AAA Minnesota/Iowa Awards Grants to Schools for Safety Programs
BURNSVILLE, Minn., Aug. 2, 2004 -- AAA Minnesota/Iowa, through its Midwest Traffic Safety Foundation, awarded $100 grants to 67 schools across the two state region today. This is the third year AAA Minnesota/Iowa has made these grants available to public or private schools to be used for any type of traffic safety activity including school, bus and bike safety.
"At AAA Minnesota/Iowa, we established the Midwest Traffic Safety Foundation in 1998 to educate, promote and advocate for traffic related safety issues," said Jeff Ogden, president of AAA Minnesota/Iowa.
"We educate using traffic safety materials for our School's Open campaign, child passenger safety, school safety patrol, bicycle safety, alcohol awareness and distracted driver issues. We promote traffic safety by offering a wide variety of driver programs, products and services including high quality publications and brochures complemented by our classroom and in-car equipment. We advocate for safer roads as a fundamental part of our responsibility to our members. Issues pertaining to transportation policy and funding as well as traffic safety issues receive our full attention at both state capitols in St. Paul and Des Moines," continued Ogden.
Grant applications were sent to all public and private elementary schools in early May. Schools were asked how the funds would be used and what impact the funds would have on children's safety.
The list of recipients is as follows:
School City/State
Babbitt Embarrass Elementary Babbitt, MN
Balaton Public School Balaton, MN
Becker Intermediate Becker, MN
Belle Plaine Elementary Belle Plaine, MN
Cokato Elementary Cokato, MN
Coralville Central Elementary Coralville, IA
Dunkerton Community School Dunkerton, IA
Ed-Co Elementary Colesburg, IA
Edward White Elementary Eldridge, IA
Essex Elementary School Essex, IA
Fredericksburg Elementary Fredericksburg, IA
Greenleaf Elementary Apple Valley, MN
Harriet Bishop Elementary Rochester, MN
Helen Lemme Elementary Iowa City, IA
Herbert Hoover Elementary West Branch, IA
Holy Cross School Sioux City, IA
Interstate 35 Community School Truro, IA
Kingsland Elementary Spring Valley, MN
Lawson Elementary Johnston, IA
Lincoln Elementary Alexandria, MN
Lourdes Catholic School Bettendorf, IA
Luverne Elementary Luverne, MN
Mabel-Canton Elementary Mabel, MN
McKinley Elementary Davenport, IA
Minneota Elementary Minneota, MN
Monroe Elementary Monroe, IA
Moulton-Udell School Moulton, IA
Neveln Elementary Austin, MN
Northeast Elementary Ankeny, IA
Oak Park Elementary Stillwater, MN
Oelwein Elementary Oelwein, IA
Ogilvie Elementary Ogilvie, MN
Park Elementary LeSueur, MN
Pearson Elementary Wheaton, MN
Pleasantview Elementary Lakefield, MN
Prairie City Elementary Prairie City, IA
Red Lake County Central Plummer, MN
Red Pine Elementary Eagan, MN
Red Wing Christian Academy Red Wing, MN
Richmond Elementary Richmond, MN
RLCC-Oklee Site Oklee, MN
Roosevelt Elementary Virginia, MN
Roosevelt Elementary Detroit Lakes, MN
S.G. Reinertsen Elementary Moorhead, MN
Sacred Heart Area Schools Staples, MN
Sacred Heart Maquoketa, IA
Salem Hills Elementary Inver Grove Heights, MN
Sleepy Eye Public Schools Sleepy Eye, MN
South Point Elementary East Grand Forks, MN
South Tama Intermediate Tama, IA
Southwest Star Elementary Heron Lake, MN
Springfield Public School Springfield, MN
St. John Vianney School South St. Paul, MN
St. Joseph Elementary School Des Moines, IA
St. Mary's School Alexandria, MN
Staples Elementary Staples, MN
Starmont Elementary Arlington, IA
Terrace Elementary Ankeny, IA
Treynor Elementary Treynor, IA
Turtle Lake School Shoreview, MN
Upsala Area Schools Upsala, MN
Westwood Elementary Ankeny, IA
Whittier Elementary Sioux City, IA
Wilson Elementary Anoka, MN
Wrenshall Schools Wrenshall, MN
AAA Minnesota/Iowa, which includes more than 700,000 members, offers automotive, travel, insurance and financial services. It is part of The Auto Club Group (ACG), the largest affiliation of AAA clubs in the Midwest, with 4.1 million members in eight states. ACG clubs belong to the national AAA federation, a not-for-profit organization, with more than 45 million members in the United States and Canada.