Students at Blythewood High School in Blythewood, S.C., prepare to collect data on seat belt use in their community.
Students plan their project at Kingsbury High School, Memphis, Tenn.
A Glencliff High School student in Nashville, Tenn., tells a WSMV-TV reporter about her class's project.
The Sam Houston High School Seat Belt Safety Team in Arlington, Texas, is ready to roll.
A Sam Houston student documents seat belt usage in Arlington, Texas.
Sam Houston students hand out incentives to students seen wearing their seat belts.
The logo created by the team at Sam Houston High School in Arlington, Texas, for their T-shirts.
Gennifer Jones, project manager for the Teen Service-Learning program (left), poses with students from Kelvyn Park.
The Kelvyn Park High School Seat Belt Safety Team in Chicago, Ill.
The Kelvyn Park team in Chicago, Ill., presents the seat belt message at an assembly for the entire school.
To recognize legislators for their support of primary seat belt legislation, the Meharry-State Farm Alliance created the Seat Belt Champion Award, which was first presented in 2003. There are now 25 Seat Belt Champions across the country, including one governor and a former senator from Illinois. That senator is now known as President Barack Obama. The Seat Belt Champion Award presented to President Obama is a custom-designed work of fine grain maple and lead crystal. |