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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of: )
Proclaiming June 1985 )
the Month of the ) RESOLUTION' NO. 85/197
Sober Graduation. )
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WHEREAS injury from alcohol-related accidents is teenagers '
number one health problem today; and
WHEREAS teenagers who drink and drive cause the death of
themselves and others; and
WHEREAS teenage passengers show a high rate of death
starting at age thirteen; and
WHEREAS in 1983 more than 6,000 teenagers lost their lives
in alcohol-related fatalities; and
WHEREAS SADD, Students Against Driving Drunk, is a group of
students organized to help save their own lives and the lives of
others; to educate students about the problem of drinking and
driving, and to increase public awareness and prevention of this
problem everywhere; and
WHEREAS members of SADD pledge not to drink and drive, and
not to be a passenger in a car with a drunk driver, and to help
friends not to drink and drive; and
WHEREAS the Alcoholism Council of Contra Costa is dedicated
to providing the information and education to prevent teenage
drinking and driving through the Friday Night Live Program; and
WHEREAS the California Highway Patrol has initiated a public
awareness campaign to help save teenagers ' lives around prom and
graduation time; and
WHEREAS SADD, the Alcoholism Council, and the Highway Patrol
would like to raise community awareness and, therefore, ask that
June 1985 be declared the month of the sober graduation;
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA
COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA that June 1985 is proclaimed the Month
of the Sober Graduation, and that said proclamation be given
widest distribution among California Boards of Supervisors and
the Contra Costa County media.
PASSED by unanimous vote of the Board Members present on
this 23rd day of April, 1985.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct
copy of a resolution entered on the minutes of said Board of
Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
INTRODUCED BY:
NANCY C. F DEN, CHAIR
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Witness my hand and the Seal
of the Board of Supervisors
affixed this 23rd day of
April, 1985
Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the
Board and County Administrator
By I_Y-
Deputy Clk