Pubdate: Wed, 06 Feb 2002
Source: Independent, The (CN ON)
Copyright: 2002 Conolly Publishing Ltd.
Contact:  http://www.eastnorthumberland.com/thisweek.html
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1596
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/dare.htm (D.A.R.E.)

DARE HOSTING FUND-RAISING DINNER IN BRIGHTON

Get a good meal and help prevent kids from using drugs by attending the 
DARE fund-raiser at MJ's Restaurant in Brighton on February 20 from 5 - 8 p.m.

Customers will have the choice of either fish and chips or baked chicken in 
a sweet and sour sauce served over a bed of rice.  Each meal will also 
include a beverage and either Jello or homemade Bread Pudding for 
dessert.  The cost is $10 per person.

DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) is a joint program between the 
police and the area elementary schools with a mandate to prevent drug abuse 
in children and youth.

According to DARE OPP officer Chris Dewsbury, the program is designed to 
help students recognize and resist the many pressures that influence them 
to experiment with alcohol and drugs.

DARE offers a variety of activity-oriented techniques which help students 
to think for themselves when problem solving.  The focus of drug abuse 
prevention for the primary and junior grades is that of drug safety.

"The particular emphasis of this instruction is on helping students become 
aware of the potential dangers in the misues of drugs," said 
Dewsbury.  "There is a recogniition of the need at this level to help 
students develop awareness that alcohol and tobacco are also drugs."
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