Posted by Wesley P

Program Host	Chapter
Host Region and Chapter	Lonestar Isadore Shapiro AZA
Program Type	Athletic Education Judaic Social Social Action
Time Required	2-5 hours
Target Population(s)	Girls (BBG) Boys (AZA)
Folds Targeted	Athletic Judaic Community Service/Social Activism Education Social
People Participating	30-60
Related Website	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4tfBuLUAJI

Program Summary:

Shapiro AZA and BBG #63 learned how to "drive sober" through a 5-fold program.

Full Description:

A few weeks before the project, Shapiro S'gan, Wesley Patt, 63 S'ganit, Jackie Fenson, and 63 Orechet, Renee Frederick, decided they wanted to make an impact on their chapters through a social action project, but have a lot of fun at the same time. They decided they wanted to teach their chapters about being aware of not drinking and driving. The project began by Wesley, Jackie, and Renee, choosing 5 people at the project and having them go upstairs until the project began. When they went upstairs, they were given scripts that had scenarios about drinking and driving accidents. In order to show that they had been "affected" by drinking and driving, their faces were painted red and black. They then returned to the project where they were not allowed to speak to anyone. These people were supposed to represent how quickly friends can be lost due to drinking and driving accidents. The 5 people read off their scripts and then joined the rest of the group. Wesley and Renee then discussed with the group as a whole about Judaism's take on alcohol and spurred a discussion with the group about whether or not holidays were an excuse to drink. After the discussion, Wesley and Renee showed the group a You Tube video created by Mother's Against Drunk Driving (MADD), which depicted Barbie in a drinking and driving accident. After viewing the You Tube clip, everyone broke into groups of 5-10 people and created their own commercials and slogans about not drinking and driving. After all of the commercials were performed, Wesley and Renee announced that everyone was going to practice driving "sober" by going to Zuma Fun Center and go go-karting.

Cost: Each person in the group was asked to bring $12 to pay admission to Zuma. There was a good group rate at Zuma that got us the price of 12 per person.

Wesley, Jackie, and Renee achieved their goal of teaching everyone a valuable lesson and letting them have fun at the same time!

Submitter's Suggestions:

Make sure the house that you have the project at has a t.v. that you can hook the computer up to so you can show the You Tube Clip. Make sure the go-kart place is not too far from the house that the project is at. Check to see if the go-kart place has group rates.

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