MADD Southern Arizona Volunteer Information

Looking for a few good hands….

MADD facilitates a court-appointed Victim Impact Panel for first and second time DUI Offenders. These panels are also recommended by probation officers, school and community justice boards for drug, juvenile and other offenders that might benefit. A Victim Impact Panel consists of a rotating panel of victim speakers, offenders, prosecutors, law enforcement… etc. speaking about the personal side of impaired driving. It runs 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. and all volunteers are invited to enjoy a “wind-down” meal afterwards where we read the evaluation sheets and critique the meeting.

Pima County started with once a month classes, average attendance of 35-40. This quickly grew to 15 classes a year held in the Marshall Auditorium in TMC with an average monthly attendance of 180 clients and visitors. Just over two years ago, we added 12 monthly classes at an additional location near Irvington and 6th Avenue bringing our total number of classes to 27 with an average monthly attendance of 260 clients and visitors. In an effort to cover more of Pima County, we recently expanded the Victim Impact Panel to Green Valley adding six classes held every other month. The first panel in February was well attended and we look forward to building that panel up. But we are not finished yet! We've added a victim impact panel on the Tohono O’odham Nation adding six classes a year and a midtown location at Tucson Blvd and Broadwayfor a total of 42 Victim Imapct Panels a year. 

You can see from the works that are described in the various areas of interest of MADD that there is far more work than can be carried out by the staff by themselves. As with most organizations of this type, a reliance is placed on volunteers to assist the staff to carry out these works and MADD has been fortunate in this regard to date.

Unfortunately the workload remains high and more volunteers are needed to assist MADD in its assistance to victims of this violent crime and to fight for justice in the judicial system. All volunteers are welcome - you can volunteer now by simply contacting the MADD Office and asking for a Volunteer form at pima.az@madd.org

Come and join us and help lower the road toll from its current horrendous level! This is one of the times that you CAN make a difference!