Don’t drink and drive this Fourth of July weekend
The Century Council has been sending out an innovative eCard for the Fourth of July holiday that reminds people to stay safe this Independence Day and not drive drunk. Click below to start the video, or you can also view the eCard here at The Century Council.
I first learned about The Century Council and its efforts to stop underage drinking when I posted a story for AskPatty.com reporting on the organization’s support of Brandon Silveria and his “Make the Right Choice“ Program. The Century Council is a national not-for-profit organization funded by distillers dedicated to fighting drunk driving and underage drinking; through educational efforts such as the Silveria lecture and video program, The Century Council educates students across the country about the hazards of underage drinking and driving.
The special Fourth of July eCard demonstrates some activities that might happen on a typical Fourth of July holiday – a burger flips on a grill, a flag waves, somebody tosses a horseshoe. But it ends with images of what happens when someone has too much to drink, gets in their car, and puts lives in danger. It all happens in the blink of an eye, and then?
Forty years ago, my own mother was killed by a drunk driver. She was the first car off a green light when the other car sped through a red light and tee-boned her car, killing her instantly, leaving my father a widow and her four children without their mother. I was barely four years old, but my siblings were old enough that they have memories of the policeman coming to our home to tell us the bad news. They remember her funeral, though have no memories of the event, or any of my mother who was taken away before she was even 30 years old.
I hope this eCard will serve as a reminder to all my readers to stay safe this Fourth of July and NEVER drive drunk. If you click on the link to view the eCard at the Century Council, it will also allow you to send the eCard to a friend, and even post it to your Facebook and Twitter accounts.
Have a happy and safe Fourth of July!
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