Background of Check In

Bob Anastas (the founder and former executive director of SADD) has risen to national prominence as an educator, speaker and author.  Today, through his new, independent program, “Check In To A Winning Life,” he brings to both parents and students a timely, motivational message on how young people can develop responsible attitudes and make good decisions about the many challenges they face.

A former college All-American football and hockey player, Massachusetts “Teacher of the Year” and coach, Anastas and his students developed SADD, or Students Against Driving Drunk.  The program engaged students and parents in a joint commitment to help each other, to call on one another to help fight underage drinking and drunk driving.

Recognizing that today’s students face many other challenges and decisions beyond those about underage drinking and drunk driving, Anastas has initiated a new and separate program, an evolution of his core message, designed to address the broader subject of responsible  decision making. 

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Underage drinking and drunk driving are symptoms of high-risk behavior.  “Check In To A Winning Life” motivates students, teachers and parents to broaden their understanding of risk-taking behavior and how to forcefully confront its cause: the need for key life skills of self-esteem, self-image, motivation, maturity and leadership.