From left, Amy Bass, executive director of prevention for PPEP Inc.; Micha’s employee Luis Bravo; Alex Franco, Micha’s Restaurant owner; Alejandra Baltazar-Carlat, prevention coordinator for the STOPit Coalition of PPEP Inc.; and CPC Member Ed Dunin-Wasowicz.

Micha’s Restaurant and The Buffet Bar: The Community Prevention Coalition of Pima County and the South Tucson Operation Prevention Intervention and Treatment Coalition, both of PPEP Inc, honored Micha’s Restaurant and The Buffet Bar as Community Champions. The two coalitions, which promote the prevention of underage drinking and other youth substance misuse, hosted and paid for Responsible Beverage Server Training, covering topics including: how to effectively and safely avoid serving underage drinkers and over serving legal age adults, identifying fake age verification IDs, recognizing signs of intoxication, learning intervention safety techniques, and understanding personal and business liabilities, local ordinances and state laws regarding alcohol service.

Adolfo Aris Cabrera: Executive Chef Adolfo Aris Cabrera was inducted into the American Academy of Chefs in a Las Vegas ceremony, an honor only given to a handful of chefs in America per year. Cabrera is a local chef who’s worked for over a decade at The Grill at Quail Creek, Robson Resort Communities in Green Valley. He started as a dishwasher and worked his way to one of the highest chef honors.


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