock the Belt and Walk the Line
sponsored by The Mississippi Youth
Highway Safety Programs team from DREAM Inc., Rover Rollover and
Sidne, sponsored by MDOT, and a driving course with golf carts and
Driver's Education instructors from around the state.
Above: Two students ride in SIDNE, an impaired driving go cart run by the
Mississippi Department of Transportation.
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TOTM SAVE THE DATE
FORD DRIVING SKILLS FOR LIFE EVENT
This program is funded by monies made available by NHTSA and is a partnership between the Mississippi Office of Highway Safety and DREAM, Inc.
Top: Byhalia High School
Bottom: Lanier High School
Top: Canton Career Center
Bottom: Callaway High School
The 25th Annual Mississippi
Teens on the Move Conference
will be here before we know it,
and if your school or club hasn’t
started documenting your
highway safety activities, then
it’s time to get going! The
following are possible awards
your school could win to be
given out at Teens on the Move.:
T-shirt Design
Activity of the Year
Club of the Year
Student of the Year
Sponsor of the Year
Once your school is
registered for TOTM you
will receive a confirmation
packet with more detailed
instructions for the awards.
Registration will open early January and will close,
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28., 2014.
Teens on the Move shirts will be ordered MARCH 3., 2014
The conference will take place at the Jackson Coliseum on
APRIL 10, 2014. If there are any
questions, please e-mail Youth Programs
Director, Tawni Basden, at [email protected].
ROCK THE BELT: Upload a pic of
you or your friends rockin’ your
seat belts (not while driving of
course!) OR wearing a Rock the
Belt tee OR attending a Rock the
Belt event. Tag
#ms_youthhwysafety and #RTB
or #RocktheBelt and a monthly
prize will be sent out to those who
do it creatively and do it often!
ROCK THE BELT/ SOBER SNAPSHOT CONTESTS
2014 MISSISSIPPI TEENS ON THE MOVE
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You only get one
take on life.
Drive to Stay Alive.
25th Annual
Teens on the Move
April 10, 2014
SOBER SNAPSHOTS: Upload a pic of
you or your friends having some sober fun in your community!.This is a chance to
really use those creative juices. Have a
game night, night hide-and-go-seek in the local park, the possibilities are endless!
Just show how you got there driving sober and safe by tagging ms_youthhwysafety and #sobersnapshots and a monthly prize
will be sent out to those who do it creatively and do it often!
This program is funded by monies made available by NHTSA and is a partnership between the Mississippi Office of Highway Safety and DREAM, Inc.
6,313,719. That is the number of
Celebrate My Drive
commitments made by students
to not text and drive. That is the
number of lives that can be saved
by driving focused, wearing the
seat belt correctly, every time
and driving sober and
unimpaired.
On December 9, State Farm will
be announcing their Celebrate
My Drive winners. The winners
are determined by how many
commitments were made to not text and
drive from a large school and a small
school. Schools could win one of ten
$100,000 grants, one of 90 $25,000
grants, and one of two concerts given by
the one and only, Kelly Clarkson! The
following Mississippi schools participated
in Celebrate My Drive this year and
thousands of votes poured in. The amount
of support Mississippi received by our
students was overwhelming and this is
just one step closer to keeping our roads
safe. Thank you to the 62 Mississippi
schools that participated in Celebrate
My Drive!
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CELEBRATE MY DRIVE
Port Gibson High School Provine High School Raleigh High School
Richland High School Ripley High School
Salem Attendance Center Senatobia High School Simpson County Academy St. Patrick Catholic High School
Starkville Academy Starkville High School Strayborn High School
Strider Academy Taylorville High School
Tupelo High School Union High School Water Valley High School West Harrison High School West Tallahatchie High
School
Amite County High School Biloxi High School Brandon High School Brookhaven High School Callaway High School Cardozo High School Choctaw Central High School Clarkdale High School Clinton Christian Academy Clinton High School Collins High School Columbia Academy Corinth High School
Magnolia Heights School
McAdams Attendance Center
Mendenhall High School
Mize Attendance Center
Moss Point Vocational Center
Murrah High School
New Hope High School
Newton County Academy
Newton High School
Northwest Rankin High School
Noxubee County High School
Pelahatchie Attendance Center
This program is funded by monies made available by NHTSA and is a partnership between the Mississippi Office of Highway Safety and DREAM, Inc.
