The Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) has joined AAA – The Auto Club Group to announce the $3,000 Reduce TN Crashes Scholarship Award for a high school senior.
(Tennessee – Sept. 17, 2019) The THSO has partnered with AAA – The Auto Club Group to offer one high school senior the opportunity to earn a $3,000 scholarship by proposing an idea to the THSO’s Reduce TN Crashes program that would improve driver safety within their local community.
“Our goal for this scholarship program is to motivate teens to become more engaged, help spread awareness, and improve the safety of our roadways,” said THSO Director Vic Donoho.
All high school seniors in Tennessee are encouraged to apply. In order to be considered, the student must be nominated by a principal, teacher, mentor, or school resource officer. The student must be a current high school senior who demonstrates leadership qualities, driver safety skills, school involvement, and citizenship/volunteerism. The student must plan to attend a college or university in Tennessee.
In order to apply, the student must register his/her high school in the Reduce TN Crashes program at www.ReduceTNCrashes.org. The student must complete at least one traffic safety activity offered through the Reduce TN Crashes program during the school years of 2016 to 2020. In 500 words or less, the student must write an essay describing how he/she used at least one traffic safety activity to make a difference in a local community. The student nomination, essay, and all application information must be submitted to www.ReduceTNCrashes.org/scholarship by March 31, 2020. The scholarship award recipient will be announced in May 2020.
For more information about the Reduce TN Crashes Scholarship Award, please contact admin@reducetncrashes.org or 931-372-6302.
ABOUT: The Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) is a division of the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security advocating for traffic safety. The THSO works in tandem with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to implement statewide programs addressing occupant protection, impaired driving, speed enforcement, pedestrian and bicycle safety, and crash data collection and analysis. Programs administered by the THSO are 100 percent federally funded. The THSO’s mission is to effectively develop, implement, and evaluate these programs. To learn more, please visit www.tntrafficsafety.org.