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AAIM Erects Billboard in Memory of DUI Victims

AAIM teamed up with soccer players, Kristine Lilly and Debbie Keller, and JJAM Session to
heighten public awareness about the dangers of intoxicated drivers on our roads. A billboard featuring the faces of four innocent teen victims with the message that "God Didn't Take Them. A Drunk Driver Did" was created. Three of the victims, Jenni Anderson, Jennifer Roberts and Alli Matzdorf were killed in the 1997 Waubonsie Valley High School homecoming crash and the fourth victim, Michelle Wright, was killed while attending Denver University.

The billboard was displayed at I-294 & Lawrence Avenue, near O'Hare airport. Thousands of motorists were reached with this message. The billboard was placed in Naperville during December to coincide with the holiday season and to remind the public about National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness month. This billboard has been posted around the Chicagoland area.

JJAM Session was a fundraiser soccer clinic organized by Judy Keller and Betsy DeLange and held in memory of the four Naperville teens killed in DUI crashes. Judy Keller was the girls soccer coach at Waubonsie Valley High School. Proceeds from the soccer clinic went towards the purchase of the billboard near O'Hare. AAIM raised the funding for the billboard in Naperville. Kristin Lilly is a member of the 1999 U.S. Women's Soccer World Cup team that defeated China. Debbie Keller was the second-leading scorer on the 1998 U.S. Women's Soccer National Team. Lilly and Keller were deeply moved by the DUI crashes and did not want the lives of Jennifer, Jenni, Alli and Michelle forgotten.

 

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