From The Green County United Prevention Professionals for Youth
The Green County United Prevention Professionals for Youth (G.U.P.P.Y.) Coalition, the Green County Sheriff's Office, and the police departments of Monroe, Brodhead, New Glarus, Albany and Monticello would like to continue our efforts to prevent adult hosted drinking parties in Green County using the "Parents Who Host Lose the Most: Don't Be a Party to Underage Drinking" campaign.
Last year we introduced the "Parents Who Host Lose the Most: Don't Be a Party to Underage Drinking" campaign. We would like to remind the Green County community of the meaning and importance of this campaign in a few articles in the county newspapers during the month of April which is "Alcohol Awareness" month.
"Parents Who Host Lose the Most" is a community effort that alerts parents to the legal and health related consequences of purchasing, providing or pouring alcohol for anyone under age 21, other than their own child.
The campaign encourages parents and other responsible adults to clearly and directly remind family members and close friends that allowing teenage alcohol consumption is illegal and unacceptable.
It is illegal, unsafe, and unhealthy for anyone under age 21 to drink alcohol. Allowing underage youth to drink alcohol in your home endangers everyone's children. Together, as a community, we are all saying hosting or allowing underage drinking is unacceptable in Green County.
Underage drinking isn't a "gray area" of the law. It is illegal to purchase, pour or provide alcohol for anyone under age 21 who isn't your child or spouse. Other parents can't provide "permission" for you to serve their kids alcohol.
Adults who think taking car keys away when providing alcohol to youth are placing both the youth and their financial future in jeopardy. Alcohol-related drowning, falls and suicides kill hundreds of teens each year. And most homeowners' insurance policies don't extend liability coverage for illegal activities. If you purchase, pour or provide alcohol for youth, you put your financial future at risk.
The Green County United Prevention Professionals for Youth (G.U.P.P.Y.) Coalition, the Green County Sheriff's Office, and the police departments of Monroe, Brodhead, New Glarus, Albany and Monticello would like to continue our efforts to prevent adult hosted drinking parties in Green County using the "Parents Who Host Lose the Most: Don't Be a Party to Underage Drinking" campaign.
Last year we introduced the "Parents Who Host Lose the Most: Don't Be a Party to Underage Drinking" campaign. We would like to remind the Green County community of the meaning and importance of this campaign in a few articles in the county newspapers during the month of April which is "Alcohol Awareness" month.
"Parents Who Host Lose the Most" is a community effort that alerts parents to the legal and health related consequences of purchasing, providing or pouring alcohol for anyone under age 21, other than their own child.
The campaign encourages parents and other responsible adults to clearly and directly remind family members and close friends that allowing teenage alcohol consumption is illegal and unacceptable.
It is illegal, unsafe, and unhealthy for anyone under age 21 to drink alcohol. Allowing underage youth to drink alcohol in your home endangers everyone's children. Together, as a community, we are all saying hosting or allowing underage drinking is unacceptable in Green County.
Underage drinking isn't a "gray area" of the law. It is illegal to purchase, pour or provide alcohol for anyone under age 21 who isn't your child or spouse. Other parents can't provide "permission" for you to serve their kids alcohol.
Adults who think taking car keys away when providing alcohol to youth are placing both the youth and their financial future in jeopardy. Alcohol-related drowning, falls and suicides kill hundreds of teens each year. And most homeowners' insurance policies don't extend liability coverage for illegal activities. If you purchase, pour or provide alcohol for youth, you put your financial future at risk.
