Success Stories
Welcome to our SARG Coalition Success Stories
Name: Grace McDonald
Title: Executive Director
Coalition: Hamilton County Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Coalition
County: Hamilton
County Population: 14,348
We have good news. Thanks to the joint efforts of the Ministerial Alliance, First Baptist Church, Hamilton County Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Coalition and Concerned Citizens of Jasper, the Jasper City Council did not vote to pass the proposed ordinances that would have removed the restricted areas for Alcohol Sales and the change in hours that would have allowed sales of alcohol 7 days a week and one hour later every day.
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Name: Debbie Lees
Title: SARG Coordinator
Coalition: Highlands County Community Coalition
County: Highlands
County Population: 100,011
Congratulations to Debbie Lees, SARG Coordinator in Highlands County! She has once again successfully gotten the local news media to inform the community about the coalition's BE THE WALL Campaign!
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Name: Carly Pickels
Title: SARG Coordinator
Coalition: Gulf County Substance Abuse Coalition
County: Gulf
County Population: 14,043
The Gulf County Substance Abuse Coalition enjoyed a record turnout at its Sept. 29 meeting at the Gulf Coast Community College Gulf/Franklin Center.
The standing-room-only crowd, comprised of parents, educators, community leaders and at least two dozen teenagers, signaled a turning point for the coalition, which has not received adequate community support since its founding over a year ago.
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Name: Powerful Potions: An I-Team Investigation
Title: Sparks
Coalition: Coalitions and Media Working Together
County: Miami-Dade
County Population: 2,462,292
Have you ever heard of alcohol-energy drinks? They're not advertised on TV but if you go online you'll find they're very popular with young people, so much so that 29 state attorneys general have expressed concern about the marketing and the safety risks for America's youth. CBS4 I-Team investigator Laurie Stein's exclusive hidden camera investigation revealed why police are so worried about these powerful potions, including a fruit-flavored drink called "Sparks" sold by the Miller Brewing Company.
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Name: Carol Burkett
Title: Project Director
Coalition: Orange County Office for a Drug Free Community
County: Orange
County Population: 1,105,603
Law enforcement officers hit the streets over the weekend for a cooperative operation targeting retail businesses selling alcohol to underage persons. The Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco and local law enforcement agencies announced the results of Project Graduation -"Reducing Underage Drinking" today in the Orange County Administration Bldg. 201 S. Rosalind Avenue. The sting operation included 221 compliance checks and 28 arrests.
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Name: Edward Healy
Title: Project Director
Coalition: Monroe County Substance Abuse Coalition
County: Monroe
County Population: 78,987
Key
West Police Department
Chief Donie Lee
announced in July the
department's new goal of
reducing the amount of
underage drinking that
occurs on the island
through a new Anti-
Underage Drinking
Initiative.
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Name: Julia Kelly
Title: Project Director
Coalition: PACT Prevention of St Johns County
County: St.Johns
County Population: 173,935
Underage drinking is a reality in St. Johns County and one that needs to be addressed by the community and parents, agreed a panel of community leaders, experts and one teenager Monday evening. "Parents need to step up. Your job is not to be their buddy," Circuit Court Judge Clyde Wolfe told an audience of about 100 during a community discussion presented by the PACT Prevention Coalition of St. Johns County. St. Augustine High School senior Shane McWilliams called teenage drinking a "huge, huge problem, bigger than any other problem I see (at school)."
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Name: Debi MacIntyre
Title: Executive Director
Coalition: Safe Climate Coalition of Lake County, Inc.
County: Lake
County Population: 290,435
16.5% of middle and high school children were binge drinking and that 57.8% had used alcohol on at least one occasion during their lifetime. The Safe Climate Coalition (SCC), Lake County's substance abuse prevention coalition and Lake County Shared Services Network (LCSSN) did not like these numbers. As a result, they decided in the fall of 2007 that they needed to go forward in introducing a keg registration ordinance to the Lake County Board of County Commissioners.
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