The Contest Scoop

From September 4, 2012  - April 1, 2013 you and your team are invited to enter the Act Out Loud 2013 and raise your voices in your school and community for safe teen driving.  This year high school teams will plan an Act Out Loud rally to take place in May as part of Global Youth Traffic Safety Month!  Check out the video below from Dubiski High School in Texas for a great example of a rally. There are fun projects along the way to help your team earn up to $1,000 for your rally, and qualify for the grand prize of $10,000!

How to Enter

There are six steps this year – all of them are not mandatory, however, each step earns points for your team and every point earned equals $1, up to $1,000.  Steps 1 and 5 are mandatory and you must complete them in order to earn your team stipend and get your toolkits.  The toolkits are FREE once again, and will be sent out in March 2013 to all teams that complete steps 1 and 5.

What Can We Win?

There are many opportunities to win, with more than $270,000 in cash prizes!  Each team can earn up to $1,000 JUST FOR PARTICIPATING and completing Steps 1 and 5.  Each team can qualify to win the grand prize of $10,000 and 5 runner-up teams will win $2,000 each.

Brief Overview

Here’s a brief overview of each step – you can find more detailed information here.

• Step 1:  Submit date and location for your team’s Act Out Loud Rally.  Choose a rally date between April 29 – May 17, 2012
• Step 2:  Design Promotional Material (i.e. pens, keychains, stickers, buttons, etc.) materials that you would like to have in your FREE toolkit.
• Step 3:  Design Act Out Loud Poster that will be printed for the toolkits.
• Step 4:  Design a SAFE-Tee Shirt
• Step 5:  Submit your final rally plan (date, location, activities planned, who you’ve invited, who’s coming, etc.)
• Step 6:  Host your rally, document it with pictures and/or video. Submit a video or picture slideshow of your event and the participation form.

Dates to Remember