Ridgefield Safe Rides NEEDS Support of RHS Juniors and Seniors to Continue!

Calling RHS Juniors and Seniors - Safe Rides NEEDS YOU!

We have learned that the Safe Rides program is short about 75 students and will not be able to continue the program without participation. Applications are due EOD on November 3.
 
High school juniors and seniors are encouraged to apply https://form.jotform.com/232615645804154
 
Each year, RHS Seniors and Juniors volunteer their time, gas and vehicles to keep impaired drivers off our community's roads. Safe Rides operates on Friday and Saturday evenings during the school year, staffed by student volunteers to provide a safe anonymous ride to get someone safely home.
 
The program has broad community support and has been in existence for more than 25 years in Ridgefield. 

The Safe Rides program is a key component of a community-based comprehensive impaired driving prevention effort. Combined with highly visible law enforcement, the Safe Rides program gives teens the information they need to make informed choices and seek alternatives to driving while impaired. Many believe the program is only around to provide teens that have illegally consumed alcohol or another substance a ride home, however, Safe Rides has many more purposes. For example, we can provide transportation for teens that have been babysitting and at the end of the night find their original driver to be intoxicated. Furthermore, we provide rides to individuals whose original ride has abandoned them. Most importantly, confidentiality is a benchmark of our program.

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Submitted by Ridgefield, CT

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