Arrive Alive Scholarship 2013 Winners

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1 Arrive Alive Scholarship 2013 Winners

2 Introductory letter from Carter Mario...1 Distracted Driving Campaign...2 Student Multimedia & Video Christina Chow...3 Avon High School, Avon Mallory Ham...3 Brien McMahon High School, Norwalk Heaven Daluz...4 Cooperative Arts & Humanities Magnet High School, New Haven Sarah Allen...4 Canton High School, Canton Allison Bellucci...5 William H. Hall High School, West Hartford Julia Elia...5 Laurelton Hall, Milford Dan Perillo...6 Bunnell High School, Stratford Shaynian Gilling...6 Hartford Public High School Law & Government Academy, Hartford Imani Esdaile...7 Hill Regional Career High School, New Haven Eric Waldo...7 Trumbull High School, Trumbull 2013 Participating High Schools...8 Arrive Alive Program...8 Previous Arrive Alive Winners...9

3 The Arrive Alive Scholarship Program If we save just one life, then all our efforts will be worthwhile. Carter Mario Injury Lawyers is committed to supporting higher educational opportunities, as well as promoting programs that deal with the prevention of distracted and drunk driving. For the eighth consecutive year, the firm has awarded 10 scholarships totaling $20, to graduating seniors from across the state of Connecticut. The winners were chosen based on their academic achievement, community service, and their responses to the following essay question: Both drunk and distracted drivers are responsible for many fatal accidents worldwide. Prepare a presentation that encourages fellow teens to be safe drivers, and Not be The Most Dangerous Thing On The Road. As a statewide personal injury law firm, we deal with many tragic and sometimes fatal accidents caused by drunk or distracted drivers ( defined as when motorists use a cell phone to call or text while behind the wheel). The aftermath not only affects the victims and their families, but also their friends and communities. At Carter Mario Injury Lawyers, Our long term goal is to drastically reduce alcohol and distracted related accidents in our state. Every single injury and death caused by drunk and distracted driving is preventable. I hope you will lend your support to our quest to promote safe driving. We need your help. Sincerely, Carter Mario -1-

4 We don t just talk the talk, We walk the walk! Carter Mario Injury Lawyers was the first private business in Connecticut that committed dollars and time to create awareness on the distracted driving epidemic. It is our mission to protect motorists by making people think twice about picking up their cell phones while driving. For the past 8 years we have based our annual Arrive Alive Scholarship on the dangers of drunk or distracted driving. In 2010, we launched the largest bus ad campaign in the state s history - nearly 250 busses, that are visible on a daily basis all across the state. Our newest bus and billboard campaign, Stow Before You Go, shows dangerous objects being morphed into cell phones and reminds people that cell phones are the Most Dangerous Thing on the Road. Having always used the transit buses as a form of advertisement for our firm, we now use them for a larger goal, to do our part in reminding people to focus on being careful while they are driving. It is wonderful to have people call our firm and tell us our bus campaign has made them stop talking on their cell phone while driving. Helping make Connecticut s highways safer is our number one goal! GET CARTER APP CARTER MARIO OFFERS FREE TAXI RIDES! Carter Mario Injury Lawyers is now offering FREE taxi rides to any person who has our Get Carter! App on his or her Android or iphone. How Does it Work? If you re ever in need of a safe ride home, all you have to do is press the Call a Taxi Cab button on the Get Carter! App, and we ll arrange for a taxi to give you a safe ride home. The App will dial an answering service. When the operator answers, just tell them who you are, where you are, and your home address. There are no questions asked, and no out-of-pocket expenses for you. All you need for a free ride home is the Get Carter! App. -2-

5 Go to GetCarter.com and select Arrive Alive Scholarship from the Carter Cares dropdown menu to view all of this year s winning projects. Christina Chow Avon High School, Avon Attending: Endicott College Mallory Ham Brien McMahon High School, Norwalk Attending: Babson College -3-

6 Go to GetCarter.com and select Arrive Alive Scholarship from the Carter Cares dropdown menu to view all of this year s winning projects. Heaven Daluz Cooperative Arts & Humanities Magnet High School, New Haven Attending: Post University Sarah Allen Canton High School, Canton Attending: Marist College -4-

