Underage drinking - in Woodstock???

Over the week-end I picked up a flyer about underage drinking in Illinois. The flyer, printed in both English and Spanish, was produced by Community Connections for Youth (CCY), a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit and tax-exempt organization headed by Ken West.

"14% of 10th graders and 26% of 12th graders drove after drinking."

What can you, as an adult, do to help reduce underage drinking (and driving after drinking)?
1. Ask questions;
2. Verify answers;
3. Shape futures; and

remember SUMMER:

Set rules
Understand & Communicate
Make sure you know where your youth is
Make sure you know who your youth is with
Engage young people in activities
Reserve time for your family

Of course, it will help if you don't drink and then drive!!!

The flyer includes a graph from a 2008 Illinois Youth Survey. The graph illustrated the percentage of youths in Grades 8, 10 and 12 who
A. engaged in binge drinking
B. drove with a DUI adult (did it mean "rode"?)
C. drove with a DUI teen (did it mean "rode"?)
D. drank alcohol in the past year

CCY meets on the second Monday of each month at the Judd Street fire station, from 8:45AM-10:00AM. Visit a meeting and get involved.

Contact information:
Ken West, Chairman
Phone: 815.338.2921
Email: westk2@comcast.net
Web: http://www.ccywoodstock.org/