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ASAP Youth Ambassadors encourage peers to be safe, sober on Prom Night

Posted at 12:33 pm April 19, 2019
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

This time of year, high school students are looking forward to those wonderful milestone moments like prom and graduation. Regrettably, these milestones can sometimes go hand in hand with tragedy when mixed with drugs or alcohol, a press release said.

ASAP of Anderson Youth Ambassadors Coalition (YAC) are encouraging their peers to be safe and sober on prom night, the press release said. The ASAP YAC is made up of students from Anderson County, Clinton, and Oak Ridge high schools. Students designed posters that will hang throughout their schools in the coming weeks before prom to remind students they can “choose their fate.” This message corresponds with ASAP’s #IAMONE campaign. The campaign encourages youth to declare #IAMONE who will not use drugs or alcohol, the press release said.

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Filed Under: Education, Front Page News, K-12 Tagged With: alcohol, ASAP of Anderson, ASAP Youth Ambassadors, drugs, IAMONE, Prom Night, Tennessee Highway Safety Office, Youth Ambassadors Coalition

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