On November 20th, 2019, MADD Heartland Chapter held their annual Tie One on For Safety ® campaign with a press conference. It was located at Kauffman Stadium with law enforcement and other supporters in attendance....
Year: 2019
Law Enforcement officers play a big role in helping MADD reach their goal of no more victims. Law Enforcement officers are the "boots on the ground" that help keep our communities safe. MADD appreciates all...
What is Red Ribbon Week?The annual and nation’s largest and oldest drug prevention campaign, Red Ribbon Week, reaches over 80 million people each year throughout the United States. Following the murder of DEA Agent Enrique...
What is the Youth Empowerment Coalition...The MADD Gateway Office is currently in the process of creating a Youth Empowerment Coalition within St. Louis County. We are recruiting Juniors and Seniors from these local schools...
The day our story began... Our story began October 9, 1993 when our son Marcus was injured in a car crash, on a cold autumn night during his freshman year of college following a Saturday night...
Helping victims... First there’s the crash, then the lifelong impact… Driving while impaired is, without a doubt, an absolutely preventable crime. Deciding to drink, or use other impairing substances, and then get behind the wheel is...
Have you ever wondered what it was like to intern at MADD? Tristan Ritter, MADD Program Coordinator, talked with Dylynn Otte, intern at MADD MO State Office, to see just what it was like to...
A lift gone to soon Austin, Tex. - Jacqui Saburido, the woman whose disfigured face became a symbol of the dangers of drunk driving after she suffered horrific burns in a 1999 crash, has died, according...
The moment that changed our lives The doorbell was ringing. It was 1:30 am on Thanksgiving morning 2017. You see, just a few minutes before that I received a phone call from one of my daughter’s...
Is there a difference? You may have heard DUI and DWI used interchangeably, but is there a difference between the two? If so what are they? DUI/DWI what it means DUI stands for Driving Under the Influence. A DUI...