Proclamation for Power Talk 21 (MADD)704k e", the City of Hopkins recognizes the importance of parents talking with their teens
about alcohol; and
7t%46ZeU, high school students who use alcohol or other substances are five times more likely
to drop out of school or believe good grades are not important; and
V46M,U, teen alcohol use kills about 6,000 people each year, more than all other illegal drugs
combined; and
7ii%kV.-cU, the majority of kids say their parents are their primary influence when it comes to
decisions about drinking alcohol; and
V4eVx d, PowerTalk 219 day is established on April 21, 2012 to encourage parents and
caregivers to embrace their important role in influencing America's youth and their decisions
about drinking alcohol; and
706Wc-U, to equip parents to talk with their teens about alcohol, MADD on April 12, 2012
will offer a free community parent workshop to give parents the tools in a parent handbook to
effectively talk to their teens about alcohol; and
?VOkV,ad, these local parent workshops, also replicated across the country, will offer parents a
research -based parent handbook to help them talk with their teens about alcohol and encourage
adults to consider creating a safer community by becoming involved in reducing underage
drinking; and
7(*P", I urge all citizens to join in the local and national efforts to raise awareness of the
importance of parents and teens talking together about alcohol in order to reduce the risks and
dangers posed to teens and communities; and
7�00, 74' 4aw, Ve Gt Redo4w i that I, Mayor Eugene J. Maxwell of the City of
Hopkins, do hereby proclaim Sunday, April 21St to be:
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In the City of Hopkins, and hereby encourage everyone to support this effort.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the City of
Hopkins to be affixed this 17th day of April, two thousand and twelve.
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