How Everything Changed in a Split Second By: Jeff Kudlacik As far back as I could remember, I wanted to be a doctor. I had always been fascinated with helping people and doing whatever I could to...
Category: Mission Moment
A Sister’s Heartache Lights a Passion to Fight By: Ashley Bonus I started my journey with MADD in 2012 when my sister, Stacy Gammons-Ankerfelt, was killed by a impaired driver. I hope one day I can...
Andrew Martinez A young life and talent lost to an impaired driver ...
An Empty Chair at the Table During the Holidays Rebecca Grimes It was November 20, 1982, the Saturday before Thanksgiving. That day is not very clear to me, but one thing that I will never forget, arriving...
SHAWN VASQUEZ Age 23 KILLED BY A POLY-DRUG IMPAIRED DRIVER In July 2020, Shawn was killed in a crash as he was finishing up work on an active construction site. The crash was caused by someone...
One Mother Continues to Fight in Honor of Her Son By: Carol Levin The word family is very important to me because the four of us...
A mother’s pain and grief lead to her passion to keep fighting to end drunk driving. By: Michelle Ramsey-Hawkins Khaiden and Samuel I walked into Livingston Parish court room 2 months after the crash and I sat on...
A mother’s grief and loss, turns to a passion to end drunk driving. By: Ava Fontenot Lindsey My 25year old son Lindsey and his 21year old friend Raymond were killed by a drunk driver on July 2,...
Mission Moment “You are paralyzed . . . We don’t know if you will walk again.” I looked around the hospital room, confused, and blinked my eyes several times as I tried to...
To all the patrol officers, detectives, DUI task force officers… From Susie Spoolstra-Kelley Zachary Spoolstra’s “Momma” I first want to thank you for reading my story, and I want to thank you on behalf of my experience with...