Continental to Sponsor ‘Alive at 25’ South Carolina National Safety Driving Course
Course being offered to Senior Students of Nation Ford and Fort Mill High School
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FORT MILL, SC – (January 11, 2010) – Continental Tire will sponsor the “Alive at 25” safe driving course at two Fort Mill, SC high schools on February 6, 2010. Nation Ford and Fort Mill High School will send 200 seniors each to the one day course. Continental Tire the Americas has contributed a $14,000 scholarship to South Carolina National Safety Council to make this program available to our local high school students.
“Alive at 25” is a survival course developed by the National Safety Council, and is designed to prevent the #1 killer of teens – automobile crashes. The program is taught by off-duty deputy sheriffs and municipal police officers. “Alive at 25” is delivered in one 4 ˝-hour session, focusing on the behaviors and decision-making processes that young drivers and passengers display behind the wheel.
This program is designed to change situations like the pair of deadly crashes within nine days of one another that took the lives of two Nation Ford students. The Fort Mill School Board has made Alive at 25 a mandatory class.
“This is just one way that Continental Tire can give something back to our local community,” said Matthias Schoenberg, president, Continental Tire North America, Inc. “Our hearts go out to the families who have lost children to automobile wrecks, and we sincerely hope this program will help prevent any more needless and tragic deaths.”
About Continental Tire
Continental Tire offers a complete premium line of ultra-high performance, passenger and light truck tires that instill confidence and a passion for driving. Continental Tire is an original equipment tire supplier to some of the world’s finest automobiles manufactures, and is a proud sponsor of GRAND-AM Race Series, Super Lap Battle and Time Attack racing. It also sponsors the record-breaking Chris Rado of WORLD Racing. Continental Tire has developed outstanding premium quality tires. With sales of approximately €24 billion in 2008, Continental is among the leading automotive suppliers worldwide. As a supplier of brake systems, systems and components for powertrains and chassis, instrumentation, infotainment solutions, vehicle electronics, tires and technical elastomers, Continental contributes enhanced driving safety and global climate protection. Continental is also a competent partner in networked automobile communication. Continental currently employs approximately 134,000 at nearly 190 locations in 37 countries.
Media Contacts:
Dana Zamalloa
Manager, PR and Communications
Continental Tire North America, Inc.
1830 MacMillan Park Dr.
Fort Mill, SC 29716
Phone: 704-583-8165
E-mail: dana.zamalloa@conti-na.com
Mariellen Fagan
Director, Communications
Crowl, Montgomery & Clark
123 Wilbur Dr., NE North Canton, OH 44720
Phone: 330-494-6999, ext. 201
Fax: 330-494-6242
E-mail: mfagan@crowlinc.com
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