Ethel Attendance Center
Faulkner High School
Gentry High School
Hattiesburg High School
Hazlehurst High School
Heritage Academy
Horn Lake High School
Houlka Attendance Center
Houston High School
Jackson Academy
Kosciusko High School
Kosciusko - Attala Career Tech
Center
Lamar Christian School
Lawrence County High School
Lee Academy
Long Beach Senior High School
Magee High School
We are excited to bring Mississippi
SADD Sponsor Regional Meetings to
you in January 2014. We have 201
SADD chapters and we would like to
make sure you have what you need to
make your chapter a success. These
meetings will be an effort to :
Assess training needs of chapters
Share resources
Evaluate chapter development
Network and share ideas
The meetings will be from 4:30 –6:30
p.m. and heavy hors d’oeuvres will be
provided.
Please
RSVP by
January
7th,, 2014
to Tawni
@
We will firm up locations in December
before the holiday break.
The Mississippi SADD Chapter
meetings are being sponsored by a grant
from State Farm Insurance.
The meeting dates are below:
Wednesday, January 15:
DREAM, 310 Airport Road, Pearl,
Mississippi 39208
Tuesday, January 21:
Cleveland, MS
Wednesday, January 29:
Gulfport, MS
Tuesday, February 4,:
Tupelo, MS
Tuesday, February 11:
Hattiesburg, MS
2014 SADD National
Conference:
Life is a Jungle:
Join the Expedition
June 22-25, 2014.
SADD is excited to offer an
Early Bird Special this year. The
Ground Package price ($729/
youth; $829/adult), if registered
and $100 nonrefundable deposit
is paid by March 15, 2014, covers
most conference expenses,
including seven meals, all
programming, and three nights
of hotel accommodations at the
Sheraton. It’s a great deal for an
experience that so many past
participants have called
“inspirational” and
“life-changing!” After March
15, the price goes to $779/
youth; $879/adult. For more
information visit www.sadd.org
or click on this link.: http://
sadd.org/pdf/2014%
20SADD%20National%
20Conference%
20Registration%20Packet.pdf
youth show the way to make their schools
and communities better places to live.
Members of the SADD National Student
Leadership Council (SLC) are developing a
resource kit for your use which will provide
step-by-step instructions for activities you can use on SADD Shines Day. More
information will be available on SADD
website in December. Visit www.sadd.org for
more information.
SADD SHINES DAY—FEBRUARY 5, 2014 SADD National is sponsoring a SADD Shines Day, to be held Wednesday, February 5, 2014,.
It is a day to celebrate what makes SADD
special, to highlight all the ways SADD makes a
difference in teen lives, and for SADD chapters
all over the country to celebrate and shine
together. SADD National has chosen the theme "Youth Lighting the Way," and created a
number of activities centered around making
decorated lanterns to illustrate how SADD
STUDENTS AGAINST DESTRUCTIVE DECISIONS
MISSISSIPPI SADD SPONSOR NEWS:
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This program is funded by monies made available by NHTSA and is a partnership between the Mississippi Office of Highway Safety and DREAM, Inc.
Nissan has given the Mississippi Office of
Highway Safety and DREAM, Inc. a grant
for the Mississippi Youth Highway Safety Programs to coordinate 25 ThinkFast
interactive events in an effort to educate Mississippi teen drivers about the
importance of youth highway safety.
Car crashes are the number one killer of
teens in the United States. Nissan
recognizes this alarming statistic and
wants to bring ThinkFast Interactive to 25
Mississippi schools to raise our teen
awareness level about youth highway
safety. The Mississippi Youth Highway
Safety Programs picked a mix of public
and private high schools that had more
than three youth highway fatalities in
2012. The youth programs team is in the
process of setting up the locations and
they will be firmed up by the end of
December. The interactive
presentations will be held in January
and February 2014.
The Mississippi Youth Highway Safety
Programs staff, along with the ThinkFast
staff will engage and educate the youth
in an interactive, highway safety
focused, game show!
The next YOUTHLINE newsletter will
highlight the Mississippi ThinkFast
events.
White House has a cool teen
toolkit full of activities to raise
awareness about drugged and
drunk driving .
The link is: http://
www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/
files/ondcp/issues-content/
drugged_driving_toolkit.pdf
More 3D ideas:
Host a teen community event to
raise awareness
It Can Wait ,Drive Sober or Get Pulled
Over, Click It or Ticket - these
successful campaigns bring attention
to distracted
and impaired
driving, and
the
importance of
seat belt
usage, but
what about
drugged
driving? The
Have a 3D door decorating contest
Have a social media blitz
Have a school poster campaign
3D: DECEMBER IS DRUGGED & DRUNK DRIVING AWARENESS MONTH
WINTER FUN ACTIVITIES: Winter is upon us, and in Mississippi,
that means bare trees, Egg Bowl, sinus
medication, and time away from
homework. So, instead of sitting at home
watching and/or arguing over whether
Elf or The Grinch is better with younger
brothers and sisters, get out with friends
and follow this scavenger hunt. While
you’re out, Rock the Belt, drive sober,
keep the speed and number of
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Nissan sponsors ThinkFast,
an interactive game show
designed to educate students
on teen driver safety.
