Fathers
Against
Drunk
Driving
311
CONLEY
STREET
PORTERVILLE,
CA.
93257
www.faddintl.org
(559)756-1748
1st.
ANNUAL
WALK-A-THON
National
Alcohol
and Drug
Addiction
Recovery
Month
(Recovery
Month)
is
celebrating
its 20th
year of
observance
this
September,
(our 3rd
year).
This
year’s
theme,
“Join
the
Voices
for
Recovery:
Together
We
Learn,
Together
We Heal”
emphasizes
the need
to use
all
available
resources,
both in
our
communities
and on
the
internet,
to
educate
people
about
the
dangers
of
addiction,
seek
help,
and
heal. It
also
celebrates
those
who have
worked
to
advance
the
treatment
and
recovery
landscape,
Recovery
Month is
designed
to help
people
understand
there is
hope and
that
help for
alcohol
and drug
use
disorders
is
effective
and
available.
This
year’s
event
will be
on
Saturday.
September
12, 2009
at
Veterans
Park
(corner
of
Henderson
and
Newcomb)
in
Porterville,
CA. Our
goal is
to plan
and
implement
a
coordinated
public/private
effort
to bring
awareness
of the
dangers
of
driving
under
the
influence
to the
communities
in
Tulare
County.
In order
to raise
funds to
coordinate
this
event
FADD
will be
selling
tickets
with a
$5.00
pledge
per lap
around
the
park. We
will
also be
distributing
educational
and
awareness
materials
from the
Substance
Abuse
and
Mental
Health
Services
Administration
(SAMHSA),
our
partner.
To see
our
event
posted
please
visit
www.recoverymonth.gov,
our
event ID
number
is 165.
FADD
will
also be
seeking
sponsors
to
partner
with to
print
T-shirts
for this
event.
We will
also be
accepting
donations
and seek
a few
volunteers
to help
us with
this
effort.
For
those
who
would
like to
get
involved
please
contact
Robert
Ybarra
at the
phone
number
above or
you may
email me
at
fadd@att.net.
Thank
you very
much for
supporting
our 2009
“ARRIVE
ALIVE’
campaign.
____________________________________________________
Jobs
available
work part
time with
FADD
FADD is
looking for
people to
help us sell
our
Designated
Driver
memberships
and to bring
in new
sponsors.
Our mission
is to reduce
the alcohol
related
deaths on
our U.S.
Highways one
community at
a time,
starting
here in
Tulare
County.
If you are
interested
in helping
FADD save
lives as an
Independent
Rep please
call Robert
Ybarra to
set up an
appointment
for an
orientation.
Our goal is
to open up
an
educational,
research and
national
calling
center here
in
Porterville.
This
community
learning
center will
be a place
where our
youth and
adults can
go do
research
and/or
homework on
the subjects
of alcohol
and drug
abuse
prevention.
We seek new
sponsors or
a grant
writer to
help us
reach our
goal of
keeping our
community
safe. Thank
you very
much.
____________________________________________________
Fathers
Against
Drunk
Driving or
FADD, as we
call it, was
created to
reduce the
alcohol
related
deaths on
our U.S.
Highways.
FADD created
a DESIGNATED
DRIVER
membership
drive.
Here's how
it works:
FADD members
become the
DESIGNATED
DRIVER that
does the
driving for
their
friends,
loved ones,
business
assoc.,
co-workers
or whoever
is in the
vehicle with
them.
The FADD
DESIGNATED
DRIVER
ensures that
the people
that are
with him/her
will receive
a safe and
sober ride
home.
Membership
is only
$12.00/yr.
and members
receive a
membership
card,
educational
material,
and a FADD
key chain.
Businesses
currently
purchase
memberships
at a group
rate and
give them to
their
clients. For
group rates,
to do a
promotion
with FADD,
or to
sponsor our
highway
safety
program
please
contact us.
Thank you.
Stay Alive,
Don't Drink
& Drive!
