Local Teens Attend Leadership Institute

The Cobb Alcohol Taskforce (CobbAT) Youth Council Leadership Team attended the Georgia Teen Institute (GTI) June 19-22 at Oxford College in Oxford, Georgia. Cobb Alcohol Taskforce Youth Council Manager, Amy Hoffman, accompanied four local teens at the event.

Youth Attendees consisted of:

• Matthew McDade; 10th grade, South Cobb High School
• Anirudh Udutha; 11th grade, Wheeler High School
• Elizabeth Osman; 10th grade, Walton High School
• Ashley Clayborne; 12th grade, Hillgrove High School

The students had the opportunity to learn ways to create change in their communities and have fun without the negative peer pressures alcohol and other drugs or risky behaviors can bring. At GTI the CobbAT Youth Council worked together to create a team action plan, going through the process of assessment, capacity building, planning, implementation and evaluation.

The week was not strictly business, the youth participated in 101 Ways to Party Like a Superhero, fun-energizing games and various team building exercises.  

The CobbAT team also received the "Sticker Shock Heroes Award" for their 2011 community project. The project involved the Youth Council working to place over 750 stickers on alcohol products in convenience stores reminding the public that you must be 21 to consume alcohol and not to provide alcohol to minors.

Click here for more information on the Georgia Teen Institute.