SIKESTON – The Southeast Coalition for Roadway Safety is awarding grant funding for project prom and graduation events at 33 schools across the district. None of the grants were awarded to schools in Perry or Ste. Genevieve County.
The selected schools received $200 for student lock-in events. Funding assists with event expenses such as location rental, food, or entertainment. Schools will also receive roadway safety educational items to share with students.
To be eligible, schools must include a presentation or activity educating students on highway safety issues during their lock-in or the week of the event. With traffic fatalities on the rise, safety education is critical to reducing serious injuries and deaths on Missouri’s roadways. Schools are choosing to educate students in a variety of ways including presentations and programs by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Safe and Sober, ThinkFirst and docudramas.
“Traffic crashes have a lasting effect on each of us. Through education programs like Project Prom/Graduation, BUPD or Arrive Alive, hopefully we can change the causes or impact of these crashes.” says Sergeant Clark Parrott, Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop E Public Information Officer.
Congratulations to the 2023 Project Prom/Graduation grant recipients!
Ava High School, Bismarck High School, Bloomfield High School, Campbell High School, Charleston High School, Dexter High School, Doniphan High School, Dora High School, East Carter County High School, Ellington High School, Eminence High School, Gainesville High School, Gideon High School, Greenville High School, Hartville High School, Jackson High School, Koshkonong High School, Leopold High School, Licking High School, Malden High School, Naylor High School, New Madrid County Central High School, Norwood High School, Plato High School, Portageville High School Richland High School, Risco High School, Summersville High School, Thayer High School, Twin Rivers High School, Van Buren High School, West Plains High School and Willow Springs High School.
For additional information, contact Southeast Coalition Representative Ashley Metelski at (573) 472-5885 or MoDOT’s Customer Service Center at 1-888-ASK-MoDOT (888-275-6636), or visit the Southeast Coalition’s website at: www.savemolives.com/se