Families for Safe Streets, a project of TA

Please join me this Father’s Day in supporting Families for Safe Streets, an organization composed of individuals, who like me, have lost a family member or suffered a serious injury in a traffic crash. I am asking my friends, family and all of those who know of my daughter Robyn Avril Hightman, to give a donation to Families for Safe Streets in their memory.

One of the fondest memories I have of Father’s Day, was when my two daughters were still in Middle School. They asked me to give them the telephone number of a close friend of mine, Susan Honour. The girls would not say why they wanted to contact them. When Father’s Day arrived, I was surprised by the plan my children had come up with. They arranged for Sue to pick up all of us at the house and take my girls and me out to dinner. Robyn & Rachel had saved up money, so it was “their treat”, as I was proudly told by them. This was the happiest Father’s Day I ever had, the memories of this still bring a smile to my face and now from the loss of Robyn, tears to my eyes. This holiday, especially with how close it is to the anniversary of Robyn’s death, is now a painful reminder of all that was lost as a result of a senseless crash. Every single day, I am reminded of them.

Please join me this Father’s Day in supporting Families for Safe Streets, an organization composed of individuals, who like me, have lost a family member or suffered a serious injury in a traffic crash, by providing a donation to Families for Safe Streets in Robyn’s memory.

The crash that took the life of Robyn changed me forever and led me to become actively involved with Families for Safe Streets. Families for Safe Streets works to end the preventable epidemic of traffic violence in our communities by advocating for life-saving infrastructure and legal changes while providing support to those who have been impacted by crashes.

The funds raised here will help start a memorial sign initiative for Families for Safe Streets that will help elevate local advocacy efforts across the nation, with QR codes that shall point to specific local efforts for legislative and policy change. For each $500.00 raised, Families for Safe Streets will be able to purchase 100 signs marking locations where someone lost their life in a crash, like my daughter Robyn, and demand action toward safer roads. Learn more at www.familiesforsafestreets.org.