As Thanksgiving and the holiday season approaches, we want to take this time to acknowledge and thank some of our supporters who provide products and services that benefit MADD’s mission and our members.
Thank you:
Nationwide Insurance® (the national presenting sponsor of the Power of Parents® and Tie One on for Safety® programs) for supporting MADD and our members by offering exclusive insurance discounts to MADD supporters. Learn more»
DialAmerica for donating 12.5% of the purchase price of magazine subscriptions to support the fight against drunk driving. Learn more»
MADD Virgin Drinks for supporting MADD’s efforts to reduce the incidence of drunk driving by offering an alcohol-free beverage alternative for designated drivers, and for contributing 10% of net sales to MADD. Learn more»
#TAXI (#-8-2-9-4) on your mobile™ for donating $0.50 per call to MADD during November and December, a dangerous time of year on our roadways, and for their on-going commitment to helping keep our roads safe this holiday season and all year long. Learn more»
Stonehenge Strategic Group, PVH and Macy’s for developing the Cocktail Expressions tie collection to help raise awareness for MADD’s mission as well as donating a portion of the net sales to MADD. Learn more»
UMB Bank for supporting MADD's mission and helping to raise awareness by offering the MADD Visa® Platinum Rewards Card, and donating $50 to MADD with the first user purchase. Learn more»
Whether organizations or individuals, the investment of MADD supporters’ time and money saves lives in communities across the nation.
Thanks to your support and the support of people like you, MADD has been successful in our mission, helping to save and positively affect the lives of people across the country. We have:
Served 63,000 victims and survivors of drunk driving last year, one every eight minutes
Helped reduce drunk driving by 24 percent since the Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving® launched in 2006
Helped pass all-offender ignition interlock laws in 17 states
Set the Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving up for success with the MAP-21 highway bill, which includes funding for the advanced technology that will eliminate drunk driving and incentives for states that pass interlock laws
Reached a parent every half hour, on average, with our research-based Power of Parents® underage drinking prevention program, and helped reduce underage drinking significantly among high school students
Our focus on drunk driving prevention, victim services and underage drinking prevention is steadfast, and that shows in our financial stewardship as well. This was stronger than ever in the 2011 fiscal year. We increased our program efforts significantly and were able to decrease the proportion of our expenses we spend on fundraising by 28 percent. Among nonprofits, it’s considered exemplary to have less than 15 percent of expenses going to administration of the organization; at MADD, only eight percent goes to administration. As a result, over 78 cents out of every dollar at MADD goes into community awareness programs and services to stop drunk driving, serve the victims of this violent crime and reduce underage drinking.
So when we say your donation makes a difference, we mean it. We are putting your support to work to equip our more than 7,000 volunteers with the resources to save lives, provide victim services to families in need, and help parents have the conversation with their children about alcohol, while also continuing to recruit and train new volunteers. Your donations make that possible.
Your support also saves lives. Since the Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving started, we’ve helped reduce drunk driving fatalities by more than 3,000 per year. That’s more than three thousand families each year who don’t get that life-changing call or visit that tells them their loved one isn’t coming home—families who remain whole.
Your investment in MADD has helped us save almost 300,000 lives and serve more than 300,000 victims and survivors… and counting. You help us make an impact in your community, state and the nation as a whole, and we greatly appreciate your support and continued partnership. Together, we are making a difference.
It is with great sadness that we must announce that former MADD National President Rebecca “Beckie” Brown passed away on November 6, 2012. Rebecca was elected to MADD’s national board in 1986 and founded and served as chair of the Public Policy Committee from 1987 until 1990. She served as National President from 1993 to 1995.
Marcus Brown
Like so many, she came to MADD due to tragedy. On December 8, 1979, Beckie and her husband, Charlie, were driving home from a party when police cars raced past them. As they came upon the scene of the crash, they realized that someone had been killed. An instant later, they were devastated to discover that the victim was their 18-year-old son, Marcus. He was killed by a 19-year-old drunk driver.
After that tragedy, Beckie channeled her grief into the fight against drunk driving. She founded MADD's chapter in Pasco County, Fla., and helped to form Florida's state organization.
Soon, Beckie realized that legislative work was her passion. She worked tirelessly to help pass the 21 drinking age law in Florida, realizing that Marcus might have been alive had such a law been in place in 1979. She also worked hard on the national 21 Minimum Drinking Age Law and was in Washington, D.C., on July 17, 1984, when President Reagan signed it into law.
Known for continually asking what MADD can do to save more lives, Beckie became the catalyst behind the development of a series of Impaired Driving Workshops. In her pursuit of solutions, Beckie served in a key role in the development of National Sobriety Checkpoint Week and spearheaded the creation of MADD’s Rating the States program, which rates individual state’s efforts in the fight to prevent drunk driving.
Perhaps her greatest accomplishment was laying the foundation for MADD’s “20 x 2000,” a five-point plan to reduce alcohol-related deaths by an additional 20 percent by the year 2000—a goal that was accomplished three years ahead of schedule.
Her presence will be missed; however, her legacy lives on as we work hard every day to pass tougher laws and implement sound public policy.
Every year we honor a volunteer who has given their heart and soul to the organization with the Golden Achievement Award. This year’s winner of this prestigious award is a husband and wife team that have been volunteering with MADD for more than 20 years. Congratulations George and Marilyn Murphy!
Donate $30 or more today and we'll send you our new 2013 MADD calendar, Road Trip Across America, as a free gift!
Every day of the year, MADD provides emotional support and assistance with medical and legal struggles that follow a drunk driving crash. We're asking you to support these efforts by giving $30 or more today—and we will send you our new 2013 MADD calendar, Road Trip Across America, as a free gift to say thank you.
Each and every day drunk driving transforms even our most picturesque roadways into grisly scenes, shattering lives forever. The 2013 calendar can act as your roadmap — your year-long guide to the perils of drunk driving and the powerful response you are making through MADD.
Make a donation today to support MADD in our efforts to support victims 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. With your gift of $30 or more, we will send you the 2013 MADD calendar.
As you enjoy your 2013 MADD calendar, you will be reminded each day that you are making a difference in the fight against drunk driving and underage drinking, as well as helping to support the victims.
Our focus on drunk driving prevention, victim services and underage drinking prevention is steadfast, and that shows in our financial stewardship as well. This was stronger than ever in the 2011 fiscal year. We increased our program efforts significantly and were able to decrease the proportion of our expenses we spend on fundraising by 28 percent. Among nonprofits, it’s considered exemplary to have less than 15 percent of expenses going to administration of the organization; at MADD, only eight percent goes to administration. As a result, over 78 cents out of every dollar at MADD goes into community awareness programs and services to stop drunk driving, serve the victims of this violent crime and reduce underage drinking.
