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PACT 2008 Town Hall Meeting

April 6, 2008

Town Hall Meeting
Adolescents use alcohol more than tobacco or illicit drugs in both St. Johns County and across the nation.

Almost one out of two St. Johns County high school students has consumed alcohol in the past 30 days and the average age at which they begin is 13 years old.

PACT Prevention Coalition of St. Johns County will sponsor the 2008 Town Hall Meeting: Exposing the Reality of Underage Drinking in St. Johns County from 7:00-8:30PM on Monday, April 7th at the St. Johns County Agricultural Center, 3125 Agricultural Center Drive, St. Augustine, FL 32092.

The program will include a panel of key community stakeholders sharing their expert and personal experiences relative to underage drinking. The confirmed panel of community members includes:

1.) Education: Joseph G. Joyner, Ph.Ed., Superintendent; St. Johns County Schools
2.) Judicial: The Honorable Clyde E. Wolfe, Circuit Court Judge, 7th Judicial Circuit
3.) Law Enforcement: David B. Shoar, Sheriff; St. Johns County
4.) Medical: Guillermo J. Pierluisi, MD, MPH, FACEP; Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine, Flagler Hospital
5.) Parent: Ms. Kelly Barrera, parent of two teenagers, St. Johns County
6.) Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment: Ms. Patricia Greenough, M.Ed., CAPP, Executive Director; EPIC Community Services, Inc.
7.) Youth: Shane McWilliams, Senior, St. Augustine High School
8.) Youth Activities: Ms. Geralyn Sachs, 4-H Youth Development Agent, St. Johns County Extension
Audience members will be given the opportunity to participate in a question and answer period.

The 2008 Town Hall meeting serves as the kick-off to National Alcohol Awareness Month in order to raise the community’s awareness of this epidemic. The 2008 Town Hall is sponsored by the PACT Prevention Coalition, a county wide coalition working to prevent and reduce alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuse in St. Johns County.

For more information visit www.pactprevention.org or contact Julia Kelly, 904-829-6261.

Written by Mike · Filed Under Local Events 

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One Response to “PACT 2008 Town Hall Meeting”

  1. Cato on April 6th, 2008 9:30 pm

    Almost 40 years ago a handful of Florida Division of Family Service Social Workers in St. Augustine and St. Johns County School Psychologists convinced the powers-that-were at SAHS, Hastings and St. Joseph’s Academy that there was in fact a drug and alcohol problem with local high school students - although there was much denial by parents and public officials.

    A survey was made in county schools and the results were the foundation for the creation of the non-profit corporation - Jam House, Inc. at 48 Charlotte St. - the first ever organized federal/state/county drug & alcohol Prevention and Treatment facility in St. Johns County; concentrating on, but not limited to, youth. Lance Long was the first Executive Director, followed by Tom Armbruster, followed by “yours truly.”

    Some years later, after the State of Florida and St. Johns County created and funded Mental Health Services, Jam House Inc., which had served both adults and children in all aspects of Mental Health, evolved into EPIC, which continues today.

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