Manhasset CASA & Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice work together to reduce underage drinking and educate parents to Nassau County's Social Host Law. DA Rice appears in CASA's Parent's Who Host Lose the Most Public Service Announcement which airs in local movie theaters this spring and summer.
Manhasset CASA partners with Town of North Hempstead Councilwoman Maria-Christina Poons for new Parent Educational Television programming Prevention through Connection. The program features author Toren Volkman, From Binge to Blackout as he tells the story of how his youthful underage drinking caught up with his own family to produce life altering consequences.
Thursday, September 30th at 9:00 am
CASA Sector Meeting
North Hempstead Town Hall
Teen Prescription Drug Abuse
Dr. Rickard Terenzi, NS University Hospital
Wednesday, October 20th
Parenting for Prevention with Isabel Burke
9:30 am Shelter Rock Elementary School (K-6) 7:30 pm Manhasset/Great Neck EOC (K-12)
Friday, October 22nd at 9:30 am
HS/MS Joint SCA Parent Council
The Teen Brain with Isabel Burk (7-12)
Manhasset High School
Saturday, October 23rd from 9:30 – 3:00 pm Pharmaceutical Take Back Event (click for flyer)
Manhasset High School
Tuesday, November 9th @ 9:30 am
CASA Coffee with Dr. Maryann Schaefer
Communicating with your Child (K-6)
Munsey Park Elementary School
Tuesday, November 16th at 9:30 am
CASA Coffee with Dr. Maryann Schaefer
Communicating with your Teen (7-12)
Black Box Theatre at Manhasset HS
December 3rd through December 10th
Barnes & Noble On-line/In-Store Fundraiser Combo Flyer and Vouchers here VoucherCoupons Here
Wednesday, December 8th at 9:00 am
CASA Sector Meeting
North Hempstead Town Hall
Wednesday, February 16th at 7:30 pm
Ryan’s Story with John Halligan
Manhasset High School
Thursday, March 10th at 9:00 am
CASA Sector Meeting
North Hempstead Town Hall
Wednesday, April 6th at 7:30 pm
Town Hall Meeting: The Courage To Speak
Ginger Katz
Manhasset High School
Wednesday, May 12th at 9:00 am
CASA Sector Meeting
North Hempstead Town Hall
Saturday, May 1st from 10:00pm to 5:00pm
Join Manhasset CASA and your community at the Manhasset SCA Fair. Stop by at the Manhasset CASA booth for a special gift and learn more about our current underage drinking prevention campaign "Parents Who Host Lose the Most: Don't be a Party to Teenage Drinking. It's against the law."
Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
Teens Don't Drink...They Drink to Excess
Manhasset High School auditorium.
Nationally recognized speaker and author, Toren Volkmann, 
From Binge to Blackout, who will tell how his youthful underage drinking caught up with his own family to produce life altering consequences.
The meeting will also provide an overview of the 2009 Bach Harrison Prevention Needs Assessment Survey Results with local experts in the field of law, substance abuse, and insurance available for questions. Attending the meeting will be Oscar Michelen, Esq. “The Law Squad”, Dr. Jeffrey Reynolds, Executive Director of Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency (LICADD) and Manhasset’s Nancy Morris, State Farm Insurance Agent/Owner providing information regarding the health and safety consequences of underage drinking as well as the legal and financial consequences for breaking Nassau County’s Social Host Law.
Children are welcome.
See our flyer.
Call or email Cathy Samuels for questions at 267-7548.
See Events Follow Up page for supporting materials and answers to questions raised at the event.