Alive on 25 Partners with the Riverhead Community Coalition for Safe & Drug-Free Youth to Promote a Positive Environment at the Summer Festival

The Alive on 25 Committee has been working closely with Riverhead Community Awareness Program (CAP) and the Riverhead Community Coalition for Safe and Drug-Free Youth to make sure that Alive on 25 is a safe and healthy event for all of our community members and visitors.  The committee is working hard to make sure that all of their staff are TIPS (Training for Intervention ProcedureS) trained for the event.

The Riverhead Community Coalition is hosting a TIPS for On Premise training for restaurants downtown on Wednesday, April 20^th.  During this training, over 35 individuals who will be serving alcohol during Alive on 25 will become TIPS certified for the next 3 years.  The committee plans on doing an additional training with the Riverhead Community Coalition to ensure that all servers are TIPS certified before the summer festival begins.  TIPS for On Premise empowers employees to take a proactive approach toward preventing alcohol misuse and maintaining control of the environment.  The training builds your people skills to recognize the signs of intoxication so that servers can reduce the chance that an alcohol-related incident will occur.  This training shows customers that we care about them and want to make their visit to our festival as pleasant as possible.  In addition, the committee is working with the Riverhead Community Coalition to put up signage at all participating restaurants that promotes a responsible alcohol environment with no intoxication and no underage drinking.  Alive on 25 is proud partner in the prevention of underage drinking and is committed to preventing any alcohol-related problems during our festival!  For more information on the Riverhead Community Coalition, please visit www.riverheadcap.org.