{"id":1723,"date":"2019-05-20T22:33:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T22:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/georgia\/?p=1723"},"modified":"2022-05-25T10:14:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T10:14:21","slug":"celebrating-victims-lives-with-a-madd-family-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/georgia\/celebrating-victims-lives-with-a-madd-family-reunion\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Victims&#8217; Lives with a MADD Family Reunion"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1723\" class=\"elementor elementor-1723\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-41a1ac14 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"41a1ac14\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3235803d\" data-id=\"3235803d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e2350cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e2350cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At MADD, we consider ourselves \u201cthe family you\u2019d never want, but the one you\u2019ll always have\u201d as we continue to support the families that have endured the horrible tragedy of drunk and drugged driving crashes.<\/p>\n<p>MADD Victim Services celebrated the lives of those passed with a wonderful tribute in Savannah, GA on Saturday, May 18th, 2019. Families came together to remember their loved ones in a family reunion style event at the Oatland Island Wildlife Center.<\/p>\n<p>There was food and games for families and their children as those gathered remembered the best of their loved ones\u2019 lives. 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