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Every safe choice behind the wheel can protect a life, a family, and a future. Safer Roads Now is an initiative of Safety Behind the Wheel Foundation, created to help prevent avoidable crashes, support survivors and families, and build a culture of phone-free, focused driving.

DriveWithCare.org is the online home for this work, connecting volunteers, families, schools, partners, and communities with practical safety education and support resources.

You do not need to be a road safety expert to help. You simply need care, reliability, and a willingness to use your skills for a mission that matters.

Contact us to apply today!

Why Volunteer?

Crashes do not only happen to other people. They affect families, schools, workplaces, and entire communities.

When you volunteer with Safer Roads Now, you help:

  • People make safer choices before tragedy happens
  • Reduce distracted and phone-based driving
  • Support crash survivors and families after life-changing trauma
  • Connect people with trusted resources
  • Bring practical safety education into schools, youth groups, workplaces, and communities

This is not just volunteer work. It is prevention, compassion, and community protection.

Find the Volunteer Role That Fits You

People are more likely to volunteer when the role matches who they already are. Some people are natural communicators. Some are organizers. Some are listeners. Some are researchers. Some are creators. Some are connectors.

Safer Roads Now offers multiple ways to serve so you can choose the lane where your strengths can do the most good.

Awareness and Social Media Volunteers

Social Media Safety Ambassadors

Help spread phone-free driving messages, safety challenges, short videos, pledge campaigns, and community reminders.

This role is a strong fit if you enjoy: social media, simple advocacy, and sharing messages that can influence real behavior.

Volunteers may help:

  • Share phone-free driving posts
  • Promote pledge campaigns
  • Create or share short safety videos
  • Encourage friends, families, students, and communities to participate

Helpful skills: Social media, Canva, short-form video, community engagement.

Social Media Managers

Help organize and manage campaigns for the Phone Free Challenge and safety awareness initiatives.

This role is ideal for: someone who likes planning, consistency, and using social media to build momentum around a cause.

Volunteers may help:

  • Create content calendars
  • Write short-form campaign copy
  • Schedule posts
  • Track engagement
  • Review basic analytics
  • Support awareness campaigns

Helpful skills: Content planning, short-form copywriting, analytics, campaign coordination.

Email and Newsletter Volunteers

Help keep supporters, volunteers, donors, and partners informed and engaged.

This role is a good fit if you enjoy: writing clear, useful updates that move people to care and act.

Volunteers may help:

  • Send safety tips
  • Share campaign updates
  • Highlight volunteer opportunities
  • Write donor and supporter updates
  • Organize email lists or segments

Helpful skills: Email marketing, writing, segmentation, nonprofit communications.

Survivor and Family Support Volunteers

Peer Support Facilitators

Help host survivor or family support groups under clear guidelines and supervision.

This role is for: people who are empathetic, grounded, and able to listen without judgment.

Volunteers may help:

  • Support survivor or family discussion groups
  • Create a respectful and emotionally safe environment
  • Help participants feel heard and less alone
  • Follow clear boundaries and support guidelines

Helpful skills: Active listening, empathy, emotional boundaries, trauma-informed practice.

Because this role involves sensitive experiences, it may require additional screening, training, and guidelines to protect survivors, families, and volunteers.

Referral Resource Navigators

Help build and maintain lists of therapists, rehabilitation centers, brain injury resources, crisis lines, and support services.

This role is ideal for: someone who likes research, organization, and helping people find the right next step.

Volunteers may help:

  • Research support services
  • Organize vetted referral lists
  • Map local and national resources
  • Keep resource information accurate and up to date

Helpful skills: Research, vetting, resource mapping, privacy awareness.

Accessibility Support Volunteers

Help make Safer Roads Now resources easier to use for people living with memory loss, sensory overload, cognitive fatigue, traumatic brain injury, or emotional distress.

This role is especially meaningful for: people who care about inclusion and user experience.

Volunteers may help:

  • Simplify language
  • Improve readability
  • Review materials for accessibility
  • Make resources more supportive for people with cognitive or sensory needs

Helpful skills: Plain language, accessibility, user experience, disability inclusion.

Education and Community Outreach Volunteers

Workshop Facilitators

Deliver Safe Choices Workshops in schools, youth groups, workplaces, and community settings.

This role is for: confident communicators who can speak with care, clarity, and respect.

Volunteers may help:

  • Present safe driving workshops
  • Lead discussions with students, parents, or employees
  • Encourage phone-free driving commitments
  • Help communities understand the real impact of driving choices

Helpful skills: Public speaking, youth engagement, trauma-sensitive communication, basic road safety knowledge.

School Outreach Coordinators

Help contact schools, PTAs, driver education programs, colleges, and youth groups.

This role is ideal for: someone who is organized, friendly, and comfortable with email outreach and follow-up.

