“Talk It Out” special assembly today at Piney Grove Middle School
“Talk It Out” special assembly today at Piney Grove Middle School. If you have a student attending this school take a moment to ask them about the program today.
Sheriff Mike Marshall and Captain Danny Bottoms with the Stokes County Sheriff’s Office, Marian Tilley Walnut Cove ABC and the Stokes County Schools are working together to bring the “Talk It Out” program to our students in Stokes County.
Talk It Out is a program with the NC Governor’s Office and the NC ABC Commission. This is a NC Initiative to Reduce Underage Drinking.
Exposure to drinking and the pressure to drink aren’t things that suddenly pop up in high school. Some children in North Carolina have their first exposure to alcohol outside the home while they’re still in elementary school; for most, it’s common to hear about incidents involving alcohol in their middle-school years.
Underage drinking is an issue that cuts across all boundaries, and has an impact on every group and in every corner of North Carolina. It’s a rural, urban and suburban problem. A white, black and Hispanic problem. A Democratic, Republican and Independent problem. A rich, poor and middle class problem. It’s our problem, and it’s up to all of us to solve it.
• Nearly two-thirds of middle school– and high school–aged youth know people around their age who have tried alcohol.
• The average age that most youths try alcohol for the first time is just 14.
• Thirty-eight percent of eighth graders have had alcohol at least once.
• About 10 percent of 12-year-olds say they have tried alcohol. By age 15, that number jumps to 50 percent.
All of which means that as parents, we can’t wait until high school to have real talks with our kids. We have to start much earlier, so they’ll be fully prepared for what they’re going to face.
Special thanks to: Principal Heather Pendleton and all staff that helped us today, Hope Walker with NC ABC Commission- Talk It Out, Captain Danny Bottoms with the Stokes County Sheriff’s Office, and special guest speakers Peggy and Josh Bennett, and Marian Tilley with Walnut Cove ABC.
For more information:
http://www.talkitoutnc.org/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v40hUr-5iIo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn6nLjftxvw
Talk with your youth today!
Address/Location
Stokes County Sheriff's Office
1012 Main St
Danbury, NC 27016
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 336-593-8787