Free Teen Event 'Ghost Out' Teaches Better Lifestyle Choices

CUMMING, GA — A free alcohol and drug awareness program aimed at teenagers, called Ghost Out, will be held March 24 at the City of Cumming Farigrounds from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The event audience is eighth grade and up and parents as well. It's sponsored by the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office and Forsyth County Schools.

The Teen Maze will start at 12:30 p.m. What is Teen Maze? A Teen Maze is a life-size game that engages and educates teens while they're having fun! Teens have the opportunity to face consequences of randomly selected life-style choices associated with risky youth behaviors in a safe and controlled environment. Participants examine the consequences of life's choices in a hands-on, realistic, educational, creative and fun way!

The Ghost Out portion of the event is typically a two car, multiple person accident involving drugs, alcohol or texting or a combination of all. Ghost out is supported by Forsyth County first responders, support personnel from around the county and uses local high school students in the production of this event.

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This event is for parents and teens. Ghost Out will be for students and their parents to experience together while Teen Maze is for teens. While students are going through Teen Maze, we will have a variety of educational topics covered with parents, including Forsyth County State Court Judge Leslie Abernathy-Maddox and Richard Guerry, International Public Speaker with The Institute for Responsible Online and Cell-Phone Community (IROC2).

For additional information, contact Lindsey Simpson.

Graphic courtesy Forsyth County Schools