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Southold High School Receives $1,000 Safe Teen Drive Grant
Allstate Foundation awards grant for safe driving awareness.
Southold Junior-Senior High School was a recent recipient of a $1000 Safe Teen Drive Long Island grant given by the Allstate Foundation on May 16. The school will use this grant to fund activism work that encourages responsible and smart driving by students.
Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death among teens, according to the New York State Department of Health. Crash rates are the highest for drivers who are 16-19 years old. The Allstate Foundation’s Safe Teen Drive LI program aims to reduce teen crashes in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
“We believe activism projects and events in every high school on Long Island will increase public awareness on this social epidemic,” said Allstate spokesperson Jaclyn Darrohn in a statement. “And perhaps act as the reminder for a young driver who may be about to make a bad decision behind the wheel.”
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For more information, visit www.allstate.com/foundation.
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