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Let’s be the Influence campaign setting up at Augusta County Fair this week
Greater Augusta Prevention Partners will be promoting the Let’s be the Influence anti-underage drinking campaign at the Augusta County Fair in Fishersville the week of Aug. 4-8.

Let’s be the Influence campaign participating in National Night Out
Greater Augusta Prevention Partners and the Central Shenandoah Valley Office on Youth will be promoting their Let’s be the Influence anti-underage drinking campaign in the National Night Out event.

News Virginian: Area campaign to prevent underage drinking launched
News Virginian reporter Bob Stuart writes about the regional campaign aimed at getting parents to discuss underage drinking with their teenage children.

AFP: GAPP campaign aims to engage parents to prevent underage drinking
AugustaFreePress.com reports on the Let’s be the Influence campaign launch held on July 31, 2015 at City Hall in Waynesboro.

Let’s be the Influence campaign featured on local podcast
AugustaFreePress.com editors Chris and Crystal Graham discuss the Let’s be the Influence campaign and the Greater Augusta Prevention Partners at the top of their news podcast. Recorded on July 30, 2015.

NBC29: Augusta Co. Working to Fight Underage Drinking
NBC29 featured the Greater Augusta Prevention Partners and the Let’s be the Influence launch on their newscast. NBC29’s Tara Todd filed this report on the underage drinking prevention campaign running in August in Waynesboro, Staunton and Augusta County.

WHSV: Let’s be the Influence campaign launched
WHSV-TV3 filed a report on our Let’s be the Influence campaign on July 30, 2015.

Greater Augusta Prevention Partners to launch Let’s Be the Influence campaign
Greater Augusta Prevention Partners will hold a press event on Friday, July 31, at 1 p.m. to discuss the launch of a local Let’s Be the Influence campaign aimed at getting parents to talk to their children and teens about underage drinking.
Augusta County recognizes Underage Drinking Prevention Month
The Central Shenandoah Valley Office on Youth received a proclamation from the Augusta County Board of Supervisors on July 22 in recognition of Underage Drinking Prevention Month. The Office on Youth’s campaign will launch on August 1.
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