Speaking of Senior Week-Alcohol poisoning prevention

[weenie]

<p>I am writing this message about Rick and Patty Spady. Their 19 yr old daughter died of alcohol poisoning at Colorado State last year. I saw these parents on TV and they were heartbreaking. However, they are doing something that I think is really important. As their child was left alone after a party and died from alcohol poisoning, they are trying to educate kids on how they might recognize a friend in serious trouble and get help. They make wallet cards that list symptoms which kids should never ignore in their friends. They believe that if her friends had understood that she was very sick her life could have been saved. You can order 10 wallet cards free on their web site. I ordered mine and my kid ordered some and he will hand them out to his friends at graduation parties. Here is the web site:
<a href=“http://www.samspadyfoundation.org/[/url]”>http://www.samspadyfoundation.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[momnipotent]

<p>weenie!
Great post!! In fact, MVP of June so far. My D has a friend a Kenyon who witnessed a fellow student die of etoh poisoning this year. Wish the mods would sticky note this one around August.</p>

[weenie]

<p>Oh that Kenyon death just broke my heart. I was sitting at parent orientation just “down the street” at Denison looking around at the parents. We are all so hopeful and excited. The thought of anything happening to one of these kids is so scary.</p>

[My_Sweet_Babboo]

<p>Without question, the best graduation gift of all. I’ve ordered cards for DS and his friends. Thank you, Weenie!</p>

[Bridie]

<p>Thank you for posting this. I have sent for the wallet cards to give out to my son and his friends, all graduating seniors heading off to college.</p>

[momnipotent]

<p>bump this one up- sticky?</p>

[overseas]

<p>Thanks! I have ordered several as well.</p>

[ariesathena]

<p>In addition to “cold, clammy, or blueish skin” add “cold” or “shivering.” If the person is semi-conscious, he/she will get extremely cold when the body begins to shut down and cannot generate its own heat.</p>

[SBmom]

<p>Tears were rolling down my face as I read through the website and saw the beautiful art work and happy smiling photographs. Nothing could be more awful than to lose a child.</p>

<p>These parents have done a wonderful thing for other families-- it will surely prevent other deaths.</p>

[cangel]

<p>Wow! The Sam Spade Week that is highlighted on the website was sponsored by a fraternity at my alma mater! It was fairly alcohol intense back in the 70s, glad they are recognizing the dangers today.</p>

[interesteddad]

<p>The cards are fine, but they ignore the real issue which is the dangerous levels of alcohol consumption:</p>

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“Samantha had consumed nearly twenty beers before she even arrived at the Sigma Pi house,” said Sigma Pi Executive Director Mark Briscoe, while giving a speech in St Louis in February. “After arriving at the house, she began to partake in shots of vodka which eventually reached numbers in the teens. Later that night, she was led to an empty room with couches to sleep off the affects of the alcohol. She was not left in a broom closet as some papers had originally reported. Samantha felt safe with these men. She saw them as men of good character and viewed each of them as a brother of her own. At the time of death, Samantha’s blood alcohol level was at a .463, which is nearly half of her entire blood content.”

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