{"id":471,"date":"2017-06-30T10:32:52","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T10:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/?p=471"},"modified":"2026-03-19T15:26:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:26:30","slug":"you-can-create-your-own-customized-madd-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/you-can-create-your-own-customized-madd-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"You can create your own customized MADD fundraiser!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"471\" class=\"elementor elementor-471\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-676db073 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"676db073\" 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-626b1787\" data-id=\"626b1787\" 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-465daf05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"465daf05\" 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><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-473 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2017\/06\/team1-300x168-1.jpg\" alt=\"team1\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\">They came from Middle or East Tennessee.&nbsp; Some people have even shown up from Kentucky.&nbsp; Members of church baseball leagues from across the state have been streaming to our town for the annual MADD Upper Cumberland Church Softball Tournament for the last 19 years. This special, one-day event, which always includes a victim table, has raised nearly $20,000.<\/p>\n<p>And now, thanks to a new Mothers Against Drunk Driving\u00ae website, we want to invite you to do the same \u2014 fight drunk driving in&nbsp; on YOUR terms by creating a customized fundraiser.<\/p>\n<p>Bake sales, car washes, hotdog stands and donated birthdays \u2014 it&#8217;s the simple things. Aline and I truly believe that if people can get back to doing basic, local events like these, it will be good for folks. Good for our communities. And, since funds stay in the local area, YOU will be making a difference in Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>Our softball tournament started as a way to honor the memory of Aline&#8217;s brother, Chris Conaster, who was killed by a repeat drunk driver. But it grew into a way to honor more and more victims, raise awareness and make our community safer.<\/p>\n<p>MADD was started by one woman. 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