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Program Planning Action Guide
Marketing Your Program
Using Social Norming
Model Programs
High Risk Times
Creating a Safe Ride Program
Collaboration
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Halloween
Halloween is one of the great holidays of the year, but if students choose to drink and drive, they may get "treated" to a DUI arrest. A DUI conviction could result in jail time, loss of license, and fines and penalties of up to $10,000. Here are some ideas on how you can encourage your peers to make a plan in advnace to be safe while having fun this Halloween:
- Contact your local law enforcement agencies to
find out if they will be doing high visibility DUI enforcement
in your area for Halloween and then advertise it to students on
campus with information about safe ride alternatives.
- Set up awareness tables in high traffic areas around
campus in the days leading up to Halloween.
- Have a Halloween pledge for students to sign and
pledge to not drink and drive, let friends drink and drive, or
ride with an impaired driver and to always wear a seatbelt.
- Label Halloween candy with messages such as, "What
are you going as this Halloween? How about the designated driver?"
or "Remember to designate your substance-free designated driver
before going out this Halloween," and hand the candy out in residence
halls, dining halls, classrooms, etc.
- Hold an alcohol free Halloween party or dance
for those who choose not to drink.
- Provide local bars and restaurants with business
size cards listing the numbers for safe rides, public transportation,
and taxis to give to patrons before they leave to go home.
- Post peer educators and other volunteers at the
doors of residence halls or Greek houses and ask groups as they
leave if they have a desiganted their non-drinking driver or made
plans to get home safely. Have phone numbers for safe rides, taxis,
or public transportation available.
For additional programming ideas, click on the Programming button in the navigation bar at the top of this page. Remember, be safe while you are having fun this Halloween: designate a non-drinking driver, call a sober friend, get a sober ride.
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