Prom night can be one of the most dangerous nights of a high schooler’s life. MAIF wants to encourage Maryland high schoolers to make good choices this prom season, when it comes to texting and driving or impaired driving.
MAIF is sponsoring its first Operation: Safe Prom video contest, calling for high school students in Maryland to produce and submit videos between sixty and ninety seconds, encouraging teens not to text and drive or drink and drive.
The contest will run through MAIF’s Facebook page. (Contest page will go live on April 15, 2013). Videos must be submitted by 5pm on Friday, April 26, 2013.
Voting will be open between Monday April 29, 2013 through Wednesday May 8, 2013. After the initial round of voting, the ten highest rated films will be judged by a panel which will include MAIF’s Executive Director Kent Krabbe and members of the Maryland Public Safety and Film Production communities. From that final group, a Grand Prize winner and two runner-up winners will be named. (If fewer than fifteen films are submitted, only five finalists will make it to the final judging panel).
Winning entries will be announced on Friday, May 10, 2013. In addition to the contribution to the after prom party, the winning schools will also have the option to have the MAIF Distracted and Impaired Driving Simulator at their prom and/or after prom party.
Students, be sure to let your Principal know if you would like to participate. Good luck. Please be careful making your videos, and most of all, have fun!
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