Margarete Schroter Foundation

05/11/2024

05/11/2024

No more victims! We are beyond grateful to be involved with the Walk Like Madd event at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers. You’ll be seeing a lot more of this Foundation out and about in the community.

Sponsors: Adapt 2 Independence & Manatee Mobility Vans Fort Myers

04/26/2024

I will walk for Margarete Schroter, my Mother.

The 2024 Walk Like MADD & MADD Dash Fort Myers 5K event is MADD's signature fundraising event to help us raise both awareness and funds to eliminate drunk and drugged driving. We hope that you will rally with us in Fort Myers, FL to help create a future of No More Victims®.

The event will be on Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 7:30 AM. You can support a participant, a team, or the event! All the money raised stays in Southwest Florida to support victim services, preventative programing, and victim support.

I want to extend a HUGE thank you to Adapt 2 Independence for being one of our biggest sponsors and partners for this event. Through your generous contribution we will be able to help others.

A big thank you goes out to my friends and family members that have donated too and to those that will be walking beside me. I love you all!

04/26/2024

Officially filed for our New Florida Not for Profit Corporation status! One step closer to changing lives and hoping to raise enough awareness to help end drunk and impaired driving for good.

Our reason:

It's been over two years since I lost my Mom to a drunk driver. I'm no longer angry at the man that took her life. What is sad is that he suffered from an addiction issue and never got the help he needed. He made a fatal choice on the evening of the accident. Unfortunately, he lost his life too. My Mom was the type of person that would have forgiven him, so I finally forgive him too. I like to think that my Mom took him to heaven with her. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think of her; she is missed dearly by so many. It never gets any easier, but I know she is with me in my heart.

According to the CDC, over 10,000 Americans a year are killed by drunk drivers, about 1,000 of them being children. These deaths were all preventable. I know I'm never going to be able to stop every drunk driver, but my goal is to continue to raise awareness and help those families that are affected by drunk and drugged drivers.

In honor of my Mom, I will be starting a non-profit called the Margarete Schroter Foundation. It's a non-profit created in memory of Margarete Schroter, a loving mother whose life was taken abruptly by a drunk driver. This foundation was established to honor the life of Margarete and to help other victims of drunk and drugged driving accidents.

A percentage of every booking from our rental properties will be donated to this non-profit and hopefully be used to help other victims of these horrific accidents. We plan on donating the proceeds to immediate family members to help with those unexpected expenses.