Chaffin Luhana Anti-Distracted Driving Scholarship

One of the Chaffin Luhana Foundation’s missions is to drive down the staggering number of distracted driving accidents in the United States. The Foundation will be awarding a $2,500 scholarship to a student who helps us in this fight by submitting an inspiring personal essay.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Must be currently attending an accredited high school, college, university, or reside in the state of Connecticut or the Greater New York area, or Greater Pittsburgh area* including Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio, and Northern West Virginia.
• Must be under the age of 25 as of the deadline
• Scholarship money must be used towards student housing, books, or tuition.

Submission Criteria & Rules:

Write an original 500-750-word essay about one of the following topics:

1. Personal Experience. Have you had a personal experience with distracted driving? If so, how has it impacted your life?
2. Take charge. Create a realistic distracted driving awareness campaign to effectively reduce the number of distracted driving-related auto accidents in the U.S. Please include: ways to better educate the public about the dangers of distracted driving; steps that can be taken to prevent new, young drivers from distracted driving; and actionable steps that can be taken to put an end to distracted driving.
3. How do you think technology and recent technology advancements have impacted the rise of distracted driving in the United States? Also, how big of a role do you believe that technology can have in putting an end to distracted driving?*Properly cite any statistics, surveys, studies, or news stories that you use in your essay to support your points*

The following information must be included in your email to consider your essay:

• Name, address, phone number. (Please place this information at the top of your essay)
• At the end of your essay, include the name of your accredited school, college, or university you currently attend and your plans for the future.