STANDD tweets live on the Peggy Smedley Show, Monday, April 29th from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm CT
Was the last text you sent worth dying for? NO it was not. Sending a text or looking at a text, post, tweet or email from behind the wheel can be deadly.
Plan to recognize April as Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Get involved – take a STANDD. Join Rock Solid 626, Inc and the National Safety Council this month in urging those you are about to STANDD – Stop Texting and Driving Distracted by:
October 17, 2008 at 5:58 pm, the life of Rodney O. Thompson II came to a tragic end due to distracted driving. In an effort to prevent other families from experiencing the excruciating pain of losing aloved one, Diveeta Thompson embarked on a mission to STANDD. To encourage individuals to Stop Texting And Driving Distracted. She has been featured on radio PSA’s, in news paper articles and has spoken at parent teen driving seminars as well as at various high schools and churches and universities. Informing others of the devastation of Texting and Driving Distracted while promoting education, literacy and the importance of safety has become her new purpose. She is passionate about lending her voice to save the lives of others. In doing so, she can assure that Rodney is remembered for the amazing soul he was.
In 2010 Diveeta Thompson, mother of Rodney Thompson II and founder of S.T.A.N.D.D. appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show to lend her voice to help raise awareness to the dangers of distracted driving.
learn more about how professional race driver Duncan Ende is helping to raise awareness about the dangers of distracted driving.
5th Annual Rock Solid 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament, June 22, 2013. Doors open at 10:00 a.m. – tournament begins at 11:00 a.m. Renaissance Pointe YMCA, 2323 Bowser avenue. Fort Wayne, IN. For more information, contact 260-676-4683
Making a monetary contribution is easy and safe.
Rock Solid 626, Inc.
STANDD
1227 E. Wallace Street,
Fort Wayne, IN 46803
Rock Solid 626, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donations are deductible to the full extent of IRS regulations.
