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1999 was an incredible year for our Brillion Chapter. This year saw: the purchase of a new trailer which has since become a mobile display unit. the addition of two more police departments. a new logo for the corporation. the design and completion of a PSA about safety belt awareness and STOP THE KNOCK. the purchase of a video recorder. a three day National Event hosted by Northeast Wisconsin Beat the Heat. the design and creation of trading cards for each chapter. public displays at 19 events.   NEW TRAILER & MOBILE DISPLAY UNIT Our first project for the year was the trailer that was purchased for $3,000 (help from a Department of Transportation grant). Our goal was to make this trailer a mobile display case. When we purchased the trailer it was charcoal gray with basically nothing inside but some indoor/outdoor carpeting and a few small cabinets. We began work shortly after picking up the trailer. The students, officers and vocational school put many hours into sanding down the outside, repainting inside and out, staining new cabinets, and helping install the new tile floor. Most of the materials were donated or given to the program at a reduces rate (thanks to Mike's Custom Cabinets, Chameleon Painting, and Furniture Plus). We had a 12' mural painted on the outside, and had vinyl lettering (thanks to Johnny Vinyl) cut so we could display our sponsors names including the department of transportation, and other safety messages. Inside the trailer there are many photos including an enlarged photo of a 4 person fatality. We explain to all of our viewers that this is the reason why we are here and why we feel so strongly about what we are doing. This trailer is now the center of our program and most displays. It houses all the helmets for students at the races who do not have one of their own, all safety materials to be given out including trading cards, and is a storage area for tools shared by all members of the corporation. This trailer was also displayed on a weekly basis at the Thursday Night Stock car races at Wisconsin International Raceway (thanks to Andy Geiger). These events usually drew a crowd of 5,000 to 7,000 people.   EVENTS ATTENDED Northeast Wisconsin Beat the Heat Corporation attended 19 events as a group and many more as individual chapters. Following is a list of some of the activities: Appleton Police Week Memorial Display (Appleton) May 10 Friday Night Race May 14 Friday Night Race May 28 Wheels and Wings Car Show (Clintonville) June 5 & 6 Friday Night Race June 11 Cheesehead Supercop Shootout (Kaukauna) June 24 -26 Friday Night Race June 25 St. Mary's Car Show (Kaukauna) June 27 Iola Car Show (Iola) July 9-11 Brillion Iron Works picnic (Brillion) July 10 Friday Night Race July 16 Doyle Park (Kimberly) July 28 Friday Night Race July 30 Scandinavia Parade (Scandinavia) August 1 Seymour Parade (Seymour) August 7 Friday Night Race August 13 Friday Night Race August 27 US Nationals (Dragster Finals) (Indianapolis, IN) Sept 4 Octoberfest License to Cruise (Appleton) Sept 24 It is amazing to us when we stop and look at the list how many places we have been to, and the amount requests we received to be on display that we did not have time for. All of these events drew large crowds and we have had contact with approximately 65,000 people. We believe that our message of safety has to be getting through to many of these people. We work hand and hand with the students in this program and this year the turn out of students was amazing. On the last night of racing we had 95 students signed in. Some weeks we had so many students lined up to race against an officer that we did not have enough squad cars to keep up. This year we had participants from Michigan, Minnesota, Colorado, California, and Illinois, and all over Wisconsin including: Appleton, Kimberly, Kaukauna, Neenah, Menasha, Grand Chute, Hortonville, New London, Waupaca, Clintonville, Scandinavia, Northland, Greenville, Seymour, Freedom, Brillion, Reedsville, Whitelaw, Hilbert, Chilton, Belgium, Oneida, Manitowoc, Green Bay, DePere, Fond Du Lac, Plymouth, Pulaski, Ashwaubenon, Valders, Markesan, Black Creek, Shiocton, Winneconnie, Fairwater, and Stevens Point. Our 1999 National Event would not have been made possible with out the support from the businesses and individuals from Northeast Wisconsin.   Are you really getting anything for helping out this program? On the date of our first race we randomly picked 25 students to be our study group. These students records were checked, 9 out of the 25 had been cited by a police officer before they began our program. Most have had previous contact with officers. These students stayed with the program, most worked hand and hand with the officers, some were students coming from cities that do not have local chapters. These students were talked to about drugs, alcohol, and safety belt awareness. Some of these students went on trips with the officers, most became friends with us. We did another study of these students after the program ended. Of the 25 students that started the study only 3 had been issued citations after the program was over, 1 student did received a citation in July while involved. Of the 3 citations issued, the offenses were not alcohol, drug or safety belt use related. While checking the records at the end of our program we were disappointed to see that one of our students had been involved in a drug related stop, but to our pleasure the 4 other subjects our student was with received citations for possession of marijuana, ours did not he was checked and found not to be in possession and was listed only as a citizen contact. We know that we can not stop all of the drugs or alcohol abuse in this state, but we do believe that our program gives these students a positive alternative to spending time on the streets racing or being at parties drinking and doing drugs. Students today more than ever need positive role models who they can turn to and a place to go not to be subjected to today's pressures. We believe our program was the main reason for the drop in police contacts. The students came to respect law enforcement and also became aware of just how fast their life can change due to the choices that they make.

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