From left to right, displaying Manhasset CASA’s new senior citizen outreach brochure, The Power of a Grandparent, Evelyn Roth, Commissioner North Hempstead Department of Services for the Aging and Deena Lesser, Director of Outreach Town of North Hempstead’s Project Independence, are working with Manhasset CASA to protect teens from the dangers of substance abuse.

On Friday, October 7, 2011, senior citizens and residents tuned into 88.1 WCWP FM Radio from 10:00 am to 12 noon for Project Independence and You.  As part of its Lock Your Meds Be Aware Don’t Share Campaign, Manhasset CASA discussed with Evelyn Roth, Commissioner of the Town of North Hempstead’s Department of Services for the Aging, the steps to take in our homes to safeguard medication as well as how grandparents can be a powerful influence in the lives of their grandchildren when it comes to substance abuse. Of those teens who abuse prescription drugs, 70% get their prescription drugs from friends and family.  

Click here for a copy of The Power of a Grandparent