Greetings!
Welcome to the last issue of The SADDvocate for this school year! Is your chapter planning any summer activities? We're always trying to increase the number of subscribers to The SADDvocate to ensure that every SADD chapter knows the latest news. Please encourage your SADD students to sign up on sadd.org or send a list (spreadsheets preferred, with columns for first name, last name, and e-mail address) to Chris Egan, SADD's Director of Field Services, at cegan@sadd.org. Sometimes school computer filters prevent students and advisors from seeing The SADDvocate properly, with full colors and graphics. You can view every issue in our online archive. This issue will be posted to the archive later today. We're still trying to get to 5,000 "likes" on our Facebook page. Please like our page today, and encourage your friends to do so as well! Links to all our social network pages are on the left bar. |
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We're Taking A Break!
|  Just as schools close for the summer, The SADDvocate is taking a summer break as well. Our next issue will appear in early September. In the meantime, make sure to check out the SADD National Facebook page and website for ongoing news and the latest information.
We'll see you in a few months - enjoy your summer!
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SADD Speaker Series Grant Program
|  Liberty Mutual has been SADD's National Insurance Partner for many years. Together, we believe that effective parent-teen communication is critical to helping teens engage in safe behavior. We're teaming up on a special grant program to bring the SADD Speaker Series to a limited number of schools and communities during the months of September through December 2010.
Through this generous grant program from Liberty Mutual, you can bring Stephen Wallace, SADD Chairman and nationally recognized youth advocate, to your school/community for just $200! If your chapter is in one of these states, you are eligible to apply: AL, CT, GA, KY, MA, MD, NH, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, or TX.
Only 20 schools will be chosen from the applications received, and the deadline is June 30! So don't wait; click here for more information and apply today for your chance at a great speaker at an incredible price! |
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SADD Legislative News | At last year's SADD National Conference in Washington, D.C., SADD introduced a new focus on national advocacy. A special group of students was chosen for SADD SPEAKs (Students for Policy, Education, Advocacy, and Knowledge), and they helped educate conference attendees on SADD's legislative priorities and helped prepare them for meetings with their elected senators and representatives.
Since that time, we've been working hard in Washington, D.C., on a variety of issues related to SADD. Perhaps the biggest is pushing for Congress to devote more time, attention, and resources to teen peer-to-peer education, particularly as it relates to teen traffic safety. While legislators push for new laws and police to enforce them, teens themselves haven't been an important part of the effort.
 That's starting to change, however. U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota has agreed to introduce (and Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota has agreed to co-sponsor) the Students Taking Action for Road Safety (STARS) Act, which would give each state funding specifically for teen peer-to-peer programs like SADD. Senator Klobuchar announced her support at a special Teen Driving Summit hosted by Tartan High School SADD in Oakdale, Minnesota, joined by SADD and other national leaders. Pictured above from left to right: SADD National President Penny Wells, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) head David
Strickland, Tartan High SADD President Tashie Xiong (who spoke at the event), Senator Klobuchar, incoming SADD National Student of the Year Jessica Roscoe from North Dakota, and Paige Meyer, a Minnesota representative on the Northern Lights SADD Regional Advisory Board.
In the months ahead, we'll be asking for your help as we try to get other senators to co-sponsor the bill (Representative Michael Capuano of Massachusetts plans to introduce the STARS Act in the House, and we'll be looking for co-sponsors there as well). Stay tuned for more information. We extend our thanks to Senator Klobuchar for her leadership on teen safety issues!
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SADD National Awards and SLC!
|  The judging is complete for the 2010 SADD National Awards, and here are your winners!
Chapter of the Year
SADD National Chapter of the Year is Stafford Technical Center SADD from Rutland, Vermont. STC SADD had an impressive year with many successful activities, including being selected as a finalist in the "Act Out Loud" competition. Second prize went to Millbury Memorial Jr./Sr. High School from Millbury, Massachusetts, and third prize to a chapter that's always had significant success, Anoka High School SADD from Anoka, Minnesota.
