Family Day - September 22, 2003

"Family Day--A Day to Eat Dinner With Your Children" is a national effort to promote parental engagement as a simple, effective way to reduce youth substance abuse risk and raise healthier children. Family Day is meant to emphasize the importance of regular family activities as a way to facilitate parent-child communication and encourage Americans to make family dinners a regular feature of their lives.

In 2001, The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University launched Family Day as an annual event, which takes place on the fourth Monday of each September, the 22nd in 2003.

Celebrating Family Day is as simple as eating dinner with your children and engaging in other family activities. We encourage employers to let their employees off early on September 22nd, and ask schools and other organizations not to schedule activities during dinnertime on this day.

CASA thanks General Mills, The Coca-Cola Company, National Amusements and Viacom for their national support of Family Day.

To download a copy of the Family Day poster "One Habit That Prevents Another," (in PDF), shown below, click HERE.  To purchase an 11" by 28" color poster send us an email   Price: $20, including shipping and handling.