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The Youth Bloom Collective has had a busy month. They launched an Alcohol Awareness Month sticker campaign, placing stickers on pizza boxes at Riko's Pizza, and hosted an awareness table at AITE where they invited teens to share why they choose not to drink and what advice they would offer their peers.

Students shared these reasons for not drinking:

• "Drinking is bad for your liver and can cause cancer."
• "Drinking + Driving = Jail."
• "I want to be healthy."
• "I want to be in control."

They also had this advice for their peers:

• "Be around people you love."
• "Use nature's resources."
• "Have a safe person in your life."
• "Don't hang around the wrong people."

Check Out the Library Display for Alcohol Awareness Month

Located on the second floor at the downtown location featuring SPC member Heloise Nana the Information & Adult Services Team Lead at The Ferguson Library and Katerina Bucheli bi-lingual health educator at Liberation Programs.

Try a Mocktail Instead!

Safely dispose of unused medications this weekend. Bonus: Check out the “Stashed Away Trailer” onsite. This is a mobile exhibit designed to educate communities about the hidden dangers of substance abuse, providing an interactive experience that reveals common hiding places where drugs and alcohol might be concealed. Free Giveaways: Medication lock bags, File of Life, Narcan kits

The Stamford Police Department would like to remind drivers that April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. There have been extra officers out on patrol, specifically looking for distracted drivers. So far this month officers have written 211 tickets for various distracted driving violations, in addition to those violations there have been an additional 42 infractions issued for various other motor vehicle violations including unregistered vehicles, license violations, and one criminal arrest for Operating Under the Influence. The Stamford Police Department would like to remind drivers to stay off their phones and avoid other distractions while operating a vehicle. As always, please drive safely and obey all speed limits and traffic control signals.

Ferguson library hosts a wide variety of activities for adults, teens and kids. For more information go to Ferguson Library Website and click on events. All activities are free.