Achievements of MADD

This is an example of the logo's
SADD used.

As MADD grew so did the achievements that Candy won. She received many awards and acknowledgements such as being the first woman to be named one of the California Jaycees’ Five Outstanding Californians, receiving the President’s Volunteer Action Award and the Jefferson Award from the American Institute for Public Service. She also received an honorary doctorate from St. Francis College, and was awarded the Human Dignity Award from the Kessler Institute of Rehabilitation. Another achievement Candy had was passing on her activist ways to her daughter Serena. Serena was inspired by her mother’s ways and created a group for the students to take part in the fight against drunk driving as well. She called it SADD, students against students against driving drunk. However, it was not long till the name of the group changed to students against destructive decisions. The mission statement of SADD was "to provide students with the best prevention and intervention tools possible to deal with the issues of underage drinking, other drug use, impaired driving and other destructive decisions" (SADD, 1). By 2005 they had helped in lowering the percentage of 15-20 year olds who have died driving drunk to 28 percent. Within a few years the group expanded to parts all over the country.
There is a SADD organization at Westborough High School where the students gather together to discuss topics which go on during the school year, including drunk driving, driving without a seatbelt, and more. The statistics show up throughout school for students to learn more.

Above is a picture of the
symbol of the President's
Volunteer action award.



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