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Press Release, March 26th, 2008  - Community Alliance for Teen Safety Announces Contest Winners.  Greater Derry Residents Share Suggestions to Strengthen Youth and Families.

March 26, 2008, Derry, NH --- The Community Alliance for Teen Safety (CATS) announces the winners of the Community Contest for Prevention and Planning, a community-based contest to help determine potential program models for strengthening youth and families.  Participants were asked to comment on what they believed was the single greatest threat facing the greater Derry community in terms of youth, families and substance abuse. They were then asked to review a list of programs currently modeled in other parts of the country and identify which program they thought was best suited to address the threat or problem identified.  Winners were identified in adult and youth categories and will be recognized at the upcoming Town Hall Meeting for Preventing Underage Drinking on April 2, 2008 at the Marion Gerrish Community Center in Derry.  The adult winner will receive a gift card for $500 worth of groceries and the youth winner will receive an iPhone.   Contest sponsors are Hannafords of Derry, Wal-Mart of Derry and Liberty Mutual of Londonderry.  Click here for complete press release.

Press Release, March 25th, 2008 - Derry Holds Town Hall Meeting to Address Underage Drinking Problem. 

This meeting is Part of Nationwide Effort Sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  Click here for complete press release.
 

Press Release, January 2005 -Teen's Survey of Derry Residents finds drinking and driving, substance abuse seen as greatest problems facing local youth.

Derry residents believe their town is a good place in which to grow up, but they are also worried about problems facing their children.  The risks from drinking and driving are seen as the most serious threat to youth safety, with substance use (especially alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana) following close behind.  This was the finding of a survey conducted last September by Pinkerton Academy students Alex Scarelli, Chris Freda, Mike Pearson, and Acacia Garvey.  The students are members of the Teen Advisory Board of CATS, Derry’s Community Alliance for Teen Safety, which supported their initiative.  To read more, click here.