Press Release - Garden State ABATE

Press Release
Contact:
Janet James, TLJ Foundation (609) 369.1181
[email protected]
Agency:
Frankenstein Design (609) 567.3577
[email protected]
Benefit Location:
Dazzyo’s Pub & Grill
505 South Route 73, Cedarbrook, NJ
Tom Daddazio (609)561.5222,
[email protected]
Attached Article Credits:
Loretta Jackson,
www.eastcoastbiker.net
(Attached permissible article)
The Second Annual Trevor James Beef-N-Beer Benefit will be May 2, 2009 beginning
at 3 pm at Dazzyo’s Pub & Grill, 505 South Route 73 in Cedarbrook, NJ.
Please
Support the Trevor James Foundation by joining us for an escorted procession past
the crash site at Williamstown-New Freedom Road in Sicklerville where Trevor James
lost his life to the billboard on route 73 in Berlin that bears Trevor and his son
Dylan’s image then back to Dazzyo’s Pub & Grill for a short press conference.
Presentations from Winslow Twp. Mayor Metzner, State Senators Sweeney and Madden,
Assemblyman Nelson Albano, Congressman Rob Andrews and hopefully Governor Jon
Corzine will ensue. Concluding the ceremony will be a benefit at Dazzyo’s Pub &
Grill from 4-7 pm that will feature food & music. May it be on two or four wheels
everyone is invited.
On August 8, 2006 Trevor James succumbed to injuries that occurred in a tragic
motorcycle accident.
Trevor took evasive action to avoid the accident but,
unfortunately his body took the full impact.
He left behind a wonderful little
boy, Dylan James.
Two years later after seeing a little yellow sign that stated “Look twice…save a
life…motorcycles are everywhere” that was placed at the crash site by ABATE
(American Bikers Advocating Training and Education), Janet James, Trevor’s mother
realized that not only did she want to help secure the future of her grandson, she
wanted to make everyone aware that automobiles share the road with motorcycles.
Thanks to the TLJ Foundation along with some very generous and caring people,
there is a billboard on Route 73 South in Berlin, NJ that hits home to everyone
that reads it. It is a photo of Trevor James holding his son Dylan while looking
at the oncoming traffic with a simple message; “PLEASE!!!
LOOK TWICE – You can
save a life – Be Alert for Motorcycles.” There is also a message from Dylan; I
miss my daddy…
www.TLJfoundation.com
Billboard campaign continues in memoriam
Story by Loretta Jackson
It would be so cool. It would be cool if Trevor James
could trot along behind his son‟s little blue tricycle. The threewheeler is careening down the sidewalk in front of Nanni‟s
house in Hammonton, New Jersey. The trike casts a long,
wobbly shadow as its pedals are pumped by Trevor‟s blondheaded son Dylan.
It would be cool if a dad and his son could pause for a
moment in the shade—a moment perhaps marked with an
exclamation point made by a tall ice cream cone with a
chocolate drip coming out of the bottom. Dylan‟s mom Anne
and his grandparents—Janet and John—share with Anne‟s
parents—Bob and Sue—in Dylan‟s ongoing adventures. It
would be so cool if his dad, Trevor, also could hear Dylan‟s
laughter and scoop the boy up into his arms for a belly hug. It
would be so cool.
But it ain‟t gonna happen. Dylan will never get that
belly hug—thanks to a driver who says she didn‟t see his
dad—or his dad‟s motorcycle. Trevor was aboard his Suzuki
when the woman pulled out of a local deli and began a left
turn—right in front of the 22-year-old motorcyclist. Trevor was
a quick thinker. He was able to lay down the Suzuki. In fact, it
spun mostly unscathed behind the woman‟s car. It was
Trevor‟s body—not the bike—that took the full impact against
the side of the woman‟s car. His helmet was no help.
Trevor never regained consciousness. He died a week
after the accident that occurred in Winslow Township in
August of 2006. He was 22 years old. He never was able to
speak any last words to his beloved Anne or their son Dylan,
his brother Carson, his parents, other family members or the
legion of friends and coworkers who prayed for miracles. A
union member in the construction trades who owned his own
home, Trevor James lives on in memory—and on a big yellow
billboard that is a plea for recognition that motorcyclists are
people, not stereotypes.
State Board of ABATE
and Chapter Six.
Gordon‟s son Adam and
Trevor were best friends,
so Tom knew the depth
of the loss. Congressman
Robert Andrews‟ office
got in touch. And Janet recently wrote a letter to Governor Jon
Corzine, whose own brush with death in a serious collision
showed him only too well how one second can change a life.
Today, the quest continues to raise awareness of
motorcyclists. Janet says it‟s been “the winds of goodness and
kindness” that have encouraged her. She said, “„A penny
doubled‟ is my motto, to bring understanding and education to
the general motoring public.” She is sure that after a time
people will remember the image of Trevor and his little son
Dylan as they drive the highways of New Jersey and beyond.
Now, that would be cool.
A benefit event to help sustain the billboard project has
been announced. All are invited to attend the Second Annual
Trevor James Benefit planned for Saturday, May 2 at
Dazzyo‟s Bar & Grill, 505 South Route 73 in Cedarbrook, NJ.
Riders will meet, greet and depart at 3 p.m. for a memorial ride
from Dazzyo‟s to the billboard site, about two miles away and
then return to Dazzyo‟s for the festivities.
A pause at the billboard site may include a press conference anticipated to feature input from State Senators
Sweeney and Madden, Assemblyman Nelson Albano,
Congressman Rob Andrews, Mayor SueAnn Metzner of
Winslow Township and hopefully Governor Jon Corzine. Folks
then will depart for a moment of silence at the crash site, just
down the road.
Then, it‟s a return to Dazzyo‟s for a benefit there from
4:00pm to 7:00pm that will feature food, music, a 50/50
The billboard is located on Route 73 South in the town drawing and a prize auction. All are invited whether on bikes
of Berlin, NJ. It shows a photo of Trevor and Dylan when the
or in other vehicles. Info: Janet James at 609-369-1181
baby was little. Trevor is looking out toward approaching
(email: [email protected]) or call Tom Dazzyo
drivers. The baby is in his arms. And it is the baby‟s words that
at 609-561-5222 (email: [email protected]).
form the caption saying, “I miss my daddy.”
Trevor‟s mom, Janet James, has fought
relentlessly to maintain the billboard campaign,
hoped to be incorporated into May‟s Motorcycle
Awareness activities. She was encouraged by a
little yellow sign someone left at the accident
scene. The Garden State ABATE sponsored
sign read, “Look twice, save a life. Motorcycles
are everywhere.”
Subsequently, Janet‟s quest to maintain
the billboard encouraged support from Kresson
Signs of Cherry Hill, NJ, and Walter‟s Signs of
Berlin, NJ. Donations from the public helped,
along with support from Garden State ABATE
officials Tom Gordon and Steve Friedrich, the
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