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Campaign Against Texting While Driving Sees Huge Boost Wireless communications company AT&T has been putting millions of dollars into telling people not to text while driving – but a recent

announcement reveals that the effort is about to grow by leaps and bounds.

AT&T’s campaign, called It Can Wait, has won over what had to be its toughest audience yet: not teenagers, but rival wireless companies.

And not just one of them, but all of the biggies: Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile. All three have now agreed to join AT&T in the It Can Wait

campaign, which means we’re likely to be hearing the important message discouraging this driving distraction even more often this sum-

mer. AT&T’s Chairman and CEO, Randall Stephenson, put the message into statistical context. “Texting while driving is a deadly habit

that makes you 23 times more likely to be involved in a crash,” said Stephenson. “Awareness of the dangers of texting and driving has in-

creased, but people are still doing it. With this expanded effort, we hope to change behavior. Together, we can help save lives.”

The newly expanded campaign will feature a multi-million dollar, co-branded advertising campaign from AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-

Mobile, encouraging everyone to immediately take a pledge against texting while driving it at www.itcanwait.com. The campaign will fo-

cus on the stories of people who are living with the consequences of texting while driving. The first story in the campaign will be of

Xzavier Davis-Bilbo, who in 2010 at five-years-old was struck while crossing the street by a young woman texting while driving—leaving

him paralyzed from the waist down.

For more information, visit www.ItCanWait.com.

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HELP COMPLETE OUR FOURSOME

This year, the Brown County

Chamber of Commerce would

like to reciprocate for the Cler-

mont County Chamber’s sup-

port of our Golf Outing, buy playing in theirs! We are

seeking to split a foursome with one of our member

businesses who would like to take advantage of the op-

portunity to play in this fun outing, as well as network

in another community. The cost for 2 golfers in this

outing is $350. If you are interested in teaming up with

the Brown County Chamber for this fun Golf Outing,

please let us know ASAP and we will make the ar-

rangements! Here are the event details:

Monday, September 23, 2013

1:00 Shotgun Start

Oasis Golf Club

This price includes lunch, scramble format, dinner, and

an awards program. We hope you’ll join us!

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