YPC Teams with Texans Standing Tall

Youth Partnership for Change (YPC) and Texans Standing Tall (TST) are teaming up to pilot an interactive Student Track in 4 participating regional forums. The student track will provide participants with an opportunity to learn about effective prevention strategies, tools that will help to develop action plans for their local communities to reduce underage drinking, and teambuilding and networking opportunities. For a list of regional forums, click here. For more information, click here.

MADD About You Overnight

YPC is excited to be collaborating with MADD and the Lone Star Girl Scouts. YPC will be presenting to over 50 middle school and high school Girl Scouts on Saturday, December 13th. The event will begin at 6:00 pm at the Lone Star Program Center 12012 Park Thirty-five Circle.

Girl Scouts participants will learn the effects of alcohol and drugs on a young person's body, and the legal ramifications of underage drinking. The next day they will volunteer at the Jingle Bell 5K run, benefiting Mother's Against Drunk Driving (MADD), on Sunday morning, December 14th at The Domain.

YPC Participates in the 23rd annual MADD Jingle Bell 5K

2008 marks the 23rd year for the Jingle Bell 5K, which traditionally was hosted in Downtown Austin. This year MADD will host it at The Domain!

YPC is excited to participate in the MADD Jingle Bell 5K on Sunday, December 14th, at the Domain.

We are going to help with two booths in the Youth Area.

YPC will have an information booth and will hand out brochures and flyers about YPC. We will also discuss YPC presentations and how the community can get involved with our program.

YPC community educators will also assist the Austin Police Department with the BAT Bus. BAT stands for Blood Alcohol Testing. YPC community educators will "demonstrate being arrested for DWI" by APD officers.

The BAT bus is a mobile mini police station specifically for the processing of those arrested for DWI. Officers can handle paperwork and administer the breathalyzer test at the bus, greatly reducing the amount of processing time required at the jailhouse. Because it's mobile, APD can target specific neighborhoods as needs arise.

For more information about the Jingle Bell Run, click here.

Check out the Spring 2009 edition of YPC News to find out what's going on in Youth Partnership for Change.

And check out the November edition YPC News here.

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