Operating since 1989, arrive alive DRIVE SOBER^® receives outstanding support from the public and media for which we are very grateful. A registered charity, we do not telemarket and do not use professional fundraisers. Our mission is to eliminate impaired driving in Ontario.

Our Charity Work - Where the Money Goes

Annual Report

Before you become involved in our organization, we want you to know our commitment to our cause…

Most of our work is organized by committees made up of volunteers. We don’t use any paid fundraisers and we don’t telemarket. Being true to our mission, arrive alive DRIVE SOBER® shares materials and resources with more than 300 groups, schools, public health units, businesses, and police services every year. We note that Ontario has the safest roads in Canada and North America and we are proud to have played a role in this achievement. Most recent data (2008) show a 29% reduction in impaired driving fatalities (over 2007).

Our numbers:

In 2010, we raised a total of $273,673 and spent $215,178 of that on our charitable work - representing 78.5% of our gross revenue of about $273,000. During the same year we issued approximately $18,000 in charitable receipts; this requires us by Revenue Canada to spend about $14,400 on our charitable work. We very much surpassed the requirement and we proudly, typically do. Over the years we have accumulated a surplus towards the amount we can receipt, over 1 million to date – that's how much arrive alive DRIVE SOBER® could issue in charitable receipts without spending anything further on charitable work.

Here's is a link to Revenue Canada's website - then "search" for OCCID

You can donate to arrive alive DRIVE SOBER^® (OCCID) by completing this form and mailing/faxing ior click on our paypal link at our home page; please note you can choose to allocate your support to a local group or to a specific organization (e.g. OSAID, TIRF etc). You can also volunteer locally by contacting our office directly.