NCNN Account Executive Recognized For Community Service

North Carolina Operation Lifesaver presented Account Executive Gloria Salim Brown with the 2001 Media Appreciation Award for her assistance and support of the organization's "Look Listen & Live" marketing campaign. She received the award at the NC Operation Lifesaver Annual Meeting and Appreciation luncheon on Friday, December 14, 2001, at the Preston Country Club.

NCNN's Gloria Salim Brown (left) received the 2001 Media Award from NC Operation Lifesaver from NCOL Director Vivian Speight Bridges.

Vivian Speight Bridges, Director of NC Operation Lifesaver, made the presentation to Salim-Brown, citing her work with the campaign. Salim-Brown found partners such as the Railroad Company to fund the campaign, she helped write grant requests to the national Operation Lifesaver and brought the NC Peanut Growers Association on board to provide favors for the luncheon. "My philosophy has always been to give all that you have in order to be the best you can

Operation Lifesaver is a program designed to help save lives at highway-rail grade crossings, the most dangerous spot on any highway or road. Operation Lifesaver is an active, continuous public information and education program to help prevent and reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities by improving driver performance at the nation's approximately 270,000 public and private highway-rail grade crossings and on rights-of-way. Operation Lifesaver began in Idaho in 1972, and has now grown to chapters in 49 states. The North Carolina Operation Lifesaver was started on April 27, 1979 after the North Carolina Rural Safety Council decided to take it on as a safety project.

"It is a wonderful organization with a group of dedicated people trying to educate motorists and pedestrians to heed to highway-rail safety rules to keep everyone safe," concluded Salim-Brown.