Webinar: Talking with Teens About Underage Drinking

Operation Parent hosts MADD’s National President Helen Witty, a parent and victim of drunk and drugged driving, lost her precious daughter Helen Marie when a teen who had been drinking tequila and smoking marijuana made the terrible choice to get behind the wheel and drive. Helen believes it is stories like hers and sadly many […]

Prom and Graduation: Enjoy Fun, Safe Parties

Parents play a major role in their children’s choices about alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. In a National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University survey to parents and teens, one-third of teen partygoers have been to parties (prom and graduation included) where teens were drinking alcohol, smoking marijuana, or using cocaine, ecstasy […]

On Halloween, and Every Day, Buzzed Driving Is Drunk Driving

Halloween is a time for making memories, not causing nightmares. This Halloween, the Alliance for Safe Kids (ASK), Yorktown Police Department and State Farm ® are reminding Halloween partiers that Buzzed Driving Is Drunk Driving. Stay safe—and help keep others safe—by refraining from drunk driving. In 2015, there were 55 people killed in drunk-driving-related crashes. […]

This Labor Day, Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over

The end of summer is traditionally marked by the Labor Day holiday, a time for our country to reflect on the hard work of our fellow Americans. The long weekend is typically celebrated through picnics, pool parties, and barbecues, as families and friends enjoy the last few days of summer before fall and winter approach. […]

Buzzed Driving Is Drunk Driving

We often hear statistics that we only briefly register and then just as quickly forget, assuming—hoping—that those statistics will never touch us. How could we possibly know those faceless numbers? In 2015, 10,265 people were killed in drunk-driving-related car crashes, accounting for nearly one-third of all traffic fatalities. That is 10,265 mothers, fathers, children, siblings, […]

Alcohol Awareness Month

The need to provide meaningful education on the dangers of underage drinking and drug use here in Yorktown has never been greater. A few facts help to highlight that need:  Alcohol and drugs are the leading causes of crime among youth.  Alcohol and drugs are the leading factors in teenage suicide.  More […]

Celebrate “Alcohol-Free Weekend” with ASK

Alcohol-Free Weekend, traditionally observed during NCADD Alcohol Awareness Month in April, is scheduled for March 31-April 2, 2017. Alcohol Awareness Month, founded and sponsored by The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (NCADD) since 1987, is a national grassroots effort observed by communities throughout the United States to support prevention, research, education, intervention, […]

Save A Life: EMT/ER Visits from Overdoses

Ever wonder what happens when someone overdoses on drugs or alcohol? At Save A Life, Casey Forde, MSN RN, and Justin Costable, Manager of Emergency Services at NY Presbyterian/Hudson Valley Hospital, will educate teens about the signs and symptoms of drug and alcohol abuse and overdose so that they have the tools they need to […]

Big Bowl Vote Results

Survey Finds Beer Ads Appeal to Youth About 8,000 youth in 20 states voted Buick’s Super Bowl ad featuring Cam Newton as their favorite commercial of the game in Big Bowl Vote 2017. Responses to the survey, which is organized by Drug Free Action Alliance (DFAA) and included 55 volunteers from the Alliance for Safe […]

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Call the Right Play for Super Bowl LI

Call the Right Play for Super Bowl LI: Pass the Keys to a Sober Driver Before the Big Game Begins Football fans across the country will celebrate America’s most watched national sporting event, Super Bowl LI, on Sunday, February 5. For many, the celebration will include drinking alcohol. That’s why the Alliance for Safe Kids and the […]