The Atlanta Hawks and Thrashers join TEAM Georgia and the Atlanta business community to urge safe and sober holiday celebrations.
Click here to see our Safe Holiday Brochure with useful tips.
For A Safe and Free Ride Home ask your server to call you a CHECKER CAB:
404-351-1111
SAMPLE LIST OF PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS: Atkins Park Restaurant - Atlanta, Smyrna; French American Brasserie; Metrotainment Cafes - Hudson Grille, Einstein's, Garrison's Broiler & Tap, Metrotainment Bakery, Joe's on Juniper, Joe's on Sullivan, Cowtippers Steaks & Spirits, Cheyenne Grille and Sports Bar; Dolce Group - Dolce enoteca, Ten Pin Alley, Geisha House; (Check back for updates).
TEAM Georgia's annual Safe Holiday Campaign has strengthened its line-up for 2009, partnering with both The Atlanta Thrashers and Atlanta Hawks to encourage sober driving and safe holiday gatherings during the coming weeks. Officials from TEAM Georgia and the Governor's Office of Highway Safety will be joined by the Atlanta Hawks, the Atlanta Thrashers, The Atlanta Dream, metro Atlanta leaders from government, business, tourism and the hospitality industry for the launch of the 2009 TEAM Georgia Safe Holiday Campaign on Monday, Dec. 7 at Philips Arena. The event will include a model safe holiday celebration.
Now in its second decade, the TEAM Georgia Safe Holiday Campaign urges businesses, private hosts and members of the hospitality industry to put the safety of employees, guests and patrons first during the holiday season. A long-standing community tradition for the Atlanta Hawks and the Atlanta Thrashers, the Safe Holiday Campaign now welcomes the Atlanta Dream to the TEAM. The Hawks' Al Horford, the Thrashers' Todd White are the Safe Holiday "spokesplayers." The organizations are active members of TEAM Georgia and participate in TEAM Georgia's Designated Driver Booth program at Philips Arena.
The Safe Holiday Campaign involves more than 200 area bars and restaurants that display Safe Holiday information, offer a free non-alcoholic drink to designated drivers, and inform patrons about the free ride home available from Checker Cab. In cooperation with The Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the campaign's 2009 Safe Holiday Guide will reach thousands of Georgia businesses and private hosts with safe celebration suggestions, plus safety and legal reminders for party goers.
In Georgia, 35 percent of traffic crash fatalities are alcohol-related.
Over the past decade, the highest number of crashes in Georgia occurred from Oct-Dec.
The chance of a crash being fatal is six times higher in crashes with an impaired driver.
For additional information, please call 404-261-6053 or email bonnie@teamgeorgia.net
In photo: Nadine McWilliams; Jason McWilliams; DUI victim, Bob Dallas, Director, Governor's Office of Highway Safety; Al Horford, #15 Center-Forward, Atlanta Hawks, Ron Fennel, Chairman, TEAM Georgia, Cynthia Hagain, MADD Georgia.
