National Youth Traffic Safety Month

Every May youth from across the country engage in peer to peer education efforts to address the #1 cause of death for youth in the U.S. - traffic crashes. According to NHTSA data eight out of the ten deadliest days for youth on our nations highways are between May and August with May 20th averaging as the deadliest day. Youth work to make NOYS and create change in their communities to save lives and prevent injuries.

Review the youth projects that were held in 2010
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stay tuned for plans for May 2011!

Check out the 2010 50 Best Award Winners!

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NOYS Makers!

Over 200,000 online votes were cast to pick the winner of the 2010 Act Out Loud Contest.

Deer Park High School is the grand prize winner!
This contest is sponsored by The Allstate Foundation
Watch the Deer Park Act Out Loud final video
Check out the Deer Park Act Out Loud Facebook page

Over 70 teams submitted for the 50 Best Awards and many partner organizations supported National Youth Traffic Safety Month.

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Distracted Driving Summit and Youth Leadership Team

2121 Sep 2010 at

NOYS is accepting applications from youth ages16 - 21 to serve on the NOYS Coalition Distracted Driving Prevention Leadership Team. NOYS will select 20 youth from the applications. These youth will be sponsored to travel to Washington, DC to participate in the U.S. Department of Transportation Distracted Driving Summit and serve on the Teen Leadership Team that will develop and implement a youth-led community distracted driving prevention program. Applications are due by Friday, August 6, 2010

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National Drug Facts Week

0404 Nov 2010 at

National Drug Facts Week (NDFW) is a health observance week for teens. The goal of NDFW is to shatter the myths about drugs and drug abuse. NDFW encourages community based events that give teens a physical or virtual space to ask questions about drugs and get factual answers from a scientific expert. NDFW is an initiative of the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), which supports most of the world’s research on the health aspects of drug abuse and addiction.

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