ABOUT CASEY FELDMAN
April 6, 1988 - July 17, 2009
Casey Feldman, 21, of Springfield, a senior at Fordham University and an award-winning student journalist, died July 17, 2009 after being hit as a pedestrian.
Read Casey's Complete Biography
View the 14 minute video, "Remembering Casey":
After listening to all of casey s accomplishments I was struck by how much she had accomplished in her 21 years and said to myself. What am I waiting for?
-Margaret Berry
Efforts to End Distracted Driving
Casey Featured on DOT "Faces of Distracted Driving"
A video on the United States Department of Transportation website featuring friends and family of Casey and how they have been moved to help bring an end to distracted driving.
Foundation Launches International Campaign to End Distracted Driving Deaths Among Students
Joel Feldman and The Casey Feldman Foundation have amassed over 800 trial lawyers, judges and traffic safety professionals to give distracted driving presentations in all 50 states and 9 provinces in Canada for National Distracted Driving Awareness Month in April.
Casey Feldman Foundation Partners with NOYS for Second Annual YOUTH-Turn Contest
YOUTH-Turn, a program of National Organizations for Youth Safety sponsored by the Casey Feldman Memorial Foundation and supported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, is inspiring young people to a turn traffic adversity into action with its annual Youth-Turn It Around Awards. Deadline for registration is April 17, 2012.
The Casey Feldman Memorial Foundation Supports:
Recent Updates From The Casey Feldman Memorial Foundation :
Casey’s College Friend Speaks at Her High School Alma Mater on Distracted Driving
By Brooke Burdge:
On Friday, April 27, I had the opportunity to visit my alma mater, Communications High School, in Wall Twp., N.J. to speak to over 150 juniors and seniors on the topic of distracted driving. My presentation was one of over a thousand that took place in April as part of End Distracted Driving’s (EndDD.org) campaign for National Distracted Driving Awareness Month [....]
U.S. Department of Transportation Commends Joel Feldman’s Efforts to End Distracted Driving
Ray LaHood, U.S. Secretary of Transportation, dedicated a recent blog article to Joel Feldman’s (Casey’s father) efforts to end distracted driving through amassing some 800 attorneys and judges to speak to students across the country and in Canada. The effort was through EndDD.org, a website sponsored by the Casey Feldman [....]
Fordham Observer Scholarship Recipients Attend Associated Collegiate Press Conferences
With scholarship stipends from the Casey Feldman Memorial Foundation, two students from Fordham University's Fordham College Lincoln Center (FCLC) were able to attend the 2011 and 2012 Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) conferences. Both students are staff members of The Observer, the student newspaper at FCLC, where Casey was News Editor at the time of her death [....]
Contributing to the Casey Feldman Memorial Foundation
The Casey Feldman Memorial Foundation's mission is to provide financial support to individuals, groups, and institutions whose interests and goals align with those of Casey. The Foundation will support charitable, educational and literary pursuits and encourage volunteerism and good citizenship.
