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  • SAPCA Joins the Community Builders Network (CBN)

    CBN is an organization of coalitions consisting of youth and adult partnerships that promote drug free communities and positive youth leadership. Their mission and legislative agenda are closely aligned with SAPCA's!
     
  • Recovery Month Community Event with D.C. United's Santino Quaranta (Video)

    Poem
    Mayor's Opening Remarks
    NBC Video
    Interview
    Questions
    Closing Remarks
     
  • Text Drugs to #30644 to ask questions about Drugs and Alcohol

    The Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition of Alexandria (SAPCA), Alexandria Campaign on Adolescent Pregnancy (ACAP), and the Alexandria Gang Prevention Community Task Force launched a new text message number for youth to ask questions about drugs, alcohol, sex, love, relationships, and gangs. Teens can text the word SEX, the word DRUGS, or the word GANGS to 30644 and receive answers to specific questions about these topics. SAPCA, ACAP, and Gang Prevention coordinators and trained staff will answer teens’ questions within 24 hours.
     
    The new texting service will offer youth the opportunity to ask questions about substance abuse and gangs, in addition to love, sex, and relationship issues. In the future, ACAP, SAPCA, and Gang Prevention hope to expand to even more topics youth are concerned about in Alexandria.

     
  • Community of Concern Dinner (10/22)
     
    Alexandria 10th grade students and their parents are invited to attend a Community of Concern dinner and discussion about “The Teenage Brain: What you need to know and what you can do” sponsored by SAPCA and TC Williams High School. The Community of Concern is a partnership of parents, students, schools, and other organizations working together through education and cooperation to keep youth alcohol, tobacco and other drug free. Speakers at the Alexandria event will include T.C. Williams Principal William Clendaniel, Community of Concern President Mimi Fleury, and the vice chair of the Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition of Alexandria and TC parent, Shelly Morgan. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. and the program starts at 7:00 p.m. Students will earn extra credit in their English Classes. Invitation letters have been sent to all 10th grade households.

    Click here for invitation letter.

     
  • Santino Quaranta to Speak at TC for Recovery Month
    (9/28)

    In recognition of National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, SAPCA, and the Partnership for a Healthier Alexandria's Anti-Stigma Workgroup are partnering with the Alexandria Community Services Board and Friends of the Alexandria Mental Health Center to host a Recovery Month Community Event featuring Santino Quaranta of DC United on Monday, September 28th from 7 - 8:30pm in the TC Williams High School Auditorium (doors open and displays at 6:30). Mr. Quaranta is in recovery from cocaine and pain killer addiction after a highly publicized fall from grace. Check out the Recovery Month Flyer.
     
  • Celebrate Family Day on Sept 28th by eating dinner with your kids!

    Family Day - A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children™ is a national movement to inform parents that the parental engagement fostered during frequent family dinners is an effective tool to help keep America’s kids substance free.
    Make the commitment to talk to your kids about drugs and alcohol and join Americans across the country as they take their seat at the dinner table on Family Day.

     
  • Sticker Shock Campaign Kick-Off (10/10)

    On Saturday, October 10, the City of Alexandria is joining forces with Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William Counties to launch a Sticker Shock Campaign designed to raise awareness about underage drinking and the consequences to adults when they purchase alcohol for minors. This campaign is organized by the Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition, Arlington County's Partnership for Children, Youth and Families, and Northern Virginia MADD with support from Virginia ABC and local law enforcement. The kickoff will take place in the Giant at Bailey's Crossroads, 3480 S Jefferson St., Falls Church VA, with volunteers arriving at 9:00 a.m.

    Please contact Noraine Buttar by at noraine.buttar@alexandriava.gov if you would like to participate in these events!
     
  • New to the resources section! Some high school seniors celebrate graduation by spending a week at the beach. Often times "beach week" includes alcohol and drugs. SAPCA presents information parents and teens need to know in So You Want To Go To Beach Week? A Guide for Parents and Teens.
     
  • New to the Resources section! The Parents Resource Center of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America provides advice and stories from parents and professionals about alcohol and drug prevention, intervention and raising healthy teens.
     
  • SAPCA releases report on youth substance abuse in Alexandria. Download report.
     
  • SAPCA receives $600,000 Drug-free Community Grant.
    Find out more    .
     
  • SAPCA elects officers and board of directors.

The Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition of Alexandria is a program of the Partnership for a Healthier Alexandria