WANADA is front & center for SoberRide on St. Patricks Day
As it has since the inception of the program some 15 years ago, WANADA stepped up at the Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP) SoberRide rollout last week for the feast of St. Patricks Day.
WANADA Board member and resident Irishman, Kevin Reilly of Alexandria Hyundai, was present at the press conference announcement of St. Patricks SoberRide, with a check from the dealer organization for $5,000 to help underwrite the cost of the program.
Reilly presented WANADAs check to WRAP president Kurt Erickson at Murphys Grand Irish Pub in Alexandria, VA, where they were joined by police representatives from area jurisdictions to inform the public of the dangers of drunk driving and the availability of the free taxi rides offered via SoberRide to anyone who may have overdone their St. Patricks Day celebrating. Those free taxi rides were available from 4 pm to 4 am on St. Patrick Day, March 17, as they are on other major holidays that WRAP observes with SoberRide.
SoberRide typically provides an average 550 free taxi rides each holiday and police estimate that as many as eighty lives are saved each year in the region because of WRAPs SoberRide efforts.
Download Bulletin PDF