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Teens collaborate with retailers to reduce underage drinking during Alcohol Awareness Month

Vicky Nguyen April 26, 2022

Prevention is key for youth members of the Orange County Youth Council (OCYC). In an effort to reduce underage drinking,...

Ian Hanigan September 27, 2021

Members of the Orange County Youth Council have an important message for their peers: The vast majority of high schoolers...

OCDE’s Orange County Friday Night Live Partnership (OCFNLP) has honored two local schools and an advisor for their efforts to...

Ian Hanigan June 3, 2020

OCDE’s Friday Night Live program has launched a student advisory group to help drive countywide substance abuse prevention efforts and...

Ian Hanigan May 26, 2020

The Orange County Friday Night Live Partnership has honored two schools, a community organization and a pair of advisors for...

Ian Hanigan May 30, 2019

The Orange County Friday Night Live Partnership recently honored a pair of clubs from Garden Grove high schools as well...

Ian Hanigan April 4, 2019

Student leaders from the Santiago De Compostela Catholic Church’s Friday Night Live chapter recently staged a town hall-style meeting to...

Ian Hanigan July 11, 2018

This year, a group of student leaders from Newhart Middle School in Capistrano Unified took it upon themselves to tackle a...

Fermin Leal May 18, 2017

The Orange County Friday Night Live Partnership (OCFNLP) recognized a community group, two schools and a pair of school advisors for...

Ian Hanigan July 14, 2016

We’ll go ahead and tell you upfront that PAL stands for Peer Assistance Leadership, and the program centers on empowering...