MADD in Motion: Altoona, Iowa MADD Victim Volunteer Ginny spoke to high school students and parents on April 19, 2023. Organized by the Altoona Police Department, the goal was to encourage safety during Prom weekend.
Thank you, Ginny!
MADD Honors Wisconsin and Iowa Law Enforcement Officers
This Spring, MADD contacted Wisconsin and Iowa police departments, requesting nominations for officers doing great work in impaired driving enforcement.
41 Iowa officers and 63 Wisconsin officers were nominated by their superiors.
Each officer received a MADD Hero Award Certificate and pin, including Officer Nick Sherman from the Polk City Police Department (pictured left). MADD thanks everyone in Iowa and Wisconsin who are working hard to end impaired driving.
Dionne Renee Brown 8/4/71 – 5/9/23
It is with profound sadness that MADD shares the news of the death of long-time volunteer Dionne Brown.
On February 4, 1991, Dionne’s life dramatically changed when she was hit by a drunk driver. Her survival is nothing but miraculous. Though she was confined to a wheelchair she still found joy in life and was known for her love of Vegas. For many years Dionne shared her story during Victim Impact Panels and other MADD presentations using a computer-generated audio program to share the words she could not share with her voice. We’ll never know how many people were affected by hearing Dionne’s story. We wish Dionne’s surviving family peace through this new journey of grief. Dionne will be missed by all those she touched in our MADD family.
Boating/ATV Safety Partnership with Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois Agencies Begins
Campaign aims to reduce number of recreational vehicle crashes
Thank You to our Walk Like MADD Teams!
Walk Like MADD Registration opened this Spring and we are so grateful to the teams that have already registered and started fundraising: Team Doug Landers, Team Salvi Law, Team Austin, Hosea's Helpers, Walk for Lara and Liam, Walk to remember mom, Team Rocko, Team Payton, Team Maddie Kruse, Team Jaxon Williams, Ashley's Angels REGISTER YOUR TEAM TODAY! Osage, IA (8.26.23): www.walklikemadd.org/osage
Sherman, IL (9.9.23): www.walklikemadd.org/sherman
O'Fallon, IL (9.16.23): www.walklikemadd.org/ofallon
Schaumburg, IL (9.30.23): www.walklikemadd.org/schaumburg
Thank you for partnering with MADD to help us reach our mission of #NoMoreVictims!
Do You Want to Share Your Story? Victims and their families have found that sharing their crash story is a productive outlet for their grief, as the stories help prevent future crashes. Possible uses for Victim stories are: * Mission Mondays on our Facebook Page * Victim Impact Panels * School Presentations To share your story and/or if you have questions, please contact Kristi Hosea at kristi.hosea@madd.org. Thank you for helping us achieve our goal of #NoMoreVictims.
June Peer Support Groups
This month bring changes to Zooming with Support. In an effort to be fiscally responsible, MADD has moved to using the Microsoft Teams platform. We are excited to roll out this new platform this month for all of our support groups. In order to better define our sessions we will use the name Peer Support Group. Sessions will be moderated by trained victim advocates and will give individuals affected by the crime of drunk or drugged driving an outlet to sharing their feelings.
Join on your computer, mobile app or room device Click here to join the meeting Meeting ID: 253 327 158 431 Passcode: MhFa6r Download Teams | Join on the web
JUNE DATES Peer Support - Bereaved Parents with Kiddos to Raise 6.12.23 @ 12:00pm-1:00pm
Peer Support - Open Session for anyone affected by drunk or drugged driving 6.14.23 @ 6:30pm-8:30pm Peer Support - Unmarried Partners 6.26.23 @ 6:30pm-7:30pm
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