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THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SAVE
GRANTS SPONSORED BY THE
ALLSTATE FOUNDATION - NEW JERSEY
The National Association of Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE) is proud
to partner with the Allstate Foundation in New Jersey to support youth safety efforts
of students through their SAVE Chapters.
Established in 1952, The Allstate Foundation is an independent, charitable organization made
possible by subsidiaries of The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL). Allstate and The Allstate
Foundation sponsor community initiatives to promote safe and vital communities; tolerance;
inclusion, and diversity; and economic empowerment. The Allstate Foundation believes in the
financial potential of every individual and in helping America's families achieve their
American dream. Additional information on the Allstate Foundation can reviewed at
www.allstate.com/foundation.
National SAVE (Students Against Violence Everywhere) in partnership with The Allstate Foundation are
sponsoring three schools and chapters in the New Jersey area (specific regions will be determined at a
later date) in an effort to promote teen driver safety awareness in America's youth. A $10,000
grant from The Allstate Foundation will allow National SAVE and The Allstate Foundation's Teen Safe Driving program to be implemented
in selected schools, chapters, community agencies or related programs. Emphasis is to be placed
on the hazards of texting and driving, cellphone related accidents and other dangers facing Generation Z's youth.
PRESS RELEASE: Students Against Violence Everywhere Receives $10,000 Grant
from The Allstate Foundation to Promote Teen Safe Driving in the New Jersey Region
~ September 1, 2010
Participating schools/agencies:
- Montclair High School, Montclair, NJ
Montclair High School will promote driving safety through lessons in motor vehicle
law and conduct activities that relate to speeding, texting, and talking while driving.
This is in addition to the drivers education curriculum. The SAVE Chapter would like to get all qualified drivers at
Montclair High to take a safe driving pledge to to obey all traffic rules of the road.
Spring Update: Montclair High School SAVE Chapter held a "Picnic in the Park for Safety" event
for the students, family and the faculty of Montclair High School. The chapter provided the SIDNE Machine,
DWI Goggles, no texting while driving contracts, GDL education, pedestrian crossing education, railroad
crossing safety education and information, gun safety, fire safety, community violence awareness, giveaways and provided music to entertain. Over 1,700 students
and faculty attended the event. Also in May, Indigo Nelson, the Chapter President, won the New Jersey
Peace Scholarship. Her award was a $1,000 scholarship. In February, the SAVE Chapter teamed up with the breast
cancer awareness club for a "Pink Fundraiser" to promote cancer awareness and other health issues.
PRESS RELEASE: Students Against
Violence Everywhere (SAVE) and The Allstate Foundation Sponsor Teen Safe Driving in New Jersey, Montclair
High School Participates
~ October 4, 2010
Montclair High School Participates in Students Against Violence ~ TheJerseyTomatoPress.com, October 11, 2010
- Science Park High School, Newark, NJ
This year Science Park High School SAVE Chapter (Newark, NJ) in conjunction
with their school driving instructors will host a "Parents' Night." This will be
an educational session for all the school's students who are taking the driving
education class and their parents. The session will focus on new changes in the
New Jersey State Driving Regulations; especially Kyleigh's Law. The chapter will
also conduct youth safety awareness events and activities throughout the school year.
Spring Update: On May 16, Science Park High School had an assembly for all seniors.
Faculty discussed driving safety during the prom and at graduation. The senior health teacher also showed
a video about drinking and driving in the health classes.
The SAVE advisor plans to have follow up discussions about the prom and refresh the students’
memories about drinking and driving during the graduation period.
The seniors were very impressed by the fact that the faculty cared and were interested in their safety
during Prom Week. They appeared to take the message very seriously. The senior health teacher stated
that the film on drinking and driving was effective on her students. The assembly and film should
have a positive effect on the students. Hopefully, they will be thinking about safety before
and after the prom. This can keep the students in the school community safer during the prom
and graduation season.
Allstate Agent Involvement: The Science Park High School SAVE Chapter invited
with Ms. Celia Caro to attend the Teen Safe Driving Assembly in May.
PRESS RELEASE: Students Against
Violence Everywhere (SAVE) and The Allstate Foundation Sponsor Teen Safe Driving in New Jersey, Science Park
High School Participates
~ October 4, 2010
Save And The Allstate Foundation Sponsor Teen Safe Driving Activities In New Jersey - Science Park
~ PRLog, October 4, 2010
- World Changing Awareness Ministries, Bayville, NJ
During the 2010-2011 school year the World Changing Awareness Ministries SAVE
Chapter (Bayville, NJ) would like to teach students to help themselves and their
peers by choosing positive community and school activities and events that will
keep them from being involved in gangs and violence-related activities. Throughout
the year they will have visual safe driving displays and coordinate safe driving
workshops provided by the traffic safety officers of the local law enforcement
department. In addition, they will provide gang violence and drug awareness
information to elementary students.
Update: World Changing Awareness Ministries will participate in The Teen Safe Driving
Panel discussion in December and is pursuing other dates in May 2011 prior to Junior Prom and
Senior Farewell functions to enourage youth to drive safely.
Allstate Agent Involvement: Mr. Robert Cosidine of Bayville has been contacted regarding events in May 2011.
Save And The Allstate Foundation Sponsor Teen Safe Driving Activities In New Jersey - WCA Ministries
~ PRLog, October 4, 2010
PRESS RELEASE: Students Against
Violence Everywhere (SAVE) and The Allstate Foundation Sponsor Teen Safe Driving in New Jersey, World Changing
Awareness Ministries Participates
~ October 4, 2010
Through the National Association of Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE),
The Allstate Foundation is sponsoring 6 schools in New Jersey in their efforts
to promote youth safety.
