Robert Anastas
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Robert Anastas - is a former hockey
coach and teacher at Wayland High School
, in Wayland
, Massachusetts
. Anastas founded SADD in 1981 at the school following the deaths of two students in nonrelated drunk driving accidents.
SADD originally stood for Students against Driving Drunk, but in 1997, it became Students Against Destructive Decisions and expanded its scope beyond promoting alcohol
temperance
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Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
coach and teacher at Wayland High School
Wayland High School
Wayland High School is a secondary school located at 264 Old Connecticut Path in Wayland, Massachusetts. Its principal is Patrick Tutwiler. The style of the high school was inspired by college campuses: there are 8 separate buildings, each dedicated to one or more general areas of study. ...
, in Wayland
Wayland, Massachusetts
Wayland is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 12,994 at the 2010 census.For geographic and demographic information on Cochituate, which is part of Wayland, please see the article Cochituate, Massachusetts.-History:...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. Anastas founded SADD in 1981 at the school following the deaths of two students in nonrelated drunk driving accidents.
SADD originally stood for Students against Driving Drunk, but in 1997, it became Students Against Destructive Decisions and expanded its scope beyond promoting alcohol
Alcohol
In chemistry, an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxy functional group is bound to a carbon atom. In particular, this carbon center should be saturated, having single bonds to three other atoms....
temperance
Temperance movement
A temperance movement is a social movement urging reduced use of alcoholic beverages. Temperance movements may criticize excessive alcohol use, promote complete abstinence , or pressure the government to enact anti-alcohol legislation or complete prohibition of alcohol.-Temperance movement by...
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