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Ennis-Flint Raises $10,500 for the American
Traffic Safety Services Foundation
Employees of Ennis-Flint, a company based in Thomasville, N.C., raised $10,500 for the American
Traffic Safety Services Foundation during the company’s campaign drive from June 16 to July 7.
Participating employees completed pledge forms and had the option to donate through payroll
deduction, cash, check or credit card.
The Foundation provides academic scholarships to school-age children, spouses and legal guardians
of roadway workers who have been permanently injured or killed in work zone accidents. Additionally,
the Foundation’s initiative, “Toward Zero Deaths,” is used to make the public aware of the need for
roadway safety, which has resulted in a decline in work zone injuries and deaths.
Sixty-four employees pledged donations to the Foundation. The employees viewed “Steve Morgan’s
Story,” the story of a firefighter, highway worker, father, son, colleague and brother, who was killed in a
roadway work zone in Sarasota, Fla., on November 23, 2011. Morgan was an employee of DBi Services,
a company that provides infrastructure maintenance and operations internationally, when he was killed
by a motorist who was unable to control his vehicle due to work zone traffic slowdown. The Foundation,
through donations, presented Morgan’s daughter, Lyndsay, with a scholarship toward Florida Gulf
Coast University, where she majors in athletic training.
“On behalf of the Foundation, I wish to thank you and your team for the wonderful program you worked
so hard to develop and implement, and what a fabulous response to those efforts,” said Foundation
President Sue Reiss. “We are delighted to hear of the phenomenal response to your program and are
overwhelmed by your employees’ generosity.”
The donations from Ennis-Flint’s employees will assist the Foundation in its goals of advancing
programs that address work zone death and injury; providing scholarships for family members of fallen
roadway workers; and maintaining the National Work Zone Memorial that honors lives lost in work
zones and helps make fatalities “real” to policy makers and drivers. The Foundation’s ultimate goal is
for no roadway worker or motorist to be killed on the roads and is stated in its initiative, “Toward Zero
Deaths.” In turn, there would be no need for scholarships for loved ones (“Toward Zero Scholarships”)
and no names to be added on the National Work Zone Memorial (“Toward Zero Names”).
Companies and organizations interested in implementing a similar program can contact Melanie McKee
at (540) 368-1701 (ext. 112) or
or Lori Diaz at (540) 368-1701 (ext. 150)
or
To view Steve Morgan’s story and other Foundation videos, visit
For more information about the American Traffic Safety
Services Foundation and to find out how to promote roadway safety through charitable giving and
public awareness, visit
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Alvaro Abundiz
Dane Alsabrook
Alex Arriaga
Vagn Askjaer
David Benitez
Nelly Botello
Chris Brooks
Zina Brooks
Shawndra Bryant
Nathan Cantebury
Caroline Carbonell
Francisco Castillo
Elias Cerda
Jose Cerda
Oscar Cerda
Rick Combes
Juan Corona
Jose Correa
Cindy Crissman
Sharon Culaniban
Gloria Davis
Jeshuan Delgado
Mark Eppley
Dennis Evangelista
Jimmie Fields
Flor Garcia
Margarita Garcias
John Gomez
German Gonzalez
Carmela Hernandez
Jesus Hernandez
Ron Jackson
Mark Lamar
Fortino Leija
Rob Mantek
James Marmolejo
Nicolas Martinez
Tracy Mendez
Rod Miller
Gina Minard
Sean Murphy
Judith Murrow
Jose Nino
Richard Norton
Francisco Ovalle
Javier Ovalle
Daria Patino
John Pitt
Fermin Ramirez
Idelfonso Ramirez
Christian Rodriguez
Itzel Rodriguez
Angel Salazar
Esmeralda Schmitz
Matthew Soule
Kimberly Thompson
Matilde Torres
Gerardo Traconis
Steve Vetter
Rosa Vigil
Marko Vojcanin
Michael Williams
Simon Yakopson
Bernadette Young
The Foundation Thanks the Following Ennis-Flint Campaign Donors
Steve Vetter, CEO
of Ennis-Flint
