Family Brings Texting and Driving Message to Tyler
Posted/updated on: January 25, 2011 at 2:12 am
TYLER ABCS Extreme Home Makeover comes to Palm Harbor Homes at 2701 East Front in Tyler at 4:00 Tuesday afternoon for what could be a lifesaving opportunity. Palm Harbor provided a house for the Brown family of Wellman, Texas. Now the Browns are on a statewide crusade to raise awareness about the dangers of texting and driving after a fatal accident involving their daughter Alex. Their program is called BUST (Buckle Up Stop Texting). Family members will be on hand Tuesday telling their story. Nashville artist Mark McGuinn will be on stage along with ABC personnel, and the Extreme Makeover Home Edition Bus will be on the scene as well.
The family has started a pledge for teens to sign saying they will not text and drive, so organizers say they want as many teenagers there as possible. The family is also taking donations to raise money for its cause. The story of the familys new house will be featured in a two-hour special on ABC on Jan 30. This is the second house Palm Harbor has provided for a family. The company also helped launch a campaign to warn teens (and adults for that matter) about the dangers of texting and driving. Its called Remember Alex Brown. You can go to http://www.rememberalexbrownfoundation.org or http://www.facebook.com/RememberAlexBrown to learn more. Palm Harbor personnel say eleven teens per day die from distracted driving.
Event organizers are asking you to Give a Dollar, Save a Life. Information from a company staffer says it costs family members, on average, a dollar per student that they reach, so Palm Harbor wants to help them launch a campaign to reach 100,000 teens by getting 100,000 people to donate $1. All you have to do is go to http://www.extremephn.com and click on Donate.
