We Check for 21 trainings available.
ABSECON – Join Together Atlantic County, a countywide substance misuse prevention coalition, will be sponsoring three free “We Check for 21” trainings Wednesday, May 31, at the Stockton University Campus Center Theater in Galloway Township.
Restaurants, tavern and liquor store owners, managers, servers and bartenders will be reminded about the importance of checking identification of young adults in order to prove they are of legal age.
The trainings will be held at 10 a.m., and 2 and 5 p.m. Training sessions will last approximately two hours
The younger a person starts drinking, the more likely they are to have alcohol problems later in life. A person who starts drinking as a young teen is four times more likely to develop an alcohol use disorder than someone who does not drink until age 21. The brain is still forming in teenagers and teen drinking can cause irreversible damage.
The training will include a presentation from Joe Vasil of Vasil ID Training, LLC, on spotting fake licenses and identification cards. Each establishment attending this event will receive a free I.D. Checking Guide, handheld black lights, and other “We Check for 21” materials.
The training is being offered for free, but registration is required. Please contact Join Together Atlantic County of Absecon to register at 609-272-0101 Ext 271 or JTACNJ@atlprev.org.
