Marshfield Area United Way Wins WAVE Award
Wednesday, November 27th, 2013 -- 8:15 AM
-The Marshfield United Way has won an award for a Public Service Video.The WAVE Awards recognizes the best web, audio and video media productions created in the Greater Madison area. Recently, ?The Statisticks of Marshfield,? a Marshfield Area United Way video, won the WAVE Award in the PSA/Public service category at the Wave Award show.
"The Statisticks of Marshfield" is a short video that takes you on a journey through adolescence with Jamie and Jamie. You will learn how two best friend's lives take different paths and how your investment in Marshfield Area United Way can help the "Jamie's" of Marshfield achieve their full potential. The video was created to bring attention to data collected from responses to the 2012 Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
The survey is administered to local students in eighth, tenth, and twelfth grades and is given with anonymity. Students are asked questions on various topics, such as: distracted driving, violence related behaviors, bullying, drug and alcohol use, suicide and healthy lifestyle behaviors.
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