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Students from 17 area schools will attend PARTY program in Monroe
Monroe Clinic party program
Monroe Clinic team members participate in a previous PARTY dramatization program. In the last decade the program has impacted more than 7,000 high school students from Wisconsin and Illinois.

MONROE — Monroe Clinic and Hospital Foundation is sponsoring the 10th annual Prevent Alcohol and Risk-Related Trauma in Youth programs on Sept. 26 at the Monroe High School Performing Arts Center. 

There will be two separate programs at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Students from area high schools will learn about the consequences of poor decision-making — while being empowered to make informed, safe choices.

The greatest incidence of trauma injury and death occurs between the ages of 15 and 24. One way to help reverse this trend is to educate young adults on how the decisions they make today can affect everyone around them for many years. 

The 75-minute programs include a dramatization featuring student actors, Monroe Clinic physicians and nurses, Green County emergency medical services, Monroe Police officers, the Green County sheriff, firefighters from several local communities and the Green County coroner. 

An excerpt from a Green County Circuit Court judge, and the personal stories of individuals directly affected by their own choices, or the choices of others related to alcohol and driving while under the influence, will also be shared. 

High school students from Albany, Aquin, Argyle, Belleville, Benton, Blackhawk, Brodhead, Darlington, Juda, Lena-Winslow, Monroe, Monticello, New Glarus, Orangeville, Pecatonica, Pearl City and Warren will be in attendance. Parents and community members are also invited to attend these free presentations. 

No registration is required.

In the 10 years since this program began, it has been presented to over 7,000 students from 18 different area high schools. 

Statistically, Green County has also seen improvement in the rate of alcohol-impaired driving deaths. In 2014, the first year data was available, alcohol impaired driving deaths accounted for 40 percent of all motor vehicle deaths in the county. That rate has steadily fallen since then and in the most recent year, the rate fell to its lowest point at 25 percent — a rate that’s better than all but 10 other counties in the state of Wisconsin.

For more information, visit monroeclinic.org/party or contact Sherrie Volbrecht at 608-324-1189.