Southern Glazer’s Continues Youth Alcohol Awareness Program

The Youth Alcohol Awareness and Education Foundation, Inc. – founded by Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits (Southern Glazer’s) to support the prevention of underage drinking – announced that the Alcohol Education for High School online courses will return for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year. Students in Broward and Miami-Dade counties in Florida, Collin, Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant counties in Texas, and Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, and Richmond counties in New York can benefit from this alcohol education.

AlcoholEdu for High School, developed by EverFi, is a 90-minute interactive course designed for high school students. It includes science-based alcohol education, according to Southern Glazer’s, with engaging exercises that challenge perceptions and encourage positive behaviors. The courses are based on five pillars: Knowing the Basics, Knowing Your Influences, Brain and Body, Smart Decisions, and Future Ready. Its goal is to equip students with the knowledge and awareness to make responsible choices about alcohol.

The Benefits of Alcohol Education

The most recent 2024-2025 school year was a success as students’ assessment scores in the AlcoholEdu for High School program in Florida, Texas and New York rose from 62% pre-lesson to 89% post-lesson, according to Southern Glazer’s, resulting in a 27% knowledge increase. Overall, 92% of students who took the course say that these educational sessions will help them make informed and thoughtful decisions for the future.

Educators – who play an imperative role in this initiative – reported a 94% positive rating across the board, according to Southern Glazer’s. They found value in the material taught in the classroom, noted that students found the materials compelling and agreed that teacher-provided content was good or better.

“The content was self-contained; it was short enough for the students to stay interested but contained enough information to be educational,” said one of the educators in a news release. “This course helps me get students information that I might not get time to cover in class.”

The program launched in 2017 in South Florida. Southern Glazer’s expanded support of the program to Texas in 2019 then New York in 2020. Since its start, the program has made a difference for 54,222 students, 331 high schools and has offered 79,660 hours of learning, according to Southern Glazer’s.

School personnel and administration can reach out to the following individuals for more information on AlcoholEdu:

In Florida: Marcela Perez at Marcela.Perez@everfi.com

In Texas: Monica Wyatt at MWyatt@everfi.com

In New York: Tori Giannotti at VGiannotti@everfi.com

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