Safe Ride program available this weekend

[December 23, 2011]  On Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, Safe Ride will be available in Lincoln for those who need it. Safe Ride is a FREE ride home, sponsored by the Healthy Behaviors Task Force, an initiative of the Healthy Communities Partnership.

To receive a free ride home on these nights, ask a bartender or call the cab company, American Cab of Lincoln, at 735-9696.

"Safe Ride has become an established service that helps keep our streets safer on nights when children and families are more apt to be enjoying activities away from home," says Kristi Lessen, director of the Healthy Communities Partnership. "We encourage not only the community to remember Safe Ride when celebrating, but also bartenders to suggest it when necessary."

It will not transport riders to another bar, and the service is available within Lincoln city limits only.

In 2012, Safe Ride will be available on Super Bowl Sunday, St. Patrick's Day, Memorial Day weekend, Fourth of July, the weekend of the Logan County Fair, during the Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival, Labor Day weekend, Halloween, the night before Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.

Healthy Communities Partnership is a collaborative organization comprised of dozens of community agencies. It is supported in part by the Abraham Lincoln Healthcare Foundation

[Text from file received from Healthy Communities Partnership]