LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION commending the Riverhead Community Awareness
Program upon the occasion of celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Say
No to Drugs March, June 4, 2010

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize that the
quality and character of life in the communities across New York State
are reflective of the concerned and dedicated efforts of those organiza-
tions and individuals that are devoted to the welfare of the community
and its citizenry; and
WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is justly proud to commend the River-
head Community Awareness Program upon the occasion of celebrating the
25th Anniversary of the Say No to Drugs March; this auspicious occasion
will be held on Friday, June 4, 2010, at the Pulaski Street School in
Riverhead, New York; and
WHEREAS, Riverhead Community Awareness Program, Inc. (CAP) is a non-
profit community-based organization founded in 1979 by volunteers to
address growing problems caused by alcohol and other drugs within the
Riverhead schools and community; it is the major provider of drug and
alcohol prevention and counseling services in the Riverhead Central
School District; and
WHEREAS, Riverhead CAP's mission is to reduce and prevent alcohol and
other substance abuse within the Riverhead schools and community; its
three specific goals are to: prevent or delay experimentation with alco-
hol or any drug by the school-age population; prevent experimentation
from leading to abuse; and prevent the abuse of alcohol and drugs from
leading to serious harm to the individual, the individual's family,
peers and community, namely to prevent accidents, automobile crashes,
health problems and addiction; and
WHEREAS, Under the expert and able leadership of its Executive Direc-
tor, Felicia Scocozza, LMSW, Riverhead CAP is the lead agency in the
Riverhead Communities that Care Coalition and an active member of both
the East End Youth Leadership Summit Committee and Riverhead Youth
Bureau Advisory Board; and
WHEREAS, Riverhead CAP is sponsoring the 25th Annual Say No to Drugs
March on June 4, 2010; CAP's June 2009 march was a celebration of the
successful Pulaski Street Prevention Education Program and was attended
by approximately 1,000 students, teachers, parents, and government offi-
cials; and
WHEREAS, This occasion presents a unique opportunity for this Legisla-
tive Body to recognize and pay tribute to the Riverhead Community Aware-
ness Program and its sponsorship of the 25th Anniversary of the Say No
to Drugs March; and
WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that when organiza-
tions and individuals of such noble aims and accomplishments are brought
to our attention, they should be recognized and applauded by all the
citizens of this great Empire State; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
commend the Riverhead Community Awareness Program upon the occasion of
celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Say No to Drugs March; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Felicia Scocozza, Executive Director, Riverhead Community
Awareness Program, 542 East Main Street, Riverhead, New York 11901.