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1. CLF Fight to End Distracted Driving Continues, CLF DRAW Challenge Announced

   January 13, 2015 5:14 PM Leave a Comment

   It is a cause and a mission that the Chaffin Luhana Foundation is determined to conquer. Ending distracted driving.

   On Monday, October 20th, 2014, Chaffin Luhana Partner Eric Chaffin and Paralympian and Chaffin Luhana Foundation Spokesperson, Stephani Victor, went to Quaker Valley High School in Leetsdale, PA outside of Pittsburgh to encourage students to end distracted driving.

   Stephani is a 1987 alum of Quaker Valley and was excited to return to her hometown to speak with students and share her powerful story. An accident involving a distracted driver robbed Stephani of both of her legs when she was just 26 years old. Stephani became a Paralympic downhill skier, winning five medals in three Paralympic Winter Games.

   This is the second time Eric was joined by Stephani to speak to students about ending distracted driving. They paired up in August and spoke to students at Oak Glen High School, Eric’s alma mater, in New Cumberland, WV.

   Eric and Stephani continued their multi-school tour to end distracted driving on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 when they return to West Virginia and speak to students at Wheeling Park and Weir High Schools.

   During their visit to Quaker Valley and when speaking on Wednesday at Wheeling Park and Weir High, Eric and Stephani invited students to participate in the new CLF DRAW Challenge. CLF DRAW Challenge Scholars will win college scholarships, ski with Stephani at Deer Valley in Utah and enjoy an honorees dinner.

   Eric and Stephani also shared the Foundation’s mission and new challenge on October 21, on Pittsburgh Today Live.

2. Chaffin Luhana and Chaffin Luhana Foundation Give Back to Local Veterans

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   Last year, Veterans Day was on Tuesday, November 11, 2014. It’s a day to recognize the men and women who have risked their lives to protect our country. Chaffin Luhana and the Chaffin Luhana Foundation is taking part in this day of remembrance and helping local veterans in the first-ever “IB (Injury Board) Day of Action.”

   The Injury Board was started by attorneys in 2001 who wanted to help those who were injured or facing a civil litigation matter find representation. Chaffin Luhana is a member of IB, which encourages members to give back to their communities. This year, the IB organized a “nationwide community outreach effort” to help veterans in the firms’ respective areas of business. At least 30 law firms from across the country are participating in the 2014 “IB Day of Action.” Chaffin Luhana is participating in two cities, New York and Pittsburgh.

   The Chaffin Luhana Foundation sponsored donations that were purchased by employees of Chaffin Luhana from the New York, Weirton, and Pittsburgh offices. These donations included articles of clothing and hygiene items that the Pittsburgh and New York VA facilities needed.

   All donations were delivered by Chaffin Luhana employees to the Pittsburgh VA facility and New York VA-Manhattan Campus on Thursday, November 6, 2014.

3. Chaffin Luhana Partners Participate in Reef Relief Service Project

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   Chaffin Luhana Partners Eric Chaffin and Roopal Luhana, and their families headed to Key West in October 2014, but they didn’t go there to sunbathe and swim. Instead, they spent time “Doing Good by Doing Right,” by participating in a Reef Relief service project organized by the Injury Board in Key West, Florida. The Injury Board conference was held between October 9, 2014 and October 12, 2014.

   As part of Reef Relief’s Clean Water Campaign, Eric, Roopal and other trial lawyers from across the country helped remove marine debris to protect the wildlife and keep the coral reef healthy in Key West.

   What is Reef Relief?

   According to Reef Relief, North America’s only barrier reef is “approximately six miles seaward of the Florida Keys in waters that are typically fifteen to thirty feet deep.” Reef Relief is a non-profit organization that started in 1987. The organization also helps reduce pollution brought in from travelers and helps to educate those on the importance of our reef system. Reef Relief has several programs and projects designed to improve and protect the coral reef ecosystem, including:

   • Clean Water Campaign: Helps improve water quality in the Florida Keys.
   • Jamaica Coral Reef Protection Program: Installed 35 relief mooring buoys in Negril, Jamaica in 1991 and returned to train preservationists on how to patrol the reefs.
   • Key West Reef Mooring Buoy Program: Installed and maintained 116 mooring buoys at Key West coral reefs.
   • Coral Reef Conservation Program: Helps educate people on how to protect the reef ecosystem and the benefits of doing so. It maintains the Environmental Education System in Key West.
   • Guanaja Bay Islands, Honduras Project: Installed 36 reef mooring buoys to protect fragile coral reefs around Guanaja.
   • Coral Nursery Project: Helped save storm-ravaged corals and helped them survive.
   • The Bahamas Project: Coral reef conservation plan in the Bahamas to help educate, install reef mooring buoys, among other things.
   • The Cuba Project: Efforts to conserve Cuban coral reefs.