The safety awareness group for teen drivers It Won’t Happen To Me is holding a fundraising walk, In Memory Of Walk-a-thon on Saturday, October 27th. This walk remembers teens who lost their lives in driving accidents. Approximately 500 to 1,000 people are expected to participate in the event. The walk will be held at Tribble Mill Park in Lawrenceville, GA.

It Won’t Happen To Me educates teens and their parents about unsafe driving habits of teenagers. The organization gives presentations at schools, churches, civic organizations and court systems.

According to the It Won’t Happen To Me website, Motor vehicle accidents are the #1 killer of teens across the U.S.A.. The purpose of the walk is to both raise funds to support the organization, but to also “keep alive the memory of these teens that have died. Not to memorialize them but to keep their memory alive and what happened to them as a constant reminder that what happened to them could happen to any of us.”

Sources: It Won’t Happen To Me.org, ajc.com