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Contact: Thomas Algarin, Director, Communication & Information
talgarin@marietta-city.k12.ga.us
770-422-3500 ext. 282

Release March 12, 2010

Marietta School Board Proclaims
April Alcohol Awareness Month
Board proclamation, Mar. 16 meeting

Marietta, GA - The Board of Education of the City of Marietta, at their regularly scheduled meeting of Mar. 16, 2010, at 7 p.m., will proclaim April 2010 – Alcohol Awareness Month in recognition of National Alcohol Awareness Week. The proclamation encourages community leaders and adult citizens to support the Cobb Underage Drinking Task Force in making 2010 – “The Year of Exceeding Expectations in Reducing Underage and Youth Binge Drinking.”

Underage drinking hurts youth, families and communities. The Cobb Underage Drinking Task Force encourages community involvement in creating awareness about the problem of underage drinking and youth access to alcohol.

The Board of Education of the City of Marietta supports the Cobb Underage Drinking Task Force efforts to help educate youth and adults about the health and social risks of youth access to alcohol. Underage drinking is an adult problem with youth consequences. For more information about the Cobb Underage Drinking Task Force, visit www.cobbat.org.

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