CHEVROLET SUPPORTS THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SAVE

Chevrolet sponsored SAVE through its community initiative, Chevy R.O.C.K.: Reaching Out to Communities and Kids. Chevy R.O.C.K. is Chevrolet's response to the nation's top priority of providing young people with safe schools and communities to ensure they develop the skills needed to grow to their full potential.

With Chevrolet's support, SAVE is educating and conducting outreach to teachers and students on how to start chapters; developing and enhancing its educational materials; providing technical assistance to new and existing chapters; sponsoring the Youth Advisory Board's activities and helping to create an awareness for SAVE nationwide.

National SAVE and Chevy R.O.C.K. conducted another successful year! With Chevrolet’s national sponsorship of SAVE through its community initiative, Chevy R.O.C.K. (Reaching Out to Communities and Kids), SAVE focused on four venues in the fall of 2003. The venues included:

¨ St. Louis, MO on October 9, 2003

¨ Philadelphia, PA on October 23, 2003

¨ Nashville, TN on November 13, 2003

¨ San Francisco, CA on November 20, 2003

The SAVE team will held one-day implementation workshops to increase awareness of SAVE and helped establish new chapters in these areas. The National SAVE staff also traveled to Detroit in September for a one-day Roundtable for established chapters in this area.

Thank you, Chevrolet, for your continued support and partnership in helping us grow nationwide.

Special Thanks to the following Chevrolet Dealers for supporting local SAVE chapters through the Chevy R.O.C.K. (Reaching Out to Communities and Kids) Initiative.

During 2003 the Chevy R.O.C.K. Matching Grant Program expanded to 23 cities nationwide. This program provides matching grants to qualifying Chevrolet dealer-supported nonprofit youth organizations, such as local SAVE chapters, to help Chevrolet dealers strengthen their current commitments to youth in their communities. Chevrolet dealers in the following cities were eligible to apply for a 2003 matching grant on behalf of local youth organizations:

We thank Chevrolet for their continued commitment to help SAVE increase the number of chapters and members nationwide and to raise awareness of SAVE In addition to supporting the SAVE national office, here is a list of other SAVE/Chevrolet activities for 2002-2003:

Activities:

• 2002-2003 Workshops: Atlanta, GA (September 18), Pittsburgh, PA (October 2), Green Bay, WI (October 16), San Francisco, CA (November 7), Detroit, MI (November 13), Austin, TX (January 22) and Kansas City, MO (February 5)
• Media relations outreach to build awareness of SAVE
• Technical support to new chapters
• Sponsor of 2003 SAVE Summit on March 29, 2003

Chevrolet Invites SAVE to Select NASCAR Events to Increase SAVE Awareness

What do Chevrolet, NASCAR drivers, and Looney Tunes have in common? A fun way to support an important cause and as part of Chevrolet's community service initiative Chevy R.O.C.K., they did just that in Charlotte, NC and Richond, VA.

As part of Chevrolet's continued commitment to youth and the community, Chevrolet held a pre-race at the Monte Carlo 400. NASCAR drivers and their Looney Tune teammates raced a golf cart around the track five times as the pre-race. Jeff Green and Daffy Duck won the race. On behalf of the winners, Chevrolet donated $1,000 to a local Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE) chapter in Richmond, Virginia.

• 375 new Chapters were started nationwide
• 50 percent increase in student membership, bringing total membership to over 90,000

Between August and December 2001, Chevrolet sponsored SAVE workshops in Detroit, Orlando, San Antonio, San Diego, and Tampa. More than 300 local educators, students and school resource officers learned about SAVE and how to organize SAVE chapters in their schools. We thank all of the Chevrolet dealers and employees who hosted and attended our workshops at these events. Due to Chevrolet's support, SAVE has been able to reach out to thousands of adults and students nationwide with the SAVE message and start new chapters.

We want to thank Chevrolet and its select local dealers for donating $18,000 through the 2001 Chevy R.O.C.K. Matching Grant Program to support SAVE chapters in select Chevy R.O.C.K. cities. This program provides matching grants to qualifying Chevrolet dealer-supported nonprofit youth organizations, such as local SAVE chapters, to help dealers strengthen their current commitments by providing increased resources and tools in their communities. The 2001 Matching Grant program grew to 13 cities in 2001.

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 2010