SSADD is the same group that formerly was named Spartans Against Drunk Driving, or SADD. The group recently changed its name because another organization uses the same acronym.

As SSADD advertising coordinator Hailey Trumble spent the day Tuesday near the rock on Farm Lane handing out brochures, stickers and ribbons, she said all the hard work was worth braving the rain and cold.

“We come out here and we do this for MSU and for the community, to let them know that it’s not acceptable to drink and drive,” said Trumble, a journalism senior.

“The support given to us, not only by MSU but by both police departments and East Lansing, has just been amazing and overwhelming.”

East Lansing police Chief Tom Wibert was among those mingling with students and handing out items during the late morning and early afternoon. He said SSADD’s recognition by the city council would help spread the group’s message to residents of the city.

Wibert handed out ELPD stickers and face tattoos along with literature and various other handouts to give students an idea of the punishments for drunken driving.

“It just puts it back into their minds,” Wibert said. “Especially since we’re coming down to the last month of school and the sun is going to be coming out and people are going to be partying more than they were a month ago.”

SSADD members distributed business card-sized documents with various taxi cab phone numbers in the East Lansing area.

Among the attention-grabbers located near the rock was the MSU police crash car, which showed curious passerby the results of a drunken driving crash.

Sgt. Randy Holton, the MSU police liaison to SSADD, said the crash car was a way to get bystanders interested in SSADD’s message.

“When they go up there and read the literature on there, they think a little bit about what happened in that situation,” Holton said. “Hopefully, it sends a message to them that if you drink and drive, especially if you drive drunk, this possibly could happen.”

Trumble said the group had been planning the day’s events for quite some time. She said she hoped the impact on students who stopped by the Rock would result in a louder voice for the group.

“We’re hoping to expand our group more … just getting the message that drinking and driving is not OK out to the community,” Trumble said. “We’re not saying that you shouldn’t drink, we’re just saying be safe about it.”