[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 41 (Friday, April 15, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                        PARTY SMART AT THE DERBY

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                            HON. JIM BUNNING

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 14, 1994

  Mr. BUNNING. Mr. Speaker and colleagues, I would like to take a 
moment to recognize the significant contribution of a major national 
alcohol education and awareness program called Party Smart. This 
program is visible, effective commitment by the non-profit organization 
Beer Drinkers of America to promote responsible alcohol consumption.
  The message of Party Smart is simple yet vital: If you make the adult 
decision to drink alcohol, do it responsibly and in moderation. By 
implementing education programs in cooperation with major spring break 
cities, promoting the use of designated drivers, and sponsoring 
enjoyable non-alcoholic events, Party Smart consistently has shown, 
since its inception in 1988 that quality, objective, and positive 
alcohol education not only enhances people's lives, but helps save 
lives in the process.
  One Party Smart program in particular has enjoyed a special 
relationship with my state of Kentucky. For the past three years, The 
Party Smart Designated Driver Program has been an integral part of the 
Kentucky Oaks and Derby at Churchill Downs. The Party Smart Designated 
Driver booths are highly visible from all areas of Churchill Downs, 
with two booths located at the inside track and two more at trackside.
  Why is the Party Smart Designated Driver Program adopted by the 
management and concessionaires of the Kentucky Oaks and Derby, and 
endorsed every year by Churchill Downs?

  The answer is simple. Because it works.
  More than 2,000 Derby-goers sign up each year to be designated 
drivers and provide safe rides home for their friends. In exchange for 
their pledge not to drink alcohol, designated drivers receive free non-
alcoholic beer and soft drinks.
  The Kentucky Derby isn't the only place, by the way, where you'll 
find Party Smart. The Party Smart Designated Driver and Fan Alcohol 
Awareness programs also have been used successfully by a number of 
Major League Baseball and National Football League teams, the National 
Hockey League's New York Rangers, and by the U.S. Jaycees.
  Every year, Party Smart continues doing what it does best--providing 
quality, privately-funded alcohol awareness information to those who 
decide not to drink. Beer Drinkers of America, with more than 750,000 
members in all fifty States, is working through Party Smart to make 
this year's Kentucky Oaks and Derby memorable, enjoyable, and above 
all, safe.
  Mr. Speaker, ``Party Smart'' neither encourages nor discourages 
drinking. Rather, by targeting those who already have made the adult 
decision to consume alcohol, Party Smart promotes personal 
responsibility and moderation.
  Party Smart is positive, not preachy--and that, I believe, is the key 
to its continued success. The Party Smart model of quality education 
and services such as the Designated Driver Program should not be an 
isolated effort, but rather one that should be encouraged, emulated and 
implemented by others. Thank you.
  The Kentucky Derby is the greatest two minutes in the sporting 
universe and the Party Smart program is making it even better.

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