{"id":5351,"date":"2011-04-08T09:14:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-08T15:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=5351"},"modified":"2011-04-08T09:14:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-08T15:14:00","slug":"barrington-elementary-2nd-grader-launches-a-campaign-against-texting-and-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=5351","title":{"rendered":"Barrington Elementary 2nd Grader Launches A Campaign Against Texting and Driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5352 alignnone lazyload\" title=\"Brooke Bommarito,texting pg 3\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Brooke-Bommaritotexting-pg-3--108x150.jpg?resize=108%2C150\" alt=\"Brooke Bommarito,texting pg 3\" width=\"108\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 108px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 108\/150;\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Brooke Bommarito<\/strong><br \/>\nThe danger of texting and driving isn\u2019t a concern for most children, but for second-grader Brooke Bommarito, it\u2019s a personal campaign.<br \/>\nBommarito is a student at Barrington Elementary School in the Hazelwood School District. In late January, she and her family watched an episode of \u201cExtreme Makeover Home Edition\u201d and she was moved by the show\u2019s featured family. The Browns, who live in Texas, lost a daughter in a car accident on the way to school because she was texting while driving.<br \/>\nBommarito decided she wanted to help. Through a letter, copied on pink paper, and a pledge form, she is sharing the message of the Brown family in support of their campaign, r.a.b., Remember Alex Brown.<br \/>\n\u201cI am asking for your help with a cause that is very important to me,\u201d Bommarito states in her letter.<br \/>\nAs the letter continues, it reads, \u201cThere is no reason for another family to suffer the way the Brown family has, so I have pledged to do everything I can to help make everyone STOP texting and driving.\u201d<br \/>\nBommarito said the show was \u201creally heartbreaking for me. It\u2019s sad when you lose a family member. I\u2019ve lost someone, not from texting and driving, but old age.\u201d<br \/>\nHer parents helped her go online and download the pledge. She asked her parents, aunt, uncle and cousin to sign the pledge. At school, she asked her teacher, April Ernst, to put copies of the letter and pledge form into the teacher\u2019s mailboxes. To date, 23 teachers have returned the pledge.<br \/>\nBommarito set a goal of having 500 people commit to the pledge. She has collected 107.<br \/>\n\u201cBrooke is very good about reminding us about not texting and using our phones while we\u2019re driving,\u201d said her mother, Terresa.<br \/>\n\u201cI say \u2018Mom, do not answer that phone.\u2019\u201d<br \/>\nBommarito said she knew about the dangers of texting and driving before watching the show because her parents talk to her about \u201cthe things you should and shouldn\u2019t do.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s been a learning lesson for her, too,\u201d her mother said, explaining that Brooke answers the phone while her parents drive. \u201cShe doesn\u2019t want people to forget about the pledge and the reason behind its importance.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThis is her thing. It\u2019s 100 percent her cause,\u201d said her father, Dominic.<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019re very proud of what she\u2019s done thus far,\u201d her mother added.<br \/>\nWhen asked what she\u2019d say to a room full of people to tell them about the pledge, Bommarito quickly answered.<br \/>\n\u201cExcuse me, I\u2019m sorry to interrupt. I would like you guys to sign this. It\u2019s a Don\u2019t Forget Alex Brown pledge. I don\u2019t want anyone else to suffer. I\u2019m trying to get as many people as I can to sign this.\u201d<br \/>\nHer letter closes with \u201cThanks for caring!!\u201d followed by her signature with a heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brooke Bommarito The danger of texting and driving isn\u2019t a concern for most children, but for second-grader Brooke Bommarito, it\u2019s a personal campaign. Bommarito is a student at Barrington Elementary School in the Hazelwood School District. 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