Volunteers may help:

  • Reach out to schools and youth organizations
  • Schedule conversations or workshops
  • Track outreach activity
  • Build long-term education partnerships

Helpful skills: Relationship building, email outreach, scheduling, CRM tracking.

Research, University, and Partnership Volunteers

University Partnership Volunteers

Help identify labs, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and researchers aligned with traumatic brain injury, memory loss, road safety, and survivor recovery.

This role is a strong fit for: students, researchers, healthcare professionals, or anyone familiar with academic and medical networks.

Volunteers may help:

  • Research universities and labs
  • Identify relevant hospitals or rehabilitation centers
  • Support academic outreach
  • Connect Safety Behind the Wheel Foundation with aligned experts

Helpful skills: Academic outreach, research ecosystem knowledge, relationship building.

Partnership Development Leads

Help build relationships with schools, employers, hospitals, universities, insurers, public safety groups, and transportation-related organizations.

This role is ideal for: people with sales, business development, nonprofit partnership, or community leadership experience.

Volunteers may help:

  • Identify potential partners
  • Start conversations with organizations
  • Follow up with leads
  • Structure collaborative opportunities
  • Support sponsorship or program partnerships

Helpful skills: Sales, outreach, partnership strategy, follow-up discipline.

Fundraising and Donor Support Volunteers

Fundraising Volunteers

Help raise restricted gifts for research, safety education, survivor support, donor briefings, campaigns, and major donor outreach.

This role is a strong fit for: persuasive writers, relationship builders, campaign thinkers, and people who are comfortable asking others to support a meaningful cause.

Volunteers may help:

  • Write campaign messages
  • Prepare donor briefings
  • Support fundraising outreach
  • Identify potential donors or sponsors
  • Raise funds for specific programs

Helpful skills: Fundraising, donor relations, campaign writing, relationship building.

Creative and Content Volunteers

Graphic Designers

Help create toolkits, social graphics, infographics, pledge cards, workshop materials, and campaign visuals.

This role is ideal for: someone who wants to make safety messages clear, memorable, and easy to share.

Volunteers may help:

  • Design social media graphics
  • Create safety pledge cards
  • Build workshop materials
  • Design infographics
  • Make resources visually consistent and accessible

Helpful skills: Canva, Adobe tools, brand consistency, accessibility.

Video Producers and Editors

Help produce educational videos, survivor stories, workshop clips, campaign reels, and short-form safety content.

This role is for: storytellers who understand that the right video can make someone pause, think, and choose differently behind the wheel.

Volunteers may help:

  • Edit short awareness videos
  • Create campaign reels
  • Support survivor story production
  • Storyboard educational content
  • Ensure consent and dignity in storytelling

Helpful skills: Video editing, consent practices, storyboarding, short-form content.

Not Sure Where You Fit?

That is okay. Many volunteers start with one small project and grow from there. We can help match your skills, schedule, and comfort level with the right opportunity.

You may be a fit if you are:

  • A student looking for meaningful service experience
  • A parent who cares about teen driver safety
  • A survivor or family member who wants to help others
  • A professional with skills in outreach, design, fundraising, research, or communications
  • A community member who believes safer roads are possible

You do not have to do everything. One useful contribution can help protect someone’s future.

What Makes a Good Volunteer?

Safer Roads Now looks for volunteers who are:

  • Reliable: You follow through on what you commit to.
  • Compassionate: You understand that crashes, brain injuries, and survivor experiences must be handled with care.
  • Respectful: You honor privacy, boundaries, and lived experience.
  • Action oriented: You want to help move people from awareness to safer choices.
  • Mission aligned: You believe that prevention, education, and support can save lives.

How Volunteering Works

  1. Contact us: Tell us about your interests, skills, availability, and preferred role.
  2. Get matched: We help match you with a volunteer opportunity that fits your strengths and comfort level.
  3. Prepare: Some roles may include orientation, guidelines, or additional training.
  4. Begin: Start with a clear project, campaign, event, or support task.
  5. Grow: As your availability and confidence grow, you may take on larger projects or leadership roles.

Volunteer Commitment

Safer Roads Now welcomes different levels of involvement. Some volunteers help with one campaign. Others support monthly projects. Some take on leadership roles in outreach, partnerships, workshops, or fundraising.

  • One-time volunteers: Help with a design, video, resource list, or campaign push.
  • Monthly volunteers: Support outreach, email, social media, research, or school contact efforts.
  • Leadership volunteers: Take ownership of a program area, partnership pipeline, workshop series, or fundraising campaign.

A Mission Worth Sharing

Every day, people make small choices behind the wheel. They can look away or stay focused. They can pick up the phone or leave it alone. They can rush or slow down. They can ignore the risk or protect the people around them.

Safer Roads Now exists to help more people make the safer choice before harm happens. Your time, voice, skills, and care can help make that possible.

Ready to Volunteer?

Help us prevent avoidable crashes, support survivors and families, and create safer roads for every community. Contact us today and choose the volunteer role that fits your strengths.

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