Free Online Alcohol Safety Education Program Offered to High School Students in Florida, Texas, and New York for the 2024-2025 School Year
29 Julio 2024 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
The Youth Alcohol Awareness and Education Foundation,
Inc.—established by Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits (Southern
Glazer’s) to fund programs that support alcohol safety and underage
drinking prevention—today announced the AlcoholEdu for High School
online lesson is once again available at no cost to all high
schools in Broward and Miami-Dade counties in Florida, Collin,
Dallas , Denton, and Tarrant counties in Texas, and Bronx, Kings,
Nassau, New York, Queens, and Richmond counties in New York for the
2024-2025 school year. The program will be available in these
markets throughout the school year.
AlcoholEdu for High School, developed by EVERFI® from
Blackbaud®, the leader in powering social impact through education,
is a 90-minute, interactive resource that engages students in high
school with science-based alcohol education and interactive
exercises, providing an individualized experience that changes
perceptions, motivates behavior change, and supports healthier
decisions regarding alcohol. The course focuses on five categories:
Knowing the Basics, Knowing Your Influences, Brain and Body, Smart
Decisions, and Future Ready. Through this scalable online program,
which has been proven to reduce negative consequences associated
with underage drinking, schools can reach all students with a
consistent message and empower them to make safer and healthier
decisions about alcohol.
For the most recent 2023-2024 school year, the program saw
significant increases in reach and impact. After having completed
the Southern Glazer’s-sponsored course, students achieved 25%
knowledge gain, by increasing their average assessment scores from
64% to 89%. Since the kickoff of Southern Glazer’s program in 2017,
the initiative has impacted 41,493 students from more than 289 high
schools, with the completion of nearly 34,000 hours of
learning.
“As an individual, I do not plan on drinking, but now if I am in
the vicinity of a person who has been I will be prepared with the
right course of action to take,” said a student from Florida. “I
liked the example of the positive peer pressure of, ‘not drinking
till we’re both of legal age’, It was refreshing example of what is
usually a stiff topic for some.”
Educators who used the digital education program during the
2023-2024 year provided overwhelmingly positive reviews, with 88%
saying this course was interesting for their students, 83% agreeing
the course enhanced their teaching material, and 100% providing a
quality rating of “Good” or better.
“This is a great source and a different way of getting the
information other than the teacher telling them,” said a
participating educator.
The Youth Alcohol Awareness and Education Foundation launched
the EVERFI program in South Florida in 2017, expanded into Dallas
in 2019, and branched out into New York in 2020.
Teachers, guidance counselors, and school administrators in the
available counties who are interested in implementing this program
for the 2024-2025 school year can contact the following EVERFI
Implementation Specialist for details:
In Florida: Aaron Harris at Aharris@everfi.com In Texas: Heather
Miller at Hmiller@everfi.com In New York: Zack Rowe at
ZRowe@everfi.com
About Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits
Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits is the world’s preeminent
distributor of beverage alcohol, building brands for moments that
matter. The multi-generational, family-owned Company has operations
in 44 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and Canada, as well as
brokerage operations through its WEBB Banks division in the
Caribbean, Central and South America. In 2024, Southern Glazer’s
was recognized by Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces
for Diversity and America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women. Southern
Glazer’s urges all retail customers and adult consumers to market,
sell, serve, and enjoy its products responsibly. For more
information visit www.southernglazers.com. Follow us on Facebook,
Twitter and Instagram @sgwinespirits.
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