
	Volume 3. June-July 2008

In this Issue

Introducing Bella Dinh-Zarr

Beacon Hill Village pays a visit

ITNOrlando's first volunteer made a difference

Meet ITNChicago, our new affiliate

Two Worlds Come Together... Again!

Changing the world one ride at a time

The Liberty Mutual and ITNAmerica Partnership. ITNAmerica is excited to announce our partnership with Liberty Mutual, one of the nation's leading auto, home and life insurers. As the National Insurance Partner to ITNAmerica and our affiliate communities, Liberty Mutual has embraced ITN's mission to support safe, senior mobility and developed resources for seniors and their families to make good, safe transportation decisions found at www.libertymutual.com/seniordriving.

Introducing Bella Dinh-Zarr

Dr. Dinh-Zarr discusses transportation and quality of life as we age

ITNAmerica is honored to present T. Bella Dinh-Zarr, PhD, MPH as the newest member of our board of directors. Bella is a public health and transportation scientist, serving as North American Director of the Make Roads Safe Campaign for Global Road Safety and Director of Road Safety for the FIA Foundation, an international non-profit organization based in London.

Read the rest of Bella Dinh-Zarr's story

Beacon Hill Village pays a visit

On May 27, four representatives from Beacon Hill Village (BHV) visited our offices in Westbrook, Maine, to learn how communities across the country are replicating the ITN model. At the same time, we were eager to learn how BHV handles transportation issues, and how we might work together to meet the needs of older adults in central Boston. The synergy was great as comments flew back and forth, and we ditched the Power Point presentation to go with the flow of questions that filled four hours and left us eager to meet again.

ITNOrlando's first volunteer made a difference

From Tom Porter, Executive Director, ITNOrlando

Ann Nicolson was the first ITNOrlando volunteer to drive for us, even if it was just "pretend." One of the local news shows did a story about us and Ann drove for the television camera weeks before we gave our first "real" ride. Over one hundred times since then, Ann got into her car, picked up a customer and drove them to their destination. Ann, like all of our volunteers, was a very generous person.

Read the rest of Ann's story

Welcome to ITNChicago

In early 2006, Joyce Gallagher, Commissioner of the City of Chicago Department of Senior Services, read an article in the Chicago Tribune entitled, "Program Lets Seniors Trade Cars for Rides." The article described a nonprofit that started in Maine, the Independent Transportation Network®, that encourages seniors who can no longer drive safely to trade their cars for rides.

Two Worlds Come Together... Again!

By Andrew Wolk, Founder & CEO, Root Cause

It was late 2004 when I first met Katherine Freund in a restaurant in Kenmore Square across the street from Fenway Park. At the time, Root Cause was a two person consulting practice and Katherine was looking to hire a business planner. Since then Root Cause has helped support the planning and implementation of ITNAmerica in multiple ways and grown quite a bit while doing so.

Read the rest of Andrew's story

Changing the world one ride at a time

Google Maps Terms of Use

We are very happy to announce the launch of eleven newly designed websites. The ten affiliate sites are easily accessible from ITNAmerica's national website.