7 Go to GetCarter.com and select Arrive Alive Scholarship from the Carter Cares dropdown menu to view all of this year s winning projects. Allison Bellucci William H. Hall High School, West Hartford Attending: University of New Hampshire Julia Elia Laurelton Hall, Milford Attending: Brown University -5-

8 Go to GetCarter.com and select Arrive Alive Scholarship from the Carter Cares dropdown menu to view all of this year s winning projects. Dan Perillo Bunnell High School, Stratford Attending: Stony Brook University Shaynian Gilling Hartford Public High School Law & Government Academy, Hartford Attending: University of Connecticut -6-

9 Go to GetCarter.com and select Arrive Alive Scholarship from the Carter Cares dropdown menu to view all of this year s winning projects. Imani Esdaile Hill Regional Career High School, New Haven Attending: Hampton University Eric Waldo Trumbull High School, Trumbull Attending: University of Connecticut -7-

10 2013 Participating High Schools Amity Regional High School Avon High School Bacon Academy Berlin High School Brien McManon High School Bristol Central High School Brookfield High School Bunnell High School Canton High School Capital Preperatory Magnet School Central Magnet High School Coginchaug Regional High School Cooperative Arts & Humanities Magnet High School Danbury High School Daniel Hand High School East Catholic High School East Haven High School Edwin O. Smith High School Enrico Fermi High School Foran High School Glastonbury High School Greenwich High School Guilford High School Hartford Public High School Henry Abbott Technical High School High School Inc. Hill Regional Career High School Hopkins School Howell Cheney Technical High School John F. Kennedy High School Jonathan Law High School Laurelton Hall Lewis Mills High School Lyman Hall High School Maloney High School Masuk High School Mercy High School Metropolitan Business Academy Middletown High School Miss Porter s School Naugatuck High School New Fairfield High School New Milford High School Nonnewaug High School Norwich Free Academy Old Saybrook High School Arrive Alive Program Platt Technical High School Pomperaug Regional High School RHAM High School Ridgefield High School Robert Fitch High School Rockville High School Sacred Heart High School Sheehan High School Shelton High School Shepaug Valley High School South Kent School St. Paul Catholic High School Suffield High School The Ethel Walker School Tolland High School Trumbull High School Wamogo Regional High School Watertown High School Wilby High School William H. Hall High School Windsor Locks High School Wolcott High School As part of the Carter Cares initiative, the Arrive Alive Scholarship is a statewide scholarship program developed by the law offices of Carter Mario Injury Lawyers to promote teen awareness of the tragedies that can result from distracted and drunken driving. Since its inaugural year in 2006, the Carter Mario Arrive Alive Scholarship Program has grown substantially and has been able to help many high school students embark on a brighter future marks the eighth consecutive year of our program, and thus far, we have awarded a total $75, in scholarship money to 63 graduating high school seniors in Connecticut. The scholarship has grown from one scholarship in 2006 with 36 applicants, to ten scholarships in 2013 with over 250 applicants. We are encouraged with the growing response because we believe it indicates that more teens are aware of and concerned with the dangers of not only drunken driving, but distracted driving ( using a cell phone to call or text while driving) as well. We promote the scholarship by sending a mass to all Connecticut high school guidance departments, social media, as well as running commercials, posting billboards, and contacting local and statewide newspapers. In January of 2011, our office began donating $20.00 of our fee from each client case towards the Arrive Alive Scholarship, with the plan to increase the number of scholarships in the future. This year, we doubled the amount of each scholarship to $2,000.00! We post each year s scholarship application on our website, the first of January. -8-