Advisor of the Year
Congratulations to Gloria Tatum-Wade, our Advisor of the Year, from Northeast Guilford High School in Greensboro, North Carolina. Second prize went to John D'Esposito, advisor to Chapter of the Year Stafford Technical Center in Rutland, Vermont.
Activity of the Year
Gardner - South Wilmington High School in Gardner, Illinois, took first prize in the Activity of the Year program for their elaborate "Road to Reality" mock crash program. Second prize went to Cocalico High School in Denver, Pennsylvania, for taking last year's SADD National Activity of the Year, Aevidum, statewide. Bellingham High School in Massachusetts won third prize for "WIBYL (Wear It Because You're Loved)" seat belt program.
We're also happy to announce the 2010-2011 SADD National Student Leadership Council (SLC). Here are the students who will be serving as your voice to SADD National next school year.
- SADD National Student of the Year Jessica Roscoe, from New Rockford, North Dakota
- Jamie Eastman from Wells River, Vermont (Executive Committee)
- Zachary Jones from Pierceton, Indiana (Executive Committee)
- Ashley Blasi from Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania
- Deanna Boucher from Lowell, Massachusetts
- Jennifer Collins from Clinton, Mississippi
- Logan Gerber-Chavez from Farmington, Utah
- Juan Gomez from Kearny, New Jersey
- Bianca Millien from Grayson, Georgia
- Student of the Year Emeritus Ricky Birt from New Carlisle, Ohio
Congratulations to all these student leaders for their selection for this year of service.
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Support SADD Today!
|  You can have a lasting impact on SADD's important work with just a few clicks! Installing the We-Care Reminder earns donations for SADD at no cost to you when you shop online at any of more than 1,000 participating merchants. Best of all, you install it once and never have to think about it again. The We-Care Reminder works with both Internet Explorer and Firefox and takes just a minute to install, so please consider installing it right now!
Here's what to do:
- Go to sadd.we-care.com/start and download the We-Care Reminder. Then forget about it - because it works automatically!
- When you visit the website of a participating merchant, you'll be notified that a percentage of your purchase will go to SADD.
- Just click "OK" and a donation will be made - at no cost to you!
It takes just a minute to install, so please do it right now before you close this e-mail! Click here to install the Reminder. Then spread the word - tell your family and friends, post on Facebook, and encourage others to install it, too!
If you prefer comparison shopping, special deals, and the ability to see how much your purchases have donated to SADD, visit our Online Mall at sadd.we-care.com.
Thanks for supporting SADD!
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Chapter Spotlight - Casa Grande SADD
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In the Spotlight this month is Casa Grande Union High School SADD from Casa Grande, Arizona.
Casa Grande SADD has been partnering with the Casa Grande Alliance, a community anti-drug coalition. As part of the partnership, Casa Grande SADD made nine elementary school visits this year.
During the visits, the SADD students (pictured above at last fall's Arizona SADD state conference) meet with fourth- and fifth-graders to talk about drugs and alcohol. They put on skits designed to inform the younger students while entertaining them at the same time. SADD Advisor Brenda Boenzi-Reed reports that these visits are highly popular and successful!
Working with younger students is something that many SADD chapters do, and it can be a fun and effective way to reach them because elementary school-age youth tend to look up to older students. The reverse works, too, as many SADD chapters encourage younger students to write letters to high schoolers asking them to be safe at prom time.
Your chapter can do a skit, a lesson, or a fun activity, in partnership with an outside group like a community coalition or on your own. For example, some SADD chapters presented the federal government's "Reach Out Now" alcohol curriculum to younger students this past year. Congrats to Casa Grande SADD for their successful outreach to younger students!
If you'd like to see YOUR chapter in the Spotlight, be sure to let us know what you're doing! Send news and pictures to Chris Egan, SADD's Director of Field Services, at cegan@sadd.org or the mailing address at the bottom of this newsletter.
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