Thursday, July 17, 2008

Day Campers Dabble in Alcohol Prevention

OCSAPC was able to bring the research based prevention program, Keep a Clear Mind, to Wheeling Park Day Campers. We also added some fun reinforcement activities including a talk show, sculpture, writing their own rap song about remaining free of drug and alcohol, and a choices obstacle course. We had great weather and great participation from the 9-12 year old Ohio County students.

Pictured are students creating sculpture with cigarette packaging refuse. We talked about how much money one could save if they quit smoking for an extended period of time. The sculptures represent what they could buy with the money saved.




Also pictured are children watching We Are The Future youth perform free-style raps about staying off drugs and alcohol and reaching their goals. The kids then broke into groups and wrote their own songs and preformed them.

4 comments:

Aady said...

This is great program. Drug is dangerous for health.
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Aady
Addiction Recovery Ohio

Impact OV said...

Thank you for the comment Aady! I agree, and youth are our future.
Kristen Kroflich

Springfield Prevention Coalition said...

This is a wonderful blog, thanks for being a great resource!

-Springfield Prevention Coalition, VT (home of the Simpsons!)

Impact OV said...

Thank you aady and Springfield! Springfield how did you come accross our blog?

Funding

The Ohio County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition (OCSAPC) is funded by a federal Drug Free Communities (DFC) Support Program Grant from the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Youth Services System, Inc. (YSS) serves as the coalition's fiscal and administrative agent.

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