Underage Drinking Topic of March 29 Town Hall Meeting

Communities That Care coordinator, Kim Lefler, with a memento symbolizing the perils of substance abuse.  The photo was taken in her office inside the Payson City administrative building  in October 2011. 

Underage drinking is the focus of an upcoming town hall meeting hosted by Communities That Care of Payson. The event will be held in the Payson High School Auditorium on March 29, from 7-8:30 PM. Parents Empowered is scheduled to present, according to Communities That Care coordinator, Kim Lefler.

Affiliated with the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Communities That Care is a coalition-based prevention program that enlists local stakeholders as engaged participants. Through education and consultation, these influential community members are kept apprised of current research on problem behavior, such as substance abuse, delinquency, and violence, as well as given tools by which they might effect change.

Payson City's partnership with the program began last year.

According to Lefler, a Take Back Event is also in the works. Slated for April 28, from 10-2 PM at Payson Market, “people can bring their unused prescription medication for safe disposal,” she said.