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20
May

“Every 15 Minutes”

Life’s lessons are best learned through experience. Unfortunately, when the target audience is teens and the topic is drinking and driving or texting while driving, experience is not the teacher of choice. The Every 15 Minutes Program offers real-life experience without the real-life risks. This emotionally charged program, entitled “Every 15 Minutes”, is an event

15
May

Casey Feldman Foundation Sponsored NOYS Youth – Turn It Around Awards

The Casey Feldman Memorial Foundation, in cooperation with the National Organization for Youth Safety (NOYS) and the National Highway Transportation Association (NHTSA) has participated in sponsoring a program that offers prizes to organizations on behalf of youths that submit projects which turn a tragedy into an opportunity for positive change. If you started a project

12
May

“Decade of Action for Road Safety” launched to reduce the projected death toll on highways across the world.

Today was a turning point in the battle to combat a growing epidemic of highway accidents and deaths. The United Nations, in cooperation with many countries across the world, launched the Decade of Action for Road Safety—a 10 year plan to reduce highway deaths by 5 million and injuries from highway accidents by 50 million.

10
May

Trauma Surgeon and Attorney Educate on Dangers of Distracted Driving

Trauma Surgeon, Robert Barraco, M.D.  and attorney Joel Feldman, whose daughter, Casey was killed by a distracted driver talk about distracted driving epidemic. Joel Feldman, a Philadelphia attorney and father of Casey Feldman, a 21 year old killed by a distracted driver, and Robert Barraco, M.D. a trauma surgeon at Allentown, PA’s Lehigh Valley Hospital

08
Apr

Distracted Driving Benefit Concert West Chester University Sykes Student Union Building

April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. To raise awareness of the dangers of distracted driving, West Chester University’s Phi Sigma Pi, a national honor’s fraternity, held its second annual Casey Feldman Memorial Benefit Concert on Saturday April 9, 2011.Casey Feldman, from Delaware County, PA, was a 21 year old college student killed by a

04
Apr

New Westminster filmmaker’s short on distracted driving wins ICBC award

By Grant Granger – New Westminster News Leader David McDonald was a tyke attending F.W. Howay elementary in New Westminster during the 1990s when he began experimenting with a video camera. He’d make improvisational films he admits weren’t that good, but he sure had fun making them. McDonald’s fascination with film is finally starting to

02
Apr

What Will It Take For Us to Change the Way We Drive?

Nearly two years ago, my 19-year-old daughter, Casey, was walking to her summer job on the Ocean City boardwalk. It was a beautiful, sunny day, and she was crossing the street in a crosswalk controlled by four-way stop signs and was more than halfway through the intersection when she was fatally hit by a van.