Jeffery Harms, a volunteer at St. Francis Medical Center, was recently honored by Whiteman Air Force Base for the anti-drunk driving programs he conducted for 2,500 people at the base.
Harms, who was severely injured in a drunk-driving accident in 1986, has spoken to more than 29,800 people in the past two years through the Missouri Heads-Up Program, which promotes seat-belt use as a means of avoiding head injuries in automobile accidents.
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