COLTS NECK — Safe driving practices are essential to keep drivers of all ages alive. To help raise awareness about the importance of safe driving, a group of six seniors at Colts Neck High School are working to organize the Keep the Kids Alive 5K run on March 29 at the school, Route 537 and Five Points Road.
The day will begin with registration at 9 a.m. A 1-mile children’s run will begin at 10:30 a.m. and the 5-kilometer run/walk will begin at 11 a.m.
Registration on the day of the event will be $30, with a $2 discount for USATF, FARC, JSRC, ORC and SAC members. Registration for the children’s run is $15. Proceeds will benefit the Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 (KKAD25).
Cash prizes will be awarded for the top three male and female finishers overall and in the masters division. The race will be run on a flat, fast USATF-NJ certified course.
The six young women who are organizing the event are seniors in the Freehold Regional High School District’s Law and Public Service Learning Center at Colts Neck High School. The students are Briana Jackucewicz, Morgan Clark, Tracey Vill, Nicole Lupo, Chelsea Hancock and Courtney Joline.
The girls had to design a service-learning project as required by the Law and Public Service program in which they are enrolled. The six young women decided to take the opportunity and attempt to better their community by promoting safe driving.
Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 is a nonprofit organization founded in the summer of 1998 which targets through a safety campaign the observance of the residential speed limit, which in most towns and cities throughout the United States is 25 mph.
There are 1,000 communities representing 47 states participating in KKAD25 campaigns. The mission of KKAD25 is to end all deaths and injuries caused by speeding on all roads.
For more information about the Colts Neck 5K on March 29, visit the website at http://sites.google.com/site/keep kidsalive5k/Home.

