{"id":14728,"date":"2019-04-04T00:31:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T00:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/?p=14728"},"modified":"2022-06-13T08:40:50","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T08:40:50","slug":"why-we-walk-bobby-degennaro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/why-we-walk-bobby-degennaro\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We Walk: Bobby DeGennaro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/200Bobby.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-123595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/200Bobby.jpg 250w, https:\/\/madd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/200Bobby-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><br \/>\nBobby was a one of a kind person. He had beautiful soul and a smile that could light up an entire room. He loved his Marvel Comics, collectibles and was a gifted artist. He could draw anything and make it look incredible. Bobby also loved his job where he worked with autistic kids. Every day he would come home and tell us how rewarding it was to help others. That was just the kind of person he was. Always looking out for others and being there for them when they truly need it. In February 2015, he moved to North Carolina to live with his best friend from childhood. He looked at this as a new opportunity for his future and it\u2019s safe to say that excitement was an understatement.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_1352-300x225-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-123591 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_1352-300x225-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-123591\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\nSix months later, the evening of August 7<sup>th<\/sup>, I spoke to him about how he was going to take a bus home to visit, ending the conversation with, \u201cMom, I\u2019m going out with friends tonight, I love you and I\u2019ll talk to you tomorrow.\u201d It wasn\u2019t until 7 hours later, August 8<sup>th<\/sup>, 2015,\u00a0 when I got a phone call saying that Bobby was hit and killed by a drunk driver. It was in that very moment I knew my life would change forever. We will never be able to watch our son walk down the aisle, his sister will never get the chance to see her big bother become a father, and his friends will never be able to laugh with him like they used to. This was all because of one senseless act. We forever will miss you!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_1350-300x225-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-123592 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_1350-300x225-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-123592\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Bobby\u2019s mom, Dawn D\u2019Andria has been participating in the <a class=\"text-red\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walklikemadd.org\/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&amp;eventID=951\">Tri-Town Walk Like MADD <\/a>for the past two years with over 25 team members all supporting Team Hats for Bobby. We are so grateful for her commitment to help MADD create a future of No More Victims and are honored to dedicate the\u00a0<a class=\"text-red\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walklikemadd.org\/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&amp;eventID=951\">2019 Tri-Town Walk Like MADD<\/a>\u00a0in memory of Bobby DeGennaro.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"text-red\" href=\"https:\/\/theriver1059.iheart.com\/featured\/renee\/content\/2019-04-02-madd-mothers-against-drunk-driving\/\">Hear the interview<\/a> with Dawn D&#8217;Andria and Kayla DeGennaro on Connecticut&#8217;s The River 105.9.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_1349.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"290\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-123593 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 185px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 185\/290;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_1349.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"290\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-123593\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Bobby DeGennaro<\/p>\n<p>DOB- 3\/10\/89<\/p>\n<p>Crash- 8\/8\/15<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_0098-compressed-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-123594 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_0098-compressed-600x400-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/madd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_0098-compressed-600x400-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/400;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_0098-compressed-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-123594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_0098-compressed-600x400-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/madd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_0098-compressed-600x400-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bobby was a one of a kind person. 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