11 Arrive Alive Scholarship 2012 Winners Ashley Moxam; Hamden High School, attending SUNY Albany Bethany Pagan; Bridgeport Central Magnet High School, attending Gateway Community College Christopher Silvestri; Foran High School, attending Pace University Brianne Kane; New Britain High School, attending Seton Hall University George Cruz; North Haven High School, attending Mount St. Mary s University Robert Chapman; Ridgefield High School, attending Connecticut College Rene Evans; Hartford Public High School, attending Howard University Emily Amarell; Simsbury High School, attending Duke University Mathew Verrinder; A Beka Academy, attending University of New Haven Benjamin Anderson; Trumbull High School, attending Roger Williams University Arrive Alive Scholarship 2011 Winners Krista Pregony; Ellington High School; attending Central Connecticut State University Alyssa Battipaglia; Hamden High School, attending SCSU William Hertler; Xavier High School, attending Central Connecticut State University Elise Uberti; Nonnewaug High School, attending Boston College Christian Broome; Manchester High School, attending Johnson C. Smith University Yue Jay Lin; Norwich Free Academy, attending UCONN Christine Pitino; Watertown High School, attending Keene State College Casey DelBasso; Laurelton Hall, attending Fairfield University Bailey Cornell; Killingworth High School, attending Bryant University Gaelyn Etienne-Thompson; Central High School, attending Frankling & Marshall College Arrive Alive Scholarship 2010 Winners Brittany Golding; Thomas Snell Weaver High School, attending VCU Laurence Dortenzio; Notre Dame High School, attending Albertus Magnus Sebastien Garraud; Bassick High School, attending UCONN, Storrs Matthew Solomon; Coginchaug Regional High School, attending Quinnipiac University Angela Guilfoyle; Wethersfield High School, attending Southern CT Melinda Luth; Amity High School, attending Southern CT Lauren Roddy; Mark T Sheehan High School, attending UCONN, Storrs Ariana Molokwu; New Britain High School, attending UCONN, Storrs Connor Shugrue; Seymour High School, attending Marist College Daniel Davidson; Nonnewaug High School, attending Hofstra University Arrive Alive Scholarship 2009 Winners Daniel Sheiner; Loomis Chaffee, attending Cornell University Matthew Scaringe; Newington High School, attending University of New Haven Aminata Fofana; Bassick High School, attending Housatonic Community Charlotte Freeland; Glastonbury High School, attending UConn, Storrs campus Jacius Stewart; Waterbury Arts Magnet, attending Central Connecticut State Jon Davis; Bristol Central High School, attending UConn, Storrs campus Samantha Plourde; South Windsor High School, attending Quinnipiac University Yujia Liu; Daniel Hand High School, attending University of Pennsylvania Ian Rogers; W.F. Kaynor Technical H.S., attending Central Connecticut State Gina Sirico; Joseph Foran High School, attending Marist College Arrive Alive Scholarship 2008 Winners Christopher Arrigoni; Haddam-Killingworth High School, attending Western CT State University Brendan Heller; Naugatuck High School, attending Bryant Univesity Claudraya Harrison; Cental Magnet High School, attending St. John s University Brittany Deane; Rocky Hill High School, attending College of the Holy Cross Marilisa Anania; West Haven High School, attending University of New Haven Not Pictured: Ashantee Hyman; Weaver High School, attending University of CT, Storrs Erika Heyliger; John F. Kennedy High School, attending Univerity of CT, Waterbury Courtney Driscoll; Bristol Central High School, attending Central Connecticut State University -9-

12 Carter Mario Injury Lawyers is a statewide personal injury law firm founded in 1989 by Carter Mario. The firm has six fully staffed offices conveniently located in Bridgeport, Hartford, Milford, New Britain, North Haven and Waterbury. We have assembled a dedicated, highly skilled group of personal injury lawyers and staff whose sole purpose is the representation of seriously injured individuals throughout the state of Connecticut. Our staff of 90 plus professionals provides aggressive advocacy combined with world class customer service for our clients. Our firm is known throughout the state as The Safety Lawyers for our safety programs aimed at alcohol and distracted driving related education as well as giving free bicycle helmets to needy children. Through our Carter Cares community outreach initiative, we are able to reach out and make a difference in the lives of individuals in the communities in which we serve throughout Connecticut. We are well respected by the community, our clients, insurance companies, and insurance defense firms. We help guide our clients through the legal and financial challenges they face after they are injured, in a dignified and responsible manner. Our firm represents injured individuals for: Automobile Accidents Wrongful Death Workers Compensation Medical Malpractice Nursing Home Negligence Personal Injury Mass Torts Social Security Disability Milford Corporate Headquarters 158 Cherry Street Milford, CT Tele Fax North Haven Litigation Group Headquarters 12 Montowese Avenue North Haven, CT Tele Fax Hartford 176 Wethersfield Ave. Hartford, CT Tele Fax Waterbury 532 Wolcott Street Waterbury, CT Tele Fax Bridgeport 3543 Main Street Bridgeport, CT Tele Fax New Britain 370 West Main Street New Britain, CT Tele Fax GetCarter.com