BALTIMORE, Maryland, August 30, 2010 – Railroad safety nonprofit Operation Lifesaver (www.oli.org) today gave national safety awards highlighting individual achievements in preventing deaths and injuries around tracks and trains to Mike Glenn of Snellville, Georgia and Sergeant First Class Brian Hakey of Southport, NC.
Glenn received the OL Champion Award for incorporating rail safety education into a youth sports program for the hearing-impaired and in national speaking engagements; Hakey received the F. Tom Roberts Memorial Volunteer Award for expanding the OL program in Southeast North Carolina and making OL’s lifesaving messages available to all branches of the military. The awards were presented at a dinner during the 16th Operation Lifesaver Symposium and Training Seminars here.
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