WHAT:    "CALL TO ACTION" TO END UNDERAGE DRINKING
                Multi-agency meeting to plan for Alcohol Awareness Month    

WHEN:     Thursday, February 23, 2006, 9 a.m.
    
WHERE:    Mecklenburg County Health Department: Fighting Back Program
                 1705 Rosa Parks Place
                 (behind the NW Health Department on Beatties Ford Road)

WHO:       Fighting Back
                Charlotte-Mecklenburg Drug Free Coalition
                Teen Health Connection
                Substance Abuse Prevention Services
                Chemical Dependency Center
                Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools

WHY:        The national campaign to end underage drinking is “A Call to Action.” Local efforts among substance abuse prevention agencies and youth groups are being coordinated by the Mecklenburg County Health Department’s Fighting Back Program. This group will gather to collaborate on a plan to ensure that as many youth as possible are able to learn about the negative effects of underage drinking.