THINKFAST INTERACTIVE AWARENESS COMES TO MISSISSIPPI
This program is funded by monies made available by NHTSA and is a partnership between the Mississippi Office of Highway Safety and DREAM, Inc.
passengers down, and the safety TURNT
up!
Scavenger Hunt Ideas
1. Make a string of lights look like a
seat belt across a snowman, reindeer,
Santa, and friend.
2. Find a highway safety related
ornament; phone, road, be creative!
4 . A picture of a car, van, or truck with the
most decorations
5. A video of a Salvation Army bell ringer
telling teens to “Buckle up this holiday
season”.
6. Elf on a Shelf in different highway
situations; buckled up, driving without
drinking egg nog, driving with his cell
phone put up, etc.
The U.S. Department of
Transportation’s National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) recently unveiled a new
campaign that challenges parents
to discuss five critical driving
practices with their teenage drivers
that can have the greatest
beneficial impacts in the event of a
crash. The new "5 to Drive"
campaign was launched to coincide
with National Teen Driver Safety
Week, October 20-26, 2013.
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This program is funded by monies made available by NHTSA and is a partnership between the Mississippi Office of Highway Safety and DREAM, Inc.
NHTSA “5 TO DRIVE” SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGES::
Visit http://www.trafficsafetymarketing.gov/teens for teen driver media campaign materials.
"The ‘5 to Drive’ campaign gives parents and teens a simple, straightforward checklist that
can help them talk about good driving skills and most importantly, prevent a tragedy
before it happens." - U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx
NHTSA “5 TO DRIVE” CAMPAIGN ENCOURAGES PARENT/ TEEN DRIVING DISCUSSION
The "5 to Drive"
campaign topics are: 1. No cell phone use or
texting while driving
2. No extra passengers 3. No speeding
4. No alcohol
5. No driving or riding without a seat belt
"Safety is our highest priority,
especially when it comes to teens, who
are often our least experienced
drivers," said Anthony Foxx, U.S.
Transportation Secretary. NHTSA
data show motor vehicle crashes are
the leading cause of death for
teenagers 14-18 years old in the United
States. In 2011, 2,105 teen drivers were
involved in fatal crashes. Of those
teens involved in fatal crashes, 1,163
(55 percent) survived, and 942 (45
percent) died in the crash.
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This program is funded by monies made available by NHTSA and is a partnership between the Mississippi Office of Highway Safety and DREAM, Inc.
What distractions drive you? This graphic above provides information about what happens when we use our phones and drive. Don’t let your car become a weapon. Take our pledge to be a focused, safe driver. Fax or mail back to us
and we will put you in for a drawing for a door prize!! We also have an adult pledge . Contact information on page 12.
FOR TEEN DRIVERS UNDER THE AGE OF 21:
I, ___________________________________, recognize the dangers of underage drinking. Furthermore, I recognize that the laws of Mississippi and all states in the United States make it illegal for me to drink alcohol until the age of 21. Therefore, I pledge I will model appropriate driving and drinking patterns for myself and my peers.
I pledge:
I will not drink alcohol and then drive, I will wear my seat belt and will always ask that all passengers wear their seatbelt, I will act responsible when driving knowing that any wrong choices I make in driving could injure or kill passengers in my
vehicle or in another vehicle I will drive focused, put my phone away and eliminate other distractions while driving I will not get in a car where someone is making unsafe decisions I will educate my peers on safe driving habits
____________________ ____________________ Signature Date
The mission of the Mississippi Youth Highway Safety Programs is to decrease youth
motor vehicle fatalities and injuries by improving seat belt usage and decreasing
impaired driving. If you see a need in your school or community for this mission,
please contact us and we will work with you to save lives on Mississippi roads.
Our DREAM Team:
Tawni Basden
Youth Programs Director
601.933.9197 [email protected]
Alex Cantrell
Youth Programs Coordinator
601.933.9191 [email protected]
De’Marco Fomby
Youth Programs Specialist
601.933.9164 [email protected]
Brianna Anderson
Youth Outreach Specialist
601.933.9193
This program is funded by monies made available by NHTSA and is a partnership between the Mississippi Office of Highway Safety and DREAM, Inc.
Find Us:
DREAM, Inc.
310 Airport Road,
Pearl, Mississippi 39208
Fax: 601.933.1138
www.msYOUTHhighwaysafety.org
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