Don’t Stall, Just Call
By Patricia DiGiacomo, EdD, MSN via https://stti.confex.com/stti/bc17/webprogram/Paper87664.html Patricia DiGiacomo, EdD, MSN Susan E. Gresko, MSN Department of Nursing, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA Harmful drinking on college campuses is a public health...
The ripple effect of student death
By Michaela Winberg & Grace Shallow via The Temple News This semester alone — in the span of 14 weeks — five students died suddenly. Their names are Jenna Burleigh, Richard Dalcourt, Cariann Hithon, Michael Paytas and James Orlando. For each student, there is a...
Her son died from alcohol poisoning after a party. Now she’s fighting to stop binge-drinking deaths
By Gail Vivar via The Tab. Mary Ciammetti started the ‘Don’t Stall, Just Call’ campaign to help students like her son Christian Christian Ciammetti arrived back to his room after a party, and passed out on a chair. He had been drinking heavily, and his roommates put...
2 1/2 Years
Today marks 2 1/2 years that my son departed. No, not on a trip abroad, no not even leaving for college where I might be sad that I wouldn't see him for a few weeks or months. No, he left forever when he died as a result of alcohol poisoning from binge drinking. 2 1/2...
There are things we can all do to prevent deaths from binge drinking
By Mary T. Ciammetti via Philly.com. Deaths from binge drinking can be prevented. But it will take a massive effort to educate and change behavior among students, parents, teachers, and college communities. The battle against the deep-rooted drinking culture will be...
Our kids are drinking themselves to death
By Helen Ubiñas via Philly.com. I’ve barely gotten my hello out before Mary Ciammetti jumps in. As repugnant as I find the thought of heartless fraternity members failing to help Piazza as he lay dying after an alcohol-fueled hazing ritual, Ciammetti is right....
Video: 2017 Don’t Stall Just Call 5K
‘Don’t Stall, Just Call!’ organization educates students on binge drinking
By Phillip Poltorak via collegian.psu.edu. On Monday night in Hintz Alumni Hall, Mary Ciammetti told students of the tragedy and heartbreak that can come from binge drinking. Mary Ciammetti is an anti-binge drinking advocate who has been touring colleges, informing...
Don’t wait to call for help
By Editorial Board via temple-news.com. Christian Ciammetti was once a junior landscape architecture major at Temple. He was bright and optimistic. He was inspired by Morgan Hall, towering 24 floors over Main Campus, and he hoped to design buildings even better one...
Don’t Stall, Just Call formed by mother of late student
By Patrick Bilow via Temple-News.com. One day in 2013, Mary Ciammetti’s son, Christian, brought her to Morgan Hall on Cecil B. Moore Avenue and Broad Street while it was being built to show her the landscape and architecture of the building. Ciammetti said her son,...
Vigil at Bell Tower memorializes community members
By Emily Scott via Temple-News.com On Tuesday night, a circle of people gathered on the west side of the Bell Tower, huddling to keep warm and keep their candles lit, but also to console one another. “We wanted to make sure that anyone who passed on Temple’s campus...
Video: Just One More
Just One More is a documentary highlighting the dangerous aspects of alcohol and alcohol poisoning. Produced, Directed, and Edited by Bethany Lamarr, Torri La Smith, and MaryJane "MJ" Moyer-Fittipaldi Special thanks to our interviewees Hanna Lottritz, Erin Coombs,...