CAPE MAY — Lower Cape May Regional High School is participating in the Brian Injury Alliance of New Jersey’s 4th Annual ‘U Got Brains Champion Schools Contest’. The program challenges New Jersey high school students and teachers to develop a campaign aimed at educating teens about the importance of safe driving.
The students involved are looking to not only educate fellow students and teachers but also the community. They plan to get the messages out using the schools’ website, u-tube, Facebook, Channel 9, the police department, township administration and the press. Each month will focus on a new topic to keep the message fresh, starting with seat belts in Feb.
Driver Education Teacher Karen Wadding thanked the South Jersey Traffic Safety Alliance for helping them get involved and develop a program saying “The Alliance provided us with a list of ideas and how they could support our efforts.”
One of the ideas already available to students and community with the help of the Alliance is an on-line seat belt quiz and pledge currently available at www.SJTSA.org. The Alliance will track submissions and provide the school with a total number of participants for their project report. The more people participating means the broader message and the greater the schools chances of winning.
All participating schools walk away with prizes and the top two campaigns, selected by a panel of expert judges, are awarded the grand prize of a driving simulator donated by New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company. The only other school in Cape May County to participate is Middle Township and this is their fourth year. You can check out previous years’ projects at http://ugotbrains.com/champion-schools.
About the Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey:
Established in 1981, the Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey (BIANJ) is a statewide nonprofit organization that services more than 10,000 individuals annually through its family support, advocacy, and education and prevention programs. Over the last 30 years, BIANJ has brought together people with brain injury, their families and friends, and concerned allied health professionals to improve the quality of life people experience after brain injury. For more information, please visit www.bianj.org
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