LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Two college students could have their art work displayed on RTC buses and stops all through the Las Vegas valley as a part of the annual ‘Save a Life, Win a MacBook’ contest.
Arrow, an elementary faculty scholar, received for the primary time within the contest’s 16-year historical past. His mother, Kelley, was thrilled.
“The fact that anybody would be able to see it and absorb his message, that’s really cool,” she stated.
His message, together with center schooler Jacqueline’s, is concentrated on educating individuals who stroll across the valley to watch out within the roads. Erin Breen with the Highway Fairness Alliance stated on common, it is a 50-50 break up on who’s at fault in a pedestrian crash. That quantity adjustments when the pedestrians are children.
“We don’t see those numbers when it’s children that are on their way to or from school, far and away,” Breen stated. “The driver is at fault, and kids are crossing the street where they’re supposed to be.”
Breen stated the competition isn’t just about educating youngsters, but in addition for the neighborhood to concentrate on a long-lasting pedestrian security drawback.
Whereas the successful art work is about security, Arrow creates all kinds of artwork, even designing the shirt he wore.
“Everybody has their own talents and strengths, and if somebody, if your kid is willing to come to you and wants to express this, just sitting with them, even if you’re not artistically inclined, is enough support,” Kelley stated. “And that’s pretty much what we did, was just sit with him and watch him go.”
Different scholar artwork from the competitors shall be a part of a touring artwork present all through the valley.
