Manhasset CASA (Manhasset Community Coalition Against Substance Abuse)

Saturday, May 1, 2010 from 10:00pm to 5:00pm Underage Drinking Prevention at the SCA Fair

Manhasset CASA's Executive Board joined the community for the annual Manhasset SCA Fair. Board members were available to discuss with parents and residents the current Parent Who Host Lose the Most: Don't be a Party to Teenage Drinking. It's against the law underage drinking campaign. Members provided free draw-string bags and waterbottles along with underage drinking prevention parent education materials.

Left to Right from Manhasset CASA Executive Board of Directors: Lisbeth Shibley, Executive Director & President; Adrianne Halio; and Cindy Cardinal.

Thursda, April 15, 2010 Teens Don't Drink...They Drink to Excess: A Town Hall Meeting

Nationally recognized speaker and author, Toren Volkmann, From Binge to Blackout, was the featured speaker for a well attended Town Hall Meeting held in the Manhasset High School Auditorium. Mr. Volkmann told how his youthful underage drinking caught up with his own family to produce life altering consequences.

The meeting provided 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 was 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.

CASA Social Host Law Fact Card

Town Hall Meeting Slide Presentation