Newsletter - Spring/Summer 2025 Edition
MARK YOUR CALENDAR: 2025 TOUR STOPS
Do you have a teen driver who could benefit from behind-the-wheel training with professional driving instructors? Below is a list of the upcoming 2025 Ford Driving Skills for Life tour stops. Keep checking our Hands-On Training registration page for more information. Registration typically opens 6-8 weeks in advance of the event.
Ford Philanthropy and GHSA are committed to making this hands-on driver training experience available to teens who may not have the opportunity due to financial constraints, which is why the program is offered at no charge.
Remaining stops include:
CALLING ALL TITLE 1 SCHOOLS, NONPROFITS SERVING TEENS IN UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES
Are you an educator at a Title I school or involved with a nonprofit that serves teens from communities with limited resources? We can reserve spots for teen groups with chaperones to attend any of our upcoming hands-on driver training programs this year. Send us an email at
KICKING OFF THE YEAR IN TENNESSEE AND MISSOURI
The 2025 Ford Driving Skills for Life program kicked off the year with a stop in Jackson, Tenn., in March followed by Kansas City, Mo., in April. In total, 780 teens and adult chaperones participated in the weekend sessions.
Special thanks to our State Highway Safety Office partners, including the Tennessee Highway Safety Office and the Missouri Department of Transportation, for placing a priority on teen driver education in these communities! Check out 2025 Driving Skills for Life event photos here.
NEVER BEEN TO OUR EVENT? CHECK THIS OUT
Are you wondering what our half-day, hands-on Ford Driving Skills for Life training session is like? This short video provides a glimpse of each of our training modules and you can hear firsthand from teens, chaperones and Ford Driving Skills for Life driver and content coaches. Please note that events vary by location. Programs are adapted and may be smaller to accommodate the available space.
RAISING AWARENESS AT THE NATIONAL BIKE SUMMIT
The Ford Driving Skills for Life team hosted a pop-up at the National Bike Summit in Washington, D.C., earlier this year. Attendees at the event, which was organized by the League of American Bicyclists, had the opportunity to experience VR glasses combined with a stationary bike. Users were put into a series of scenarios that help them better understand the vulnerability and needs of people biking as well as responsibilities of drivers and other road users.
THE ACADEMY: FREE ONLINE DRIVER TRAINING
Can’t make an in-person, hands-on training this year? We offer an online academy with a variety of safe-driving videos and simulations as well as tips and quizzes. Teen participants receive a certificate upon completion of the academy.
