OAKVILLE, Ontario, Dec. 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MADD Canada is visiting Devon Middle School in Fredericton on Wednesday for a special screening of its powerful School Assembly Program to educate students about the risks of impaired driving and empower them to prevent it.
The 2019-2020 School Assembly Program, titled Over the Edge, depicts the tragic and permanent consequences of impaired driving. It is delivered to students in Grades 7 – 12 to get them talking about how they can make responsible choices and protect themselves and their peers. Shown on a giant screen in an auditorium or gymnasium setting, the 45-minute presentation features a fictional story where teens are faced with making choices about alcohol and/or drug consumption and driving. That fictional story is followed by emotional interviews with real-life victims of impaired driving.
Wednesday’s screening is one of 56 presentations of Over the Edge being directly sponsored by Alcool NB Liquor (ANBL) over the 2019-2020 school year. As a Provincial Sponsor, ANBL supports the delivery of this important sober driving messaging to thousands of students across New Brunswick.
Media are welcome to attend the screening and speak with special guests, students and staff.
| Date: | Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 9:25 a.m. |
| Location: | Devon Middle School, 681 Dobie St., Fredericton, NB |
| Guests: | Tom Tremblay, ANBL Public Relations Specialist |
| Dawn Regan, MADD Canada Chief Operating Officer |
Road crashes are the number one cause of death among Canadian youth, and alcohol and/or drugs are involved in more than half of those crashes. Every year, MADD Canada produces a new School Assembly Program to educate students in Grades 7 – 12 about the risks of impaired driving.
To see a clip of the new program, visit the School Programs page on the MADD Canada web site at: https://madd.ca/pages/programs/youth-services/school-programs/.