Walk to End Distracted Driving is Saturday in Eden Prairie

This weekend there will be a walk in Purgatory Creek Park in an attempt to end distracted driving.

The walk takes place on Saturday, Oct. 12, and benefits the Shreya R. Dixit Memorial Foundation whose mission is “to champion the observance of safe and distraction-free driving practices, raise awareness in the community about dangers of districted driving and encourage drivers to be mindful of the safety of other drivers and passengers on the road.”

According to the Eden Prairie Police Department’s blog:

“The Foundation was started in memory of Shreya R. Dixit, an Eden Prairie resident who was killed in a distracted driving crash while on her way home from college in 2007.

Since its inception the Foundation has:

• produced a documentary that it provides free to drivers’ education schools, high schools and community organizations;
• awarded scholarships to college-bound seniors to take the message of safe driving with them to college;
• and participated in the Minnesota Teen Drive Safety peer-to-peer education program with the Minnesota Safety Council and Toward Zero Deaths program.”

This year’s walk will take place on Saturday, Oct. 12 at 9 a.m. at the Purgatory Creek Park Pavilion.

Participants can register for the 5K Run/Walk or the 10K Run.