Grads Organization

Jacques Cousteau might have been thinking of Lori Warmington when he said: "You give time to what you love." Warmington has devoted much of her time over the past eight years to her favorite cause--making high school graduation parties safe and sober experiences. Thanks to Warmington, parents here and abroad are taking a more active role in ensuring that seniors' traditional all-night celebrations are free of drugs and alcohol.

Jacques Cousteau might have been thinking of Lori Warmington when he said: "You give time to what you love." Warmington has devoted much of her time over the past eight years to her favorite cause--making high school graduation parties safe and sober experiences. Thanks to Warmington, parents here and abroad are taking a more active role in ensuring that seniors' traditional all-night celebrations are free of drugs and alcohol.

The nonprofit GRADS organization has set a graduation night planning workshop for 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Sequoia Conference Center. The workshop--sponsored by GRADS, which provides resources for parents to help plan safe graduation-night celebrations--will host sessions on training, construction, decoration and game ideas and will have vendor exhibits. Information: (888) 60-GRADS or http://www.gradnite.org.