{"id":387,"date":"2021-10-21T16:17:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T16:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madd.org\/maryland\/?p=387"},"modified":"2022-05-25T09:08:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T09:08:04","slug":"october-2021-featured-volunteer-amy-davis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/maryland\/october-2021-featured-volunteer-amy-davis\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2021- Featured Volunteer- Amy Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"387\" class=\"elementor elementor-387\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4e3cf0a8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4e3cf0a8\" 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-534a13cc\" data-id=\"534a13cc\" 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-2f37b853 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f37b853\" 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>Rahul was the love of my life.&nbsp; I met him in 2002 and his life was taken by a drunk and drugged driver in February, 2015.&nbsp; He was 52 years old and when I received that phone call from the Georgia State Police, my life, as I knew it, was over.&nbsp; I had no idea what to do next or how I was going to survive.&nbsp; But I got up the next morning and did what I had to do.&nbsp; Seeing him for the last time was the hardest thing I have ever had to do.&nbsp; And I had to learn how to go on without him, which I didn\u2019t want to do\u2026but there were no choices.&nbsp; I eventually moved from Richmond, VA to Salisbury, MD to be closer to my family and that is when I got involved with MADD.&nbsp; Even though it can be very painful and emotional to speak at the impact panels, it is knowing I am keeping Rahul\u2019s memory alive and hope that the work the volunteers do will help save lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol type=\"1\"><li><strong>What is your proudest achievement as a MADD volunteer?<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Being the keynote speaker at the State of Maryland Law Enforcement Officers award ceremony in Ocean City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>This work can be hard. 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