{"id":750,"date":"2018-12-13T20:43:38","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T20:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/?p=750"},"modified":"2022-05-27T12:44:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T12:44:16","slug":"madd-sc-annual-state-candlelight-vigil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/madd-sc-annual-state-candlelight-vigil\/","title":{"rendered":"MADD SC Annual State Candlelight Vigil"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"750\" class=\"elementor elementor-750\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a4244a2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a4244a2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-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-3a1ec605\" data-id=\"3a1ec605\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-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-41e67448 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41e67448\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-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><figure id=\"attachment_760\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-760\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-760 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2022\/05\/vigil1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picture Courtesy of Columbia Fire Department<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n<p>On December 1st, 2018, MADD SC hosted the annual State Candlelight Vigil for victims and survivors of impaired driving. The event was hosted at the SC State Museum in the Vista Room. MADD staff, volunteers, and first responders joined us to honor and remember victims.<\/p>\n\n<p>Victim Services Specialists encouraged the family and friends of victims and survivors to bring pictures of their loved ones. The pictures were placed on a table at the front of the room, facing the audience where candles surrounded them. The newer \u201cvictim wall\u201d, which was not available last year, was also displayed with pictures of many faces who have been affected by impaired driving. Staff from other MADD SC program areas, along with volunteers, assisted with welcoming friends and family. Guests were instructed to write the name of their loved one on a paper, heart-shaped ornament that would later be placed on the MADD lighted tree. Families also received a small worry stone as a memento.<\/p>\n\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_762\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-762\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-762 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2022\/05\/Vigil3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picture Courtesy of Columbia Fire Department<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n<p>MADD SC\u2019s Executive Director, Steven Burritt, initiated the memorial event. Kelly Stafford, Victim Services Specialist, thanked first responders in attendance for their work and dedication. The guest speaker for the event was PFC Thad Morgan, Target Zero Traffic Grant Officer for the Mount Pleasant Police Department. He shared his story of why he became a police officer and he also shared the loss of his best friend as a result of an impaired driver. Richland County Coroner Gary Watts and Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher both participated by reading short poems about loss. Kimberly Cockrell, Victim Services Specialist, started the victim\/survivor ceremony by hanging a heart for her best friend Nancy Moore Thurmond who was killed 25 years ago. Victim families and survivors were called upon to place their loved one\u2019s name on the tree and they were encouraged to briefly say something about their loved one or themselves as survivors. The tree began to fill up with ornaments meant to honor those no longer with us and survivors still here, while silently forming an invisible bond among all of the people who placed them there.<\/p>\n\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_761\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-761\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-761 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2022\/05\/vigil2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picture Courtesy of Victoria Riser; picture of victim Jeremy Cockrell<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n<p>Following the ceremony, many families shared stories and pictures of loved ones. For some of those in attendance it has been many years since the loss of their loved ones. Although they will always grieve, some are at a place where attempting to help others who have suffered a loss is very therapeutic. It has been almost 19 years for one of MADD SC\u2019s Victim Services Volunteers, Paula Schaefer. However, the Thomas family of Summerville lost their son, Dylan, in August of this year. Paula has been supporting the Thomas family who are still trying to form some semblance of a \u201cnormal life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>No matter the reason for attending, it was evident that everyone who came to honor a victim or survivor shares a common bond\u2014one that was responsible for the deaths of 313 people on SC roadways in 2017.  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