A $10,000 grant from The Allstate Foundation will allow the SAVE program to be
implemented in six schools or community agencies in New Jersey and awareness
campaigns will be conducted during key times of the year throughout the state.
Participating schools/agencies:
- Monongahela Middle School, NJ
Monongahela's Peace and Respect Club had a school year full of activities. In the Positive
Note Home Program, each teacher selects two students each month they feel have exemplified the behavior
all students should aspire to. During Days of Peace & Respect, grade levels are rewarded for a certain numbers of consecutive days with no acts of
violence and inappropriate behaviors.
Turn Your Back on Violence Day had students wearing their shirts backwards to signify
that their school is turning it's back on violence.
The Club also took part in a Multple Sclerosis Walk, a coat drive and fundraising for a Haiti Relief Fund
- Texas Avenue School, NJ
Texas Avenue School's SAVE Chapter had a very busy year. The Breaking Down the Walls of Intolerance project saw students creating a wall of intolerance by creating individual “bricks” with a solution to improving tolerance and understanding written on each one. After several weeks, the wall was “torn down.” The Walk the Talk contest promoted expressions of tolerance, empathy and peaceful solutions to conflict through art, poetry and song. During America’s Safe School Week National SAVE Day was celebrated with purple clothing, purple cake and Keep Your Peace stickers. Mix it Up Day had students getting to know others and sitting at lunch with students
they might not have otherwise interacted with. The week ended with Beat the Bullying Blues Day where everyone wore blue and each grade level received a special presentation geared specifically to them. Other activities included sixth annual
"Soup or Can" food drive, building leadership skills, and the Shirley Mae Cancer Walk. In May, the SAVE Trial for Cyberbullying will have
students prosecuting and defending the use of Facebook, Myspace and texting, and analyzing the impact of these social networks
on teen suicide and relationship abuse.
- Olsen Middle School, NJ
Olsen Middle School's SAVE Chapter had a busy October organizing Red Ribbon Week and NJ School Violence Awareness
Week. In April 2010 they held a poster contest, performed skits at local elementary schools and read books on the subjects of conflict resolution,
bullying, living in peace with others and preventing violence. Allstate Agent Herb Bewley attended the reception honoring
the poster winners and is pictured below with SAVE Advisor, Shelley Schorr.
For more than 20 years, SAVE, a student-led nonprofit organization headquartered
in Raleigh, N.C., has educated and empowered young people in schools and community-based
organizations to prevent youth crime and violence. SAVE's efforts engage close to
200,000 student members in schools and communities in 47 states, reducing the
potential for violence in K-12 schools and communities by promoting meaningful
student involvement, education and service opportunities. "This generous grant
from the Allstate Foundation will assist students in finding real solutions to
the issues of youth safety that they face each day," stated Dr. Pamela L. Riley,
Executive Director of SAVE.
New Jersey Allstate Partnership Mid Year Report
The Allstate Foundation recently presented $8,000 to Students Against
Violence Everywhere (SAVE) to support SAVE chapters in elementary, middle
and high schools in New Jersey in their efforts to prevent violence.
The SAVE Chapters receiving support include:
- Immaculata High School, Somerville
- Abraham Lincoln High School, Jersey City
- Mahwah High School, Mahwah
- Monongahela Middle School - Peace & Respect, Sewell
- Texas Avenue School, Atlantic City
"This generous grant from The Allstate Foundation will assist
students in finding real solutions to the issues of violence that
they face each day," stated Dr. Pamela L. Riley, Executive Director of SAVE.
With support from Allstate agents and employee volunteers, SAVE
chapters in New Jersey will be able to provide leadership school-wide
to ensure that all students in these schools will be encouraged and
empowered with healthy life skills while being engaged in educational
activities and opportunities to promote safety. SAVE believes that every
student should be able to attend a school that is safe and secure,
free of fear and conducive to learning. Through The Allstate
Foundation grant, participating SAVE chapters will receive:
Materials for upcoming activities:
- America's Safe Schools Week - October 20-24
- National SAVE Day - October 22
- National SAVE Rock-A-Thon - October 24
- printed classroom resource materials including lesson plans and awareness brochures, affiliate chapter certification and membership cards, access to restricted site information via the National SAVE Web site, which includes the most up-to-date information and direct technical assistance.
- special recognition opportunities, including highlights on SAVE members, advisors and chapters.
- ongoing updates on cutting-edge research on such topics as bullying, harassment and intimidation will be provided in schools.
- eligibility to apply for SAVE mini grants for local school safety activities.
The role of SAVE is becoming increasingly more important as crime and
violence in our schools continues to erode the teaching and learning process.
For the 2007-2008 school year, sixteen school associated violent deaths
occurred nationwide. (National School Safety and Security Services, 2008).
It is an extremely scary and unsettling situation for students, parents,
and community members alike.
"The Allstate Foundation recognizes the importance of enabling youth to
reduce violence in their schools and create a more positive educational
atmosphere," said James Griffin with The Allstate Foundation in New Jersey.
"Teaching conflict resolution skills to children and teens is essential
to the overall quality of life for young people. SAVE is exemplary of
the type of non-profit organization that provides the proper direction
to the students involved in their program, and we are glad The Allstate
Foundation can partner with them to help build safe and vital communities."
New Jersey – Fall 2007 Press Release
- Abraham Lincoln High School, Jersey City, NJ
- Immaculata High School, Sumerville, NJ
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Mahwah High School, Mahwah, NJ
- Monongahela Middle School, Sewell, NJ
- Texas Avenue School, Atlantic City, NJ
National Association of Students Against Violence Everywhere
SAVE: Youth Voices... Grown-Up Choices! Toll Free 866-343-SAVE
For more information contact cwray@nationalsave.org / Copyright 2012
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