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Tomorrow, thousands of high school and college students from around the world will mark the Second Annual National Gordie Day.
It is named in honor of Lynn Gordon Bailey, Jr., of Dallas. Five years ago, while participating in a college hazing ritual at the University of Colorado, Gordie drank a mixture of wine and whiskey. Afterward, his friends thinking he had simply "passed out", left him to "sleep it off". He later died from alcohol poisoning. He was 18 years old.
The Gordie Foundation, created by his parents, establishes Circle of Trust chapters to address the dangers of peer pressure and hazing. It also teaches the signs of alcohol poisoning and encourages young people to pledge to call for help is needed in an alcohol-related situation.
So far in 2009, 1,825 students, ages 18-24, have died due to alcohol-related causes according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
Southern Methodist University will have a candlelight vigil tonight, followed by the placement of 1,825 flags on Thursday to represent the current death toll. This event is offered in conjunction with National Hazing Prevention Week sponsored by www.hazingprevention.org. To date, 135 institutions around the world will be participating in similar events today and tomorrow.
Source: Dallas Morning News
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