A PSA from an amazing 9th Grader and his brother!

This PSA is done by Port Washington 9th grader Andrew Goldberg and stars his 8 year old brother Eric!  It's a good reminder for holiday driving and shows that kids can make a difference!  Great job guys!

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Thoughts about social media

This isn't just about distracted driving, but social media distraction in general.  We've become so attached to our screens that we've begun to ignore the people around us.  

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Graphic but Amazing PSA

This video is something all parents should show their teens.  It's very graphic and not for the faint of heart!  (They are graphic recreations of accidents.)  People are always saying "if this doesn't stop distracted driving, nothing will," but this one really affected me.

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Love the new signs!!

There's a great new trend going around Port! These signs are a good reminder to parents and others to drive carefully in areas where kids are outside because the kids may not be seen!! Maybe you'll spot one! 

Happy Halloween

A little reminder for everyone. Tomorrow's Halloween and a lot of children will be in the streets!! If you have to drive, drive carefully! Have a spooky Halloween!

Scary Commercial Message

If this doesn't make people think about texting and driving, nothing will!

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Wow!! We Received Citations from the Police Commissioners!

We were honored to receive citations from the Port Washington Police Department at the June Police Commissioners meeting for our work on our driver safety initiative.  It's nice for kids to be recognized by community leaders!  Here are three photos from the ceremony.  1) With Deputy Chief Robert Del Muro, Commissioner Angela Lawlor-Mullins, Commissioner James Duncan, Commissioner Dave Franklin and Deputy Chief Jeffrey Morris (missing from photo is Girl Scout Rebecca Muratore.)  2) Listening to Commissioner Franklin read a citation for our leader, Linda Nutter, and 3) reciting the Girl Scout Promise with Commissioner Lawlor-Mullins (a former Girl Scout!)

Click here to read the article in the Port News

Harborfest 2014

At this year's Harborfest, we worked at the Police Department table and handed out "no texting and driving" giveaways.  Here we are with Police Commissioner Dave Franklin, Deputy Chief Robert Del Muro, and Detective Tony Guzzello.  (Missing:  Scout Gianna Guzzo)

Sorry for the summer break!

It seems that the end of school is very busy for 8th graders!  We are behind in our posts but have some updates to make.   Stay tuned!!!

Look for Us at Harborfest!

At this year's Harborfest, we will be joining with the Port Washington Police Department to hand out no texting while driving goodies at their table.

Meeting Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth

Supervisor Bosworth attended the May 4th Momtreprenuer Fair and was interested in our campaign.  We're looking forward to working with her office to help spread the word throughout the Town of North Hempstead.

Momtrepreneur Fair!

On Sunday, May 4th, Port Washington held its second annual Momtrepreneur Fair. Thank you to Amanda Khalil and Cynthia Litman for allowing our troop to attend and hand out our flyers. The fair went very well, and everybody seemed to enjoy all of the vendors who attended!

Our Poster is Done!

We'd like to give a huge thank you to community member, Nancy Sinoway for helping us brainstorm about a design for our poster. We'd also like to thank her for hiring graphic designer James Konatich, who brought our slogan to life! We absolutely love how it came out, and you should look for it around Port Washington soon. It will also be put up around Weber Middle School to promote safe driving to teachers and students, who are future drivers! 

Our Meeting With Detective Tony

Have you seen the new Port Washington Police cars that promote no Texting and Driving? We saw them when we visited with Detective Tony Guzzello to discuss ideas for our safe driving campaign. Stay tuned for more posts about how we are working with the Port Police Department!

Weber Slogan Contest Winners Announced!

Congratulations to Mrs. Imbriani's 8th grade home base for submitting the winning slogan,

"One Text, One Call, Could Wreck it All!"

The slogan will be turned into a logo and used to help us promote safe driving.  Good work guys!  Now go enjoy the winners' donut party!

We were driving home on 17E a little while ago and around Roscoe, we passed a sign that said "It Can Wait!  Text Stop 5 miles."  Three miles later there was a another one.  I jumped out for a photo.  When we got to the text stop, there were people standing around looking at their phones!  (Of course, maybe they would have been doing that anyway!) It's great that others are taking action to make driving safer for everybody!

 

Contest at Weber Middle School

We are currently running a contest at Weber to come up with a slogan to help empower kids.  We hope that all middle schoolers will participate.  You'll be saving lives!  Here's a copy of the flyer that is circulating.  Tell your kids to ask their homebase teacher about it!

The blog was announced in the Port Washington News today!  Thank you to editor Karen Talley for helping us get the word out! It is a big step forward in trying to let more of our community know about our Blog and what we're working on!

Go check out the announcement of our blog on the Port Washington Patch! Thank you to the editor, Rich Jacques. We appreciate the Patch's support! 

http://portwashington.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/port-girls-scouts-create-safe-driving-blog

Campus Drive Drop Off

There has been some discussion lately about the drop off problems at Schreiber and Weber.  Please use this post to comment and add your voice to the discussion.

By clicking on the link below, you can sign "Oprah's No Phone Zone Pledge!"

Answer the question:

"I pledge to make my car a No Phone Zone. Beginning right now, I will do my part to help put an end to distracted driving by committing to drive as responsibly as I can."

Click one of the boxes that follow it and you've taken the pledge!

Read more: http://www.oprah.com/questionaire/ipledge.html?id=4#ixzz2qhShXGvx

http://www.oprah.com/questionaire/ipledge.html?id=4

Thank you,
This is from Julia, Rebecca, and Gianna.