Shifting Gears September 11, 2009

he Shifting Gears Road Rally is a family-friendly event similar to the reality show “The Amazing Race”, where teams, or “crews”, of two or more compete by solving puzzles that will reveal locations somewhere around Raleigh. Each team will drive to a location, or “checkpoint”, and must complete a special task before they can receive their next clue. Prizes will be awarded to the top three finishing crews and other fun prizes will be given out to those who don’t get “lost” along the way!
Don’t have a car? That’s okay! Come on out to the fairgrounds to see the auto show, safety fair and kids’ zone.

Each crew is encouraged to raise $100 in pledges to support MADD’s mission to stop drunk driving, to support victims of this violent crime and to prevent underage drinking.

* NC ranks 5th in the country for drunk driving deaths
* NC averages over 80,000 DWI arrest annually
* Between the ages of 4 and 34, traffic crashes are the number one cause of death and 37% of these are alcohol related.
* Underage drinking is the number one youth drug problem and cause of death and injury
* 3 out of 10 Americans will be involved in an alcohol related traffic accident.

Contact: Lori Brown (919) 787-6599

Official Website: www.maddroadrally.org