WHAT: The Central Florida Affiliate of Mothers Against Drunk Driving® (MADD) hosts its signature Walk Like MADD® non-competitive 5K fundraising walk in Orlando on March 29, 2014. The walk begins at 9:00am at Lake Baldwin Park and Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings will be there as our Honorary Chair to kick-off the Walk with our local families, friends, and co-workers who will walk to raise funds and show support for MADD’s Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving®.
Funds raised through Walk Like MADD help further MADD’s life-saving mission and the Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving, which calls for high-visibility law enforcement, ignition interlocks or “in-car breathalyzers” for all convicted drunk drivers and support for the development of advanced technology to turn cars into the cure for drunk driving. All money raised stays in Central Florida to support our programs and victims services.
WHEN: March 29, 2014
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.
Pre-Walk remarks begin at 9:00 a.m.
Walk begins at 9:30 a.m.
WHERE: Lake Baldwin Park
4979 New Broad Street
Orlando, FL 32814
WHY: The timing for Walk Like MADD is significant because according to the 2011 Florida Traffic Crash Statistics Report presented by Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, the counties that MADD Central Florida Affiliate serves (Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Brevard, and Polk) saw alcohol related/suspected crashes decrease in 2011 by 8%, and alcohol related/suspected fatalities increase in 2011 by 9%. While we are encouraged that some areas saw a decrease, that meant that in 2011 the counties that MADD Central Florida Affiliate serves still had 2,194 alcohol related crashes and 153 alcohol related fatalities. Help us bring all of those numbers to ZERO by participating in our 2014 Central Florida Walk Like MADD event! Register today at www.walklikemadd.org/centralflorida.
CONTACT: Melissa Crowley, Prevention Program Specialist
Phone: 407-831-6233 ext. 7272
Email: [email protected]
