After several teenage driving fatalities in the area last year, one
Siouxland school rallied to help their community drive a little safer.
Students at OA-BCIG High School in Ida Grove, Iowa, got a big reward for their months of work to the tune of 25 thousand dollars.
"It was good to kind of get a group of kids together and show some leadership. They all tagged in too, so it was good to work together as a group," Cash Wilcke, OA-BCIG Senior said.
The school received a $25,000 grant check for participation in the State Farm Celebrate My Drive Program.
OA-BCIG collected about 30,000 pledges from community members to focus on safer driving when behind the wheel, outperforming more than three thousand schools across the country.
"The whole purpose of it is so that teens drive safely, and that's been a big issue here in this area. There were a couple accidents that we had," Stephanie Maass, OA-BCIG Senior said.
Just three months ago, two teenage girls from a neighboring high school were killed on a gravel road in an accident caused by an intoxicated 17-year old.
Ida Grove's local State Farm agent Adam Henderson says he hopes the program has at least made drivers in the area think about safe choices when they're behind the wheel.
"Sitting on the other end of the chair when there's a tragic accident is the worst part of being an insurance agent. Ultimately, when people make that personal decision to drive safe, less of those conversations have to happen," Adam Henderson, Local State Farm Agent said.
Focusing on safe driving is always important, but after tragic traffic fatalities affected this community within the last year, Principal Patrick Miller said he knew they needed to participate.
"I think it made them think about the things and the people that had been lost recently in the area, and I know there were a lot of people who were very close friends with some of those kids that have died in accidents," Miller said.
As far as the grant money, some will go to the school's driver's ed program.
Miller says another portion will go to the fine arts program.
"It's wonderful. It's going to allow us to do some things that we wouldn't otherwise be able to do, and it's a great tribute to what the kids did," Miller said.
Students at OA-BCIG High School in Ida Grove, Iowa, got a big reward for their months of work to the tune of 25 thousand dollars.
"It was good to kind of get a group of kids together and show some leadership. They all tagged in too, so it was good to work together as a group," Cash Wilcke, OA-BCIG Senior said.
The school received a $25,000 grant check for participation in the State Farm Celebrate My Drive Program.
OA-BCIG collected about 30,000 pledges from community members to focus on safer driving when behind the wheel, outperforming more than three thousand schools across the country.
"The whole purpose of it is so that teens drive safely, and that's been a big issue here in this area. There were a couple accidents that we had," Stephanie Maass, OA-BCIG Senior said.
Just three months ago, two teenage girls from a neighboring high school were killed on a gravel road in an accident caused by an intoxicated 17-year old.
Ida Grove's local State Farm agent Adam Henderson says he hopes the program has at least made drivers in the area think about safe choices when they're behind the wheel.
"Sitting on the other end of the chair when there's a tragic accident is the worst part of being an insurance agent. Ultimately, when people make that personal decision to drive safe, less of those conversations have to happen," Adam Henderson, Local State Farm Agent said.
Focusing on safe driving is always important, but after tragic traffic fatalities affected this community within the last year, Principal Patrick Miller said he knew they needed to participate.
"I think it made them think about the things and the people that had been lost recently in the area, and I know there were a lot of people who were very close friends with some of those kids that have died in accidents," Miller said.
As far as the grant money, some will go to the school's driver's ed program.
Miller says another portion will go to the fine arts program.
"It's wonderful. It's going to allow us to do some things that we wouldn't otherwise be able to do, and it's a great tribute to what the kids did," Miller said.
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