For graduating high school seniors, June is synonymous with Beach Week, a teenager?s first rite of passage into adulthood and first escape from the rules of home. It is also the most frightening week ever for mom and dad.

Thankfully, there is help out there. For 19 years, Ocean City has rolled out Play It Safe, a town wide program of free activities from June 1 through June 20 designed to keep new graduates entertained and away from drugs and alcohol.

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