What is Alcohol Awareness Month?
Alcohol Awareness Month allows for 30 days of focus on increasing awareness and learning about the causes and treatments of one of our nation’s public health concerns: Alcohol Use Disorder. Established in 1987, alcohol awareness month has given communities the space to put an emphasis on spreading awareness and reducing stigma.
Alcohol is the most used substance by youth and adults in the United States. In 2019, 34.5% of 12th graders in Sussex County reported that they had consumed alcohol in the past 30 days (Pride, 2019). Center for Prevention and Counseling knows that alcohol and alcohol use reaches the whole community and therefore participates in a wide variety of alcohol awareness month programs and campaigns.
Alcohol Awareness Contest Winners
We will be announcing the winners of our 21st Annual Alcohol Awareness PSA contest “A Healthy Me…is Alcohol Free”, 11 Sussex County schools had winning entries! With over 100 submissions, these entries truly stood out. Thank you to the teachers that had students enter as we appreciate their concern about this topic. Be sure to check later this week to view our winning entries.
- The 8 poster winners will be featured in the NJ Herald in the school section in April
- The 3 PSA winners will be featured on 102.3 WSUS, iHeart Radio and will be aired through-out April for Alcohol Awareness Month.
- The 3 video winners will be featured on social media platforms throughout the month of April.
- The honorable mentions will be featured on our website.
- Winners will also be shared on TAPinto.net
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- Download our Alcohol Awareness Month Infographics
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