GEICO Associates ˜Walk Like MADD' April 25

An active volunteer and supporter of MADD, Stephanie Malito, of Irving,lost her father, Joseph, and her twin brother, Vincent, to a drunkdriver in 1992 when her family was driving home from Christmas vacationin Florida. When their car began to overheat, they pulled onto the sideof the road to take a break. Minutes later, an SUV collided with thefamily. Investigations indicated that the driver's alcohol level wasover the legal limit.

On Saturday, April 25, victims and survivors like Malito, a claimsrepresentative for GEICO,will join supporters of MADD's life-saving cause to walk against drunkdriving and destructive choices at their WalkLike MADD event.

Opening ceremonies begin at 8:30 a.m. at 1800 N. Pearl St., near theMeyerson Symphony Center, in Dallas' Uptown neighborhood. To registerand form a walk team, visit www.walklikemadd.org.

"I am one of the lucky ones to walk away from a drunk driving accident.Not everyone is as lucky. Please don't drink and drive and always choosea designated driver," said Malito, who spent months recovering frominjuries.

Locally presented by GEICOfor the fourth consecutive year, WalkLike MADD is a pledge-based, non-competitive 5K walk benefiting themission of MADD to prevent drunk driving, support victims of thisviolent crime and prevent underage drinking.

"It takes the whole community to educate our children concerningunderage drinking. Walk Like MADD gives youth a chance to see thepositive ways that they can influence their environment to preventunderage drinking and drinking and driving," said Mary Kardell, MADDNorth Texas executive director.

Founded in 1980, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is the premiereorganization working to stop drunk driving, support the victims of thisviolent crime and prevent underage drinking. MADD has approximately 600chapters and 2 million members and supporters nationwide. Visit www.madd.orgor www.walklikemadd.org.

GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company) is the third-largestprivate passenger autoinsurer in the United States based on the latest 12 months writtenpremium. It provides autoinsurance coverage for 9 million policyholders and insures some 15million vehicles.

In addition to auto insurance, GEICO offers customers insuranceproducts for their motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), boats,homes, apartments and mobile homes. Commercial auto insurance andpersonal umbrella protection and life insurance are also available.