PERRYSBURG – On Tuesday at 7 p.m., Perrysburg Schools will host an hour-long event for parents and
students that focuses on stopping teenage drinking. The program is free and open to the public, and the
district is encouraging parents and students from Perrysburg as well as other schools to attend. The
event will be held in the Commodore Building Auditorium at 140 E. Indiana Ave.
"From our trendsetting student athlete drug testing policy to the fact that we were just selected to
be the regional kickoff site for the Governor’s anti-drug initiative, Start Talking, Perrysburg Schools
strives to do all we can to keep children in our communities safe," stated Superintendent Thomas L.
Hosler.
The presenters will be Cindy and Brian Hoeflinger, who lost their son, Brian, at age 18 in an
alcohol-related car accident on Feb. 2, 2013. In the wake of this tragedy, the Hoeflinger family has
chosen to cope with their grief by sharing their story in hopes that it may save the lives of other
children in our community.
"As parents and as a family, we hope to bring meaning and benefit to a senseless tragedy, which has
brought us to the focus of memorializing our son for the betterment of others," explained Brian
Hoeflinger. "By sharing the life and death of our son, we hope to bring a new awareness to the
problem of teens and alcohol and inspire positive change from our tragedy."