Projects
Participate in YOVASO's fun and interactive projects to promote young driver and passenger safety in your school and community.
YOVASO safety projects are designed to focus on the top causative factors in young driver crashes. The projects are a free and fun way to encourage youth to be safer and more responsible drivers and passengers.
Drive for Change: Buckle Up & Slow Down Project
High School Focus: To influence teens to form a lifelong buckle up habit by reminding them that seat belts are their best defense against injury and death in a crash. The project also emphasizes the importance of driving the speed limit.
Middle School Focus: to influence youth to form a lifelong buckle up habit by reminding them that seat belts are their best defense against injury and death in a crash. The project also emphasizes the importance of knowing your rights as a passenger in a vehicle.
This peer-to-peer project is offered as a competition for schools and youth groups that wish to compete. However, schools and youth groups may participate without competing. The required components for those competing typically include some type of creative project or event, call-to-action activities completed throughout the school day, and pre and post project seat belt checks to measure the project’s impact. Prizes are awarded in the high school division to the top winning school/youth group and to five schools/youth groups who receive honorable mention. Prizes are awarded in the middle school division to the top winning school/youth group and to three schools/youth groups who receive honorable mention. The project also includes a Halloween component to remind all youth and teens to make good choices and celebrate safely during Halloween weekend.
All participating schools and youth groups will receive a box of materials and incentive items to use with the project. Schools and youth groups planning to promote a safe Halloween will also be able to register for additional materials to promote good choices on Halloween and the days leading up to the celebratory holiday.
Halloween Safety
We hope you’re ready to help us promote a safe and fun Halloween! The Halloween safety initiative is now a component of the Drive for Change: Buckle Up and Slow Down Project. The goal of this initiative is to remind all youth and teens to make good choices and celebrate safely during this high-risk time. High school students will promote responsible celebrations and safe driving on Halloween night and the days leading up to the celebratory holiday. Middle school students will focus their prevention efforts on making good choices. High school students are also encouraged to work with their local elementary schools to provide safety presentations on seat belt safety and trick-or-treat safety.
Participating schools and youth groups may register for educational materials and incentive items on the Drive for Change: Buckle Up and Slow Down Project page when the project registration opens.
Holiday Safety Project and Contest
Focus: High school students will promote responsible celebrations and safe driving during the holiday period from Thanksgiving through New Year’s. Middle school students will also promote safe celebrations and passenger safety during this celebratory season. Our goal is for all of our students to make it safely back to school in January.
Overview: YOVASO sponsors a safe driving jingle contest to encourage students to celebrate safely and responsibly during the holiday season. YOVASO also provides participating schools and youth groups with activity ideas, announcement examples, and other fun resources to promote safety during this high-risk time. Prizes are awarded in the middle and high school divisions to the first, second, and third place winning schools and/or youth groups with the best jingle.
Arrive Alive Project
High School Focus: To influence safe driving behaviors during prom, graduation and warm weather months in spring and summer when teens are at higher risk.
Middle School Focus: To educate and influence youth to be safe passengers, pedestrians and bicyclists; and to help them develop safe driving attitudes and behaviors prior to driving.
Overview: Arrive Alive is a peer-to-peer project designed to establish safe driving and passenger safety behaviors among teens and youth during the high-risk warm weather months. The project is offered in the spring as a competition for schools and youth groups that wish to compete. However, schools and youth groups may participate without competing. The required components for those competing typically include some type of creative project or event, call-to-action activities completed throughout the school day, and pre and post project seat belt checks to measure the project’s impact. Prizes are awarded in the middle and high school divisions to the first, second, and third place winning schools and/or youth groups. The campaign extends through summer to reach teens and youth during the high-risk summer break. Prizes are awarded in the high school division to the top winning school/youth group and to five schools/youth groups who receive honorable mention. Prizes are awarded in the middle school division to the top winning school/youth group and to three schools/youth groups who receive honorable mention.
