(Collingwood/The Blue Mountains, ON.) The Collingwood and The Blue Mountains Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received financial sponsorship for the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program (D.A.R.E.) in the amount of $2,000.00 from the Collingwood Optimist Club.
The Collingwood Optimist Club has been supporting the program since 1998. The program is delivered to Grade 6 students in elementary schools within the Towns of Collingwood and Thornbury.
The program helps youth make safe and responsible choices. They use skills that will assist them in making responsible decisions and resisting behaviours that would be harmful to their health, such as using drugs. They are introduced to the D.A.R.E. Decision Making Model that assists them in problem solving and helps them to make wise decisions for their future. At the end of the program students complete and present an essay about their own experience in D.A.R.E. and how they plan to use what they have learned to help them make safe and responsible choices
The D.A.R.E. Program is a community partnership program between the Police, Schools, Parents and community sponsors.
In the photo from left to right: (to obtain the photo, please email [email protected] )
Collingwood Optimist Club member, Jason Booth
Collingwood/The Blue Mountains OPP Inspector, John Trude
Collingwood Optimist Club member Chuck McGann
Collingwood Optimist Club member, Deborah Griffin
Collingwood/The Blue Mountain OPP D.A.R.E. Officer, Marcey Rivers