A Springfield attorney has been named the Community Foundation of the Ozarks 2015 Humanitarian Award recipient.
Kurt Larson founded Missouri Safe and Sober 12 years ago in Springfield to educate teens about the dangers of underage drinking and drinking and driving. Students participate in a presentation and then are given a chance to sign a pledge to remain alcohol free until they’re 21-years-old, to never drink and drive and to encourage their friends to remain safe and sober.
So far, the program has reached more than 30,000 high school students across Missouri. Besides the high school program, Safe and Sober has launched a parent education website and added a middle school program.
Attorney Jim Corbett, who submitted the nomination for the Humanitarian Award, says Larson gives school presentations, distributes pledge cards, added the middle schools and invested his own money in the program—all to prevent alcohol-related tragedies.
Larson also serves on numerous community boards, including Ozarks Greenways, the Underage Drinking Task Force and the DWI Task Force.
The award will be handed out today at noon at the Doubletree Hotel.
