“Promoting responsible consumption to LPA adults who choose to drink and providing critical skills education to ensure the younger generation is well-prepared for the future are central to our mission,” said Steven Becker, EVP/treasurer at Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits. “This meaningful partnership with Responsibility.org is a powerful extension of Southern Glazer’s long history of working to promote responsible decision-making about beverage alcohol, building on the growing success of our youth alcohol education program to help students make safe, smart choices and our continued engagement with the Wrong Side of the Road program, a powerful program that uses stories from DUI offenders to show the many negative consequences from driving impaired. We look forward to working alongside Responsibility.org to advance our shared commitment to advancing alcohol responsibility in America for years to come.”
In 2016, Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits established the Youth Alcohol Awareness and Education Foundation, Inc. to fund programs that support alcohol safety and underage drinking prevention. The Foundation currently funds the EVERFI AlcoholEDU® for High School program in Florida, Dallas and New York. Since the kickoff of Southern Glazer’s program in 2017, the initiative has impacted 18,271 students across more than 140 high schools, with the completion of more than 17,490 hours of learning. To learn more about the causes Southern Glazer’s cares about, read more here.