Monroe County Coalition

Monroe County Coalition providing an $850 check to Key West High School Video Production Department.  This donation will help cover travel costs for the Video Department students to attend the Student Television Network competition in Anaheim California. 

Over the past weeks, the PEER Awareness DUI Simulator program was brought to Monroe County High Schools.  This is a three part program where students see a DVD that outlines the effects of a DUI accident on High School age students.  But it does much more than the old movies that just show a crash and body parts, it shows how the accident affects the student, the family, the school and the community.  The students then go on to the DUI simulator.  The Picture to the right as well as the other pictures below show the simulator in action.  The Simulator takes into consideration such things as gender, body type, number of drinks and time since last drink to set up the simulation.  Participants wear a "heads up" goggle display much like the kind used to train Apache Helicopter pilots.  After the simulator, students are then asked to sign a pledge book, pledging they will not drink and drive.
Click here to see more information about PEER Awareness

Thanks to Coral Shores SRO Beverly Brazil, this event was not affected by the day long rain!  We just rolled it into the breezeway and kept on going!

Thanks to Principal John Welsh, Assistant Principal Christina McPherson, Coach James and Ms. Thiel, the Key West High School Drivers Ed and Phys. Ed Students were able to experience the PEER Awareness Simulator after viewing the DVD showing the effects of DUI among students their age.  The DVD showed not only the consequences of DUI physically on the students, but also how it affected their families, friends, school and community.

We also had a live remote with Island 107 at this event and interviews were held with Principal John Welsh, Coalition members Steve Torrence, Gary Young and Ted Healy

Special thanks to coalition member Gary Young for all his help during this event!

Thanks to the fast action of Safe and Healthy Schools Coordinator Sunny Booker, all of Marathon High Schools Driver’s Ed classes were able to view the PEER DVD as well as the simulator.

Our last PEER event was at Island Christian School in Islamorada.  Shown here is Island Christian Pastor Tony Hammon with his students.

Passive Alcohol Sensor flashlight

December 2008, Monroe County Coalition presented a PAS Passive Alcohol Sensor flashlight to Key West Police Chief Donnie Lee.. “It‘s vital to keep our kids safe and healthy” said Chief Lee. “These flashlights are an amazing tool for deterring underage drinking”

For more information on PAS flashlights:
http://www.sniffalcohol.com/304.htm

PAS flashlights were additionally provided to Coral Shores, Marathon and Key West High School.