Graduation parties are coming up

And parents everywhere are ginning up support so they can help finance safe and sober parties to celebrate their kids' achievement.

Here's information from Carmel and Monterey High schools:

Carmel Sober Grad is accepting sellable goods this Friday, February 1, from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm and from 3:30 to 6:00 pm at the Carmel High School Theatre. These goods will be sold to help finance the party.

The sale benefiting Sober Grad is Saturday, Feb. 2nd, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For Monterey High:

Keeping with the tradition, the Monterey High School PTSA is organizing sober grad night and receiving monetary and object donations. Since they don't want to keep the theme of the party a secret, monetary donations are actually better, PTSA president Joanna Greenshields says. For more information contact her at 747-7927 or jhg2531@aol.com.

And if you are helping organize a party for any other high school, send me a note and I'll help up with the support part.