Saving Lives through Youth Guidance & Development

As distracted driving remains the leading cause of death among 15- to 19- year olds in the United States, The UPS Foundation and Boys & Girls Clubs of America continue to drive change across the country with UPS Road Code, a national program educating teens on safe driving techniques.  Aiming to reduce the number of teen driver crashes, UPS Road Code is currently available in 52 Boys & Girls Clubs throughout 36 U.S. cities and reaches 5,200 teenagers per year.

We are proud to announce that our own Alejandra from the Regence Club of the Boys &  Girls Clubs of Portland was named a UPS Road Code Ambassador by Boys & Girls Clubs of America!

Alejandra is one of 18 Ambassadors chosen from the Teen USP Road Code program across the country to help introduce the UPS Road Code program to teens in their communities and help educate them, and the general public, on different safe driving principles.

Club teens have the opportunity to participate in the UPS Road Code program which is largely based on the same safety training used by UPS’s drivers, who are known for their safe driving techniques. Taught by more than 150 UPS employees trained as volunteer instructors, UPS Road Code provides teens with four sessions of classroom-based instruction, as well as time ”behind the wheel” of a virtual driving simulator.

The program focuses on different safety principles, from basic instruction to the consequences of risky behaviors such as talking on cell phones, texting or drinking while driving. Throughout the program, teens have a chance to practice what they’ve learned on the driving simulators, which feature a computer screen that serves as a windshield to the program’s interactive animation, a steering wheel and life-like gas and brake pedals.