FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 4, 2001
CONTACT: SID GAULDEN, 803-896-8755
MEDIA ADVISORY
COLUMBIA – The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces the following media event:
Who: Gov. Jim Hodges, South Carolina Department of Public Safety, South Carolina United
Way, Ford Motor Company, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
What: Announcement that Ford Motor Company will be working through local United Way
agencies to give away 6,000 booster seats to needy families in South Carolina. Boost
America! is a $30 million nationwide program and is the largest child passenger safety
campaign in history. South Carolina is the first state to participate in the program.
** Highway crashes are the leading child killer and most of the United States’ 20 million
at risk children (ages 4-8) are not properly secured in vehicles.
When: Monday, May 7, 1:45 p.m.
Where: Forest Lake Elementary School, 6801 Brookfield Road
Boost America! contacts: Tom Enright, 404-771-4038, Cathy Gillen, 443-463-4449
For more information on Boost America!, please log on to the DPS web site at
www.scdps.org.--30--