Apply now for a Foundation scholarship to help achieve academic goals Apply now for a Foundation scholarship to help achieve academic goals Roadway Worker Memorial Scholarships offer a road to a brilliant future Pam / Tuesday, January 5, 2021 0 247 Article rating: No rating The American Traffic Safety Services Foundation (The ATSS Foundation) offers academic scholarships to the spouses and children of roadway workers killed or permanently disabled in work zone incidents to help them achieve their academic goals. Applications for Roadway Worker Memorial Scholarships for the 2021-22 academic year are due by Feb. 15. Roadway Worker Memorial scholarships are competitive and awarded annually to help put family members on the road to a brilliant future. Scholarships provide financial assistance up to $10,000 for post-secondary education. Applicants who demonstrate a strong commitment to volunteerism may be eligible for an additional $1,000 in honor of Chuck Bailey, a member of the roadway safety industry who died in 2002. Read more
The ATSS Foundation thanks all who donated on Giving Tuesday The ATSS Foundation thanks all who donated on Giving Tuesday Pam / Wednesday, December 2, 2020 0 222 Article rating: No rating The ATSS Foundation thanks everyone who supported it on Giving Tuesday. The Foundation raised nearly 80 percent of its goal of $5,000 for the one-day event in which people worldwide support worthwhile causes. The Foundation works daily to make zero deaths a reality through charitable programs and public awareness. Read more
Every bit helps Foundation programs Every bit helps Foundation programs Workplace Giving enables everyone to participate Pam / Tuesday, November 3, 2020 0 404 Article rating: No rating Workplace Giving programs provide a way for companies and their teams to enjoy the satisfaction of helping support people impacted by roadway work zone tragedies. Participants can experience the joy of seeing a student pursue career goals thanks to a college scholarship, help a child work toward healing after the loss of a parent in a work zone incident through an Experience Camp, feel the gratification of knowing children are being taught about work zone safety through the use of activity books, and know the grave risks of roadway work zones are being communicated through the National Work Zone Memorial. Those are just some of the ways The ATSS Foundation carries out its mission of promoting roadway safety through charitable giving and public awareness. Read more
Triumphing over tragedy: Scholarship helps Cody Garner pursue career goals Triumphing over tragedy: Scholarship helps Cody Garner pursue career goals ATSS Foundation needs help to continue providing Roadway Worker Memorial Scholarships Pam / Monday, August 24, 2020 0 839 Article rating: No rating The last time Cody Garner saw his father was when he dropped him at football practice. Hours later, his father was killed in a work zone accident. Cody was just beginning his sophomore year of high school when he lost his father. Today he’s starting his senior year at the University of Arkansas where he is pursuing a double major and a double minor. He’s grateful to the American Traffic Safety Services Foundation for the Roadway Worker Memorial Scholarship he has received each year of his college studies. Though this year’s pandemic has challenged people in countless ways, The Foundation still needs help to carry out the programs it offers to support individuals and families impacted by work zone incidents. Read more
Foundation 'We can't stop now' effort urges help gathering names for National Work Zone Memorial Foundation 'We can't stop now' effort urges help gathering names for National Work Zone Memorial Help honor lives lost in work zones Pam / Tuesday, July 28, 2020 0 698 Article rating: No rating At a time when lives are restricted due to the global pandemic and many people are looking for ways to make a difference, The ATSS Foundation has an option. The Foundation needs volunteers to help gather the names of men and women who lost their lives in work zone incidents so they can be honored by inclusion on the National Work Zone Memorial. “Families whose lives have been marked by work zone tragedies continue to need our help. One way to support them while maintaining social distancing and without even leaving your home is to help gather names of people who should be honored and remembered on the Memorial,” said Foundation Associate Director Lori Diaz. Read more
15Jan2021 ATSSA members seek to make a difference through Roadway Worker Protection Summit Friday, January 15, 2021 Read more