- The #1 killer of people ages 4 to 37 is car accidents
- 75% of drivers admit to driving over the speed limit
Can you take your foot off the gas?
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The average person spends:
- 100 hours a year commuting
- 45.5 hours a week at work
- 2.6 hours a day watching TV
How about you? What's most important to you? Family? Friends? Exercise?
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- 99% of homes have at least 1 TV
- People watch 40 days per year
- Children spend more time watching TV than they do in the classroom
Can you give up TV for just one day? How about one day a week?
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- 76% of abducted children who are murdered are dead within 3 hours
- 70% of cell phones & 100% of computers can receive AMBER alerts
Do you have 5 minutes to improve the odds of those first 3 hours?
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- 800 tornadoes are reported annually
- 39 states are at risk of earthquakes
- September 11, 2001 ... need we say more?
Do you have a plan?
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Annual cost of chronic diseases:
- $117 billion for obesity
- $432 billion for heart-disease and strokes
- $50 billion for weight-loss aids
Isn't there a better way to spend your money?
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- The average person receives 500 pieces of junk mail per year
- 100 million trees annually are needed to supply bulk mail
- Paper will take up 48% of our landfills by 2010
Are you really going to read it?
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- There are 2.1 million active & reserve military men & women
- Letters are their most requested item ... even if it's from a total stranger
Do you value your freedom?
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- Food is the 2nd largest expense for a family
- 35.1 million have limited access to enough food
- 1 in 4 in a soup kitchen line is a child
Can you help?
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- 1 million Internet users believe they received a phishing e-mail
- 5,479 Internet users experience identity fraud every day
Do you practice safe surfing?
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- CFLs use 75% less energy than regular lightbulbs
- Replacing 1 bulb prevents the release of 300 pounds of CO2 annually
Can you change just 1 bulb? How about 5?
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In the 2004 presidential election:
- 71 million eligible voters didn't vote
- Only 46.7% 18-24 year olds voted
- Only 63.8% of the voting-eligible population voted
Are you registered?
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Every week there are:
- 79,623 births
- 42,884 weddings
- 5,812,037 birthdays
If everyone gave up their birthday gifts this year, over $3 billion could be donated to charity.
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- 61% of low-income families don't have books in their homes
- 12 million kids don't have books
- When given books, 55% of kids are interested in reading
Do you have books you don't read anymore? Do you need them?
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- 93% of people believe the arts are vital to education
- Only 29% of schools still offer art programs
- Art promotes individuality & bolsters self-confidence
When was the last time you created art? Visited a museum?
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- Only 10.2% of workers rideshare
- $2,520 can be saved annually by sharing a ride with somebody
- 18 pounds of CO2 is produced by burning 1 gallon of gas
Do you want to save money? Your car? Our environment?
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Facts about burglaries:
- 3.4 million occur annually
- 32% of robbers enter via an open door or window
- $1,725 is the average loss
Let's make it more difficult for burglars to do their job?
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- 97,000 people need an organ
- 18 people die every day waiting for a transplant.
- There is no age limit to be a donor
Does your family know you want to donate your organs?
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A smiling person is judged to be more:
- pleasant
- attractive
- sincere
- sociable
- competent
Are you happy? Smile.
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- 8 million dogs & cats are placed in shelters
- 4 million are euthanized every year
- Only 16% are adopted
Have you visited a shelter lately?
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Cigarette butts are most littered item in America
- 100 billion butts end up as litter
- 25% of all ocean debris is butts
- Cigarette are not made of cotton
Do you flick your cigarette butt? Please don't.
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- Cardiac arrest may be caused by: drowning, overdoses, poisoning, electrocution, and bad tickers
- Brain death begins to occur within 4 minutes after cardiac arrest
- CPR can double a victim's chance of survival
Would you be able to help?
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- There are over 1.1 million firefighters
- 73% of which are volunteers
- Over 1.5 million fires are reported annually year.
Have you said thank you lately ... ever?
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- 1 in 2 sexually active persons under 25 will contract an STD.
- 25% of the 1 million people estimated to have HIV, don't know it.
- STDs and HIV are preventable.
Have you been tested?
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- Noise is among the most pervasive pollutants today
- 28 million people have noise-induced impaired hearing
- 90 seconds of honking can cause hearing damage
Do you really need to honk? What?
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- 1 acre of trees produces enough oxygen for 18 people every day
- 3 trees planted around your home can reduce energy use by 50%
- Trees absorb millions of pounds of CO2
When's the last time you planted a tree?
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16 million people die annually from:
- Hunger 9.1 million
- HIV/AIDS 2.9 million
- Pneumonia 2 million
- Diarrhea 1.6 million
- Malaria 1 million
Which global organization are you going to help?
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Each year:
- 8.4 million adults are victims of identity fraud
- Over $50 billion is stolen from victims of identity theft
How will you protect yourself?
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- $120+ billion is spent annually on fast food
- 30% of kidÕs meals are fast food
- 1 in 5 children are overweight
Can you live without value meals?
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Every week, the average person receives:
- 682 e-mails
- 12 text messages
- 10.8 pieces of junk mail
When was the last time you handwrote a letter to someone?
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- 28 million kids canÕt afford school supplies
- School supplies cost $20 to $100
- Proper school supplies increases a kidÕs confidence & self-esteem
Are you willing to help a child learn?
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- 3.5 million people are homeless
- 30% of the homeless are families
- 94% do not want to be homeless
How many paychecks can you miss and still afford to pay rent?
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