'Sticker Shock Campaign' Conducted In Homer Glen

HOMER GLEN, IL — April is "Alcohol Awareness Month" and the Will County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition and the Will County Sheriff's Office conducted a "Sticker Shock Campaign" to bring attention to the illegal purchase of alcohol to minors and to adults who illegally purchase alcohol for minors.

On April 13, six area students and members from the Coalition completed a “Sticker Shock Campaign” at liquor store establishments in Homer Glen, Lockport, Joliet, and Plainfield, including at Kenwood Liquors in Homer Glen. The sheriff's office said the team placed 455 bottle hanger tags and 364 stickers on individual bottles and cases of alcohol warning buyers against allowing minors to purchase alcohol, the use of fake IDs, and warning adults who provide alcohol to minors.

The sheriff's office said the Will County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition is funded in part by the Drug Free Communities grant and private donations to help promote awareness, education and community-wide prevention initiatives as a means to reduce the use of alcohol, tobacco,
marijuana and other drug use by youth.