{"id":2121,"date":"2024-02-28T22:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T22:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/hawaii\/?p=2121"},"modified":"2024-02-29T02:30:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T02:30:49","slug":"special-tribute-carol-mcnamee-madd-hawaii-founder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/hawaii\/special-tribute-carol-mcnamee-madd-hawaii-founder\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Tribute &#8211; Carol McNamee, MADD Hawaii Founder"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2121\" class=\"elementor elementor-2121\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-766df25 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"766df25\" 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-453e182\" data-id=\"453e182\" 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-76fdd56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76fdd56\" 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>Carol McNamee has made tremendous positive differences in the lives of many\u2013 from helping saving lives to serving victims and inspiring passionate and dedicated individuals who have devoted their precious time, sometimes for decades, to end the terrible scourge of impaired driving crashes. Enjoy a few snippets of the 40 years Carol fearlessly led MADD Hawaii with passion, determination, and sometimes the much-needed levity of humor. 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