High School Seniors Send Message To "Arrive Alive"
The Law Offices of Joe Bornstein is pleased to announce that our fifth annual Arrive Alive Creative Contest has come to a close. The contest asks graduating seniors to think creatively and come up with a message for their peers to “Arrive Alive” and not drink and drive. This year’s contest set a record for number of participating students.
Seniors in nine Maine high schools – Biddeford, Thornton Academy, Deering, Portland, Casco Bay, Edward Little, Lewiston, Cony, and Bangor – were invited to participate in this year’s Arrive Alive Creative Contest. Entries consisted of poems, posters, videos, paintings, bumper stickers, and fashion designs. Many of them moving, all of them real.
Five first-place winners won new laptop computers, while second and third-place winners received iPods, and all students who entered the contest took away a bag full of gifts in appreciation of their efforts.
The 2009 first place winners are:
- Athena Andoniades – Lewiston High School
- Jacqueline Cone-Ausiender – Thornton Academy
- Lindsey Giles – Bangor High School
- Ikram Mohamed – Deering High School
- Abbe-Jaye Soohey - Bangor High School
Every year, communities across Maine and America are devastated by drunk driving accidents. At the Law Offices of Joe Bornstein we see firsthand the end results of these tragic accidents. In the past five years we have given away over $20,000 in prizes to graduating seniors in an attempt to raise awareness on the dangers of drinking and driving. We urge you to help send the message to teenagers to stay safe and arrive alive, and hope that you will encourage your high school to support next year’s sixth annual Arrive Alive Creative Contest.
For more information on the Arrive Alive Creative Contest and to view all current and past winning entries, please visit our website: www.ArriveAliveWithMe.com.
