Bridgestone's Teens Drive Smart program has launched a
video contest that gives students the opportunity to
tell the nation why they should earn a $5,000 grant to
develop or expand teenage driver safety programs at
their school.
Bridgestone's Teens Drive Smart program has launched a
video contest that gives students the opportunity to
tell the nation why they should earn a $5,000 grant to
develop or expand teenage driver safety programs at
their school.
The Road Show Rally contest is open to both community
and school-based groups comprised of high school
students. To enter, the group must create a video 30
seconds to two minutes in length detailing a program
they’ve organized to help students in their school
become smarter drivers or describing a program they’d
like to start but for which they do not have the
resources.
Additionally, students will need to tell Teens Drive
Smart why they deserve to have a Road Show Rally come
to their town.
The Road Show Rally presentation includes an
interactive, school-wide safety quiz game, a tire check
event and giveaways, along with other surprises.
The winning school will receive a Teens Drive Smart
Road Show Rally, expected to take place in late
October, and a $5,000 grant to their school for the
purpose of expanding any current driver safety programs
or implementing a new one.
The second and third place winners will each receive a
$2,500 grant to their school, also for the purpose of
expanding or implementing the school’s driver safety
programs. The Teens Drive Smart team will showcase
entry videos on the Teens Drive Smart Facebook page,
making it easy for students to share their work with
family and friends.
“As teens head back to school, it’s important for
everyone to remember that, unlike their elective
classes, safe driving is mandatory,” says Dan
MacDonald, Bridgestone’s vice president of community
and corporate relations.
“With tight budgets now preventing many school
administrations from expanding, updating or starting a
teen driver safety program, administrators are looking
for creative ways to share a safe driving message with
their students,” he notes. “The Road Show Rally is such
a program.”
Through tips, ready-made classroom activities,
interactive online content, participation in teen-
oriented events and social media, the endeavor has
reached teenagers, parents and educators across the
country, according to MacDonald.
Contest entry details can be found at www.teensdrivesmart.com. The
deadline for submissions is Oct. 7.
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