NATIONAL CAMPAIGN: Responsibility Has Its Rewards™RHIR PARTNERS INCLUDE:
- Vancouver Whitecaps FC
- TEAM Coalition (Techniques for Effective Alcohol Management)
- Budweiser
- el Jimador
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WHO: Fans and the Community
WHAT: Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Budweiser, el Jimador and TEAM Coalition invited fans to take the pledge to be responsible soccer fans, which means never driving drunk, always having a designated driver and buckling up – every trip every time. Responsible fans autographed a larger-than-life soccer ball and received a free souvenir photo.
 
 
Whitecaps FC fans support their favorite MLS club in the Cascadia Responsibility Challenge.
WHERE: BC Place, Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. Portland Timbers
WHEN: Sunday, October 21, 2012
Vancouver Whitecaps FC: http://www.whitecapsfc.com/
TEAM Coalition: TEAM Coalition is an alliance of professional and collegiate sports, entertainment facilities, concessionaires, stadium service providers, the beer industry, distillers, broadcasters, traffic safety experts and others working together to promote responsible drinking and positive fan behavior at sports and entertainment facilities. TEAM Coalition members and supporters include Major League Soccer, Major League Baseball, NASCAR, National Basketball Association, National Football League, National Hockey League, National Collegiate Athletic Association, ARAMARK, Delaware North Companies – Sportservice, Ovations Food Services, Beer Institute, National Beer Wholesalers Association, Anheuser-Busch Companies, MillerCoors, Brown-Forman, Live Nation, National Association of Broadcasters, Contemporary Services Corporation, Elite, International Association of Venue Managers, Stadium Managers Association and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
For more information visit www.TEAMCoalition.org, www.FansDontLetFansDriveDrunk.org orwww.RHIR.org.
US DOT / NHTSA 2010 NATIONAL DATA:
- In 2010, 10,288 people were killed as a result of alcohol-related (BAC > 0.08) car crashes, a decline of 4.9% from the 10,758 fatalities in 2009
- Many, if not most of those lives would have been saved if people did not drive when they were impaired by alcohol or if they used sober, designated drivers or if they simply wore their seat belts.
- Statistics and research clearly show that 21-34 year old males are the demographic most likely to be involved in an automobile crash, drive when impaired by alcohol, and fail to buckle up.
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