Youth and families enjoy afternoon of free bowling and treats

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[February 28, 2015]  LINCOLN - Youth and families enjoyed a couple of hours of free bowling and treats at Logan Lanes on Sunday afternoon. The popular annual bowling party is sponsored and hosted by Healthy Communities Partnership's Alcohol Tobacco and other Destructive Behaviors Task Force.

The Bowling Party was started to promote a substance-free activity for youth. A few years ago it was expanded to include parents to bring youth and parents together to enjoy a healthy living activity as a family.

According to the last Illinois Youth Survey in 2012, "55 percent of Logan County high school seniors reported using alcohol and 28 percent of Logan County high school seniors reported using marijuana in the last 30 days."

HCP manager Angela Stoltzenburg says, “Parents have more of an impact on these choices than they give themselves credit for. Bringing children to events like these and promoting a substance-free lifestyle makes an impact on decision making later."

AToDB committee member Roy Logan said that on Sunday, "It was a very well attended event and the families had such a good time."

During the event, new survey’s concerning 'Youth Alcohol Consumption' were completed and the attendees were offered hot dogs along with baby carrots with Ranch dipping sauce, apple slices and bottled water.

Logan Lanes owner/manager Sean Taylor said that there were over 170 bowlers and over 200 people attended in total.

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Stoltzenburg said, “We were ecstatic to see so many families take advantage of the opportunity. They were having a great time being active together and we were able to share messages about healthy behaviors and substance-free living. It was a great community event and we look forward to holding the event next year.”

During the event, HCP also promoted its new obesity prevention campaign, 5-2-1-0. 5-2-1-0 represents celebrating life making a daily habit of 5-fruits/vegetables, no more than 2-hours of screen time, at least 1-hour of physical activity and 0-sugary sweetened beverages.

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