The University of Missouri's alcohol responsibility month culminates Friday, October 23, in a walk at the student recreation center.
Alcohol responsibility month was designed to create awareness and knowledge about health and safety choices regarding alcohol. Wellness center employees expect a turnout in the hundreds.
“This is our 33rd alcohol responsibility month and the purpose of it is to help educate our students, to make the best possible choices in regards to alcohol. It’s all about responsibility, it’s all about moderation and looking out for each other and those kinds of things,” Kim Dude, director of the wellness resource center said.
Throughout the month of October the wellness resource center put on a variety events in regards to all things alcohol. Dude want students to walk away from these events with a new outlook on the way that they deal with alcohol and situations they may be put in involving alcohol.
The co-chairs for alcohol responsibility month have worked to create a learning environment for the students who chose to go to the walk today. They want the students to really take something away from this event.
“A lot of students come to college and they’ve never had alcohol before and they don’t really know exactly what it all entails and how it can affect them so our purpose here is just to deliver that education that may have been missing in their lives before alcohol responsibility month and walking is just a really fun way to do it,” Ellen Hinze, alcohol responsibility month co-chair, said.
The amount of time spent doing the walk is discretionary, and some students could potentially walk for up to six hours. Throughout the walk, there will be four stations set up, allowing students to learn more information about the effects of alcohol.