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Addictions Institute
Adolescent Counseling Services
American Red Cross-Safe Rides
Midpeninsula Community Media Ctr
Office of Anna Eshoo
Palo Alto Family YMCA
Palo Alto Library
Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Palo Alto Police Department
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Palo Alto Unified School District
Palo Alto University Rotary Club
Trauma Service Stanford Univ.
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In The News and Events

Upcoming Events

March 9, 2010 - Parent Ed Night
As part of the Substance Awareness Week at Gunn High School we are organizing a Parent night on March 9th at 7:00 PM. We would like to extend an invitation to incoming Freshman parents.

March 8, 2010 Press Release
PAUSD Students “Speak” Out – 2009 Palo Alto Reality Check Survey Results Now Available

Past Events

April 27 - May 1, 2009 - Palo Alto Drug & Alcohol Awareness Week
Introducing padacc.org as a new community resource to help reduce drug & alcohol use
among Palo Alto teens.
View event flier
View Press Release
View Letter to the Editor of the Palo Alto Weekly Online

 April 23rd - PADACC Funding

PADACC graciously accepted $10,000 of funding from the Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund. The money will be used to pay for project director time, web maintenance, media and P.R. PADACC is very thankful for this community support and financial assistance.
View Palo Alto Weekly article Support Our Kids
View list of funding recipients

March 2, 2009 - Hearing From Our Teens:
Student Attitudes & Experience regarding Alcohol, Marijuana, & Bullying
View event flier
View Power Point Presentation

February 2009 - How PADACC Is Getting The Word Out
29,000 Palo Alton residents received information about the Social Host Ordinance in their utility bill
View utility bill insert

January 2009 - America's first anti-Super Bowl-beer-ad Winners
Sponsored by the Marin Institute, youth activist film makers from 23 different states submitted 61 videos to Free the Bowl TM contest.
Watch videos.

September 27, 2008 - New Research About Your Teenager's Brain
Evening presentation given by given by Dr. Dean Blumberg
View PowerPoint Presentation
View event flier

September 16, 2008 - Media Literacy Presentation
Dr. Peter DeBenedentis spoke at three 8th grade assemblies during the school day and in the evening gave a presentation open to parents and community members.
Video presentation below.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5 (Questions and Answers)

To learn more on Media Literacy go to Peter “D” web site.

To view Don Kasak’s Palo Alto Weekly article click here “Blowing up your TV”

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