Let’s be the Influence campaign in Chamber newsletter

The Greater Augusta Chamber of Commerce featured the Let’s be the Influence campaign in their Weekly Newsletter Tuesday.

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Let’s be the Influence campaign setting up at Augusta County Fair this week

greater augusta prevention partners.cdrGreater Augusta Prevention Partners will be promoting the Let’s be the Influence anti-underage drinking campaign at the Augusta County Fair in Fishersville the week of Aug. 4-8.

The month-long campaign began August 1.

GAPP and the Office on Youth will have a booth at the Augusta County Fair in the Exhibit Hall with staffers on hand to discuss the importance of parents engaging their children and teens on the dangers of underage drinking.

More online at ValleyPrevention.com.


Let’s be the Influence campaign participating in National Night Out

greater augusta prevention partners.cdrGreater Augusta Prevention Partners and the Central Shenandoah Valley Office on Youth will be promoting their Let’s be the Influence anti-underage drinking campaign in the National Night Out event scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 4, in the Target parking lot on Town Center Drive in Waynesboro.

The Let’s be the Influence campaign is aimed at encouraging parents to talk to children and teens about the dangers of underage drinking. The GAPP Coalition is engaging the local community in a month-long campaign to highlight the influence that parents can have on youths to prevent underage drinking.

More online at ValleyPrevention.com.

The local National Night Out event is being organized by the Waynesboro Police Department, Staunton Police Department, Augusta County Sheriff’s Departent and Target.

The event runs from 6-8 p.m., rain or shine.

National Night Out highlights Law enforcement demos and exhibits, child fingerprinting, library exhitis, child safety seat checks, food for sale, fire and rescue exhibits, blood drive, K-9, pet adoptions, drug take back and more.

The local event also features a live performance of the National Anthem by the Faithful Men and a special appearance by AirCare 5.

 

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News Virginian: Area campaign to prevent underage drinking launched

News Virginian reporter Bob Stuart writes about the regional campaign aimed at getting parents to discuss underage drinking with their teenage children.

Read the article here.


AFP: GAPP campaign aims to engage parents to prevent underage drinking

AugustaFreePress.com reports on the Let’s be the Influence campaign launch held on July 31, 2015 at City Hall in Waynesboro.

Get the full report here.


Let’s be the Influence campaign featured on local podcast

AugustaFreePress.com editors Chris and Crystal Graham discuss the Let’s be the Influence campaign and the Greater Augusta Prevention Partners at the top of their news podcast. Recorded on July 30, 2015.

 

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NBC29: Augusta Co. Working to Fight Underage Drinking

NBC29 WVIR Charlottesville, VA News, Sports and Weather

NBC29 featured the Greater Augusta Prevention Partners and the Let’s be the Influence launch on their newscast. NBC29’s Tara Todd filed this report on the underage drinking prevention campaign running in August in Waynesboro, Staunton and Augusta County.

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WHSV: Let’s be the Influence campaign launched

WHSV-TV3 filed a report on our Let’s be the Influence campaign on July 30, 2015.

Watch the full video on their website here.


Greater Augusta Prevention Partners to launch Let’s Be the Influence campaign

Greater Augusta Prevention Partners will hold a press event on Friday, July 31, at 1 p.m. to discuss the launch of a local Let’s Be the Influence campaign aimed at getting parents to talk to their children and teens about underage drinking.

The press event will be held at the Waynesboro City Council chambers, Charles T. Yancey Municipal Building, 503 W. Main St., Waynesboro.

Confirmed speakers at the press event include:
Linda Riviea. Staunton Superintendent
Crystal Heinz from Eagle Distribution
Martha Mikell, SADD club sponsor from Stuarts Draft High School
Keri Jones, GAPP Coalition Coordinator

The month-long Let’s Be the Influence campaign will begin on Aug. 1. The campaign is modeled on a similar successful effort initiated by the Wyoming Association of Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police.

Highlights of the campaign will include online ads, billboards, screen ads in local theaters and a schedule of radio and TV commercial spots.

A website promoting the campaign – ValleyPrevention.com – will launch on Aug. 1.

Representatives of GAPP will set up at the Aug. 4-8 Augusta County Fair to promote the effort.

Another highlight will be an Aug. 20 town hall meeting at Wilson Middle School in Fishersville.