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January Guide
SADD Traffice Safety Activity Guide
3 D Month
Act Out Loud
Power of You(th) Contest
Impact Teen Drivers/What Do You Consider Lethal
MLK Day of Service
Celebrate My Drive
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Dome Shift 2014
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December 2013     SADDLines
 

 

Hello!

There are several opportunities to take advantage of in this newsletter so take a look.

IL SADD is very proud of the SADD schools that were winners in the Celebrate My Drive contest. If you haven't done so yet, enter the Act Out Loud contest and be sure to list SADD when you register. This is a great way to earn some cash for your chapter.

SADDLines will have a whole new look when it hits your inbox in January, let us know what you think.

Please take some time and reach out to your Regional SADD Consultant, they are there to help you and answer your questions.

Have a wonderful Holiday and enjoy your break.

 

Robyn

IL SADD Coordinator and the 2013 SAB(most of them)



Looking Forward: January Guide
  

Attached is an activity guide for January!

 

You will find a list of awareness days, weeks, and months, along with tools and resources to optimize the efforts of your SADD chapter. 

 

Be sure to use your time wisely this month, as you have very little due to breaks! Good luck and happy holidays!

 

SADD Traffic Safety Activity Guide 

ILSADD is excited to be working on an updated SADD Traffic Safety Activity Guide. 

 

 We are asking you to send us any traffic safety activities or ideas to make this a useful activity resource for chapters. 

 

We would like to roll out the guide the beginning of the new year, so please send any of your activities, resources and ideas by December 20th to megan.edmondson@prevention.org. Also, be sure to include the source as we want to assure that everyone is given the appropriate credit. 

 

When the guide is complete, it will be accessible through the member's only access site on www.ilsadd.org! 

December is National Drunk & Drugged Driving (3d) Prevention Month!
 

December is National Drunk & Drugged Driving Prevention Month!
  
Drugged Driving incidents have been rising and now about 20% of occuring crashes is tied to drugged driving.
  
Think about what you can do to promote awareness of this tragedy with your chapter.  If you need a little help, feel free to check out the stop drugged driving website.
  
We look forward to seeing how you will be promoting this month of prevention awareness!
Act Out Loud
 
Act Out Loud is back for another year!
  
Commit to a safe driving rally at your school in April or May next year, and you'll receive $300 and a free toolkit stuffed with promotional items.
  
Complete simple tasks along the way, like submitting a poster and t-shirt design, and your chapter can earn up to $1,000 total - just for participating in the contest! Registration is open now at actoutloud.org
  
Make sure to select SADD in the "National Organization Your Team Represents" field!
  
The deadline for this contest will be March 1, 2014! Be sure to check out last year's grand prize winner. Hopefully that will inspire you to aim for the grand prize this year! 

MADD Power of You(th) Contest

Enter the Power of You(th) video contest for a chance to win $1,500 by submitting a 15-second instagram video answering the question: If you don't drink alcohol today, what can your tomorrow be?
  
You can submit videos here. Schools are also eligible for an additional $1,500 for most entries, so get your fellow classmates to submit their own videos too!
  
The deadline for this contest is December 20, 2013 so get to work and start filming! You will be judged on three criteria, be sure to look it over to better your chance of winning! 

Attention Operation Teen Safe Driver Schools!

 

Illinois SADD has partnered with Impact Teen Drivers to bring their program, "What Do You Consider Lethal" to Illinois. 

 

"What Do You Consider Lethal"  is a research based, engaging presentation aimed at changing young people's attitudes and behaviors when it comes to reckless and distracted driving. It's might be the perfect addition to round out your traffic safety programming. 

 

If you'd like to learn more about Impact Teen Drivers and "What Do You Consider Lethal", contact robyn@ilsadd.org.
MLK Day of Service 

MLK's Day of Service is on January 20th! 
 
This day of service is in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He once asked the question, "Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others?'"
  
Think about what you and your chapter can do to answer that question. You can start your own service project or find a project that is already being started in your community.
  
Plan to celebrate MLK Day by a day of service, instead of a day off.  Give back to you community and make an impact on this day!
Celebrate My Drive 
  
Congratulations to the winners of Celebrate my Drive!
  
ILSADD had two  winners in Illinois!
  
Mt. Carmel High School won the $100,000  and East Richland High School won the $25,000, How cool is that?!
 I hope this encourages you to participate in the contests we promote, your SADD chapter could be the next big winner.
Featured Member of the Month:
 

James Fairfield is a sophomore at GCMS High School.

 

This will be his first year as a member on the Student Advisory Board.

 

James enjoys helping out his local SADD chapter in a multitude of ways and strives to be a leader in his school.

 

He enjoys spending times with his family and friends, and loves to play basketball.


 
Save The Date:
  April 28th and 29th
            
  registration info coming in  January

Hello!

  

This will be my first newsletter and hopefully I haven't made things a complete mess during this transitional period. I hope I'll be able to meet more people who are involved with IL SADD and continue to get the ball rolling. Thank you everybody for you kind welcomes and hope to be hearing from you all soon!

 

Please email me at Michael.Lau@prevention.org if you have something special going at your chapter and would like to be highlighted or just had something that you wanted to share with the rest of IL SADD nation. 

 

As always, if you haven't done so, please register your chapter!! 

  

Sincerely,

 


Michael Lau
Illinois SADD