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STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN NC SADD LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
RALEIGH – About 300 students and chapter advisors from across North Carolina are expected to participate in the 27th annual NC Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) Leadership Conference, to be held Nov. 20-22 at the Durham Marriott Convention Center, 201 Foster Street, Durham.
Scholarships are available to help offset registration costs for the first 200 registrants. The full registration price is $180 or $225 per student, depending on choice of two- or four-person room occupancy. Adult registration is $225 or $295, depending on choice of one- or two-person occupancy. Download a registration form or call 919-807-4400 for information. Final registration deadline is Nov. 6.
The conference theme is “The Tribe Has Spoken…It’s Time for Change.” Featured presenters include the N.C. State Highway Patrol; Craig Lloyd, Executive Director of Mothers Against Drunk Driving North Carolina; Annette Carrington of the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Coalition and the Durham County Health Department; Deputy Mark McKay, Advisor of the Year from Manteo High School, and Brianna Bradsher of Winston-Salem, a Wake Forest University freshman who is the NC SADD Student of the Year.
The conference begins at 3 p.m. Nov. 20 and continues through 12 noon Nov. 22. It will feature a variety of workshops for students and advisors and group activities related to SADD’s mission of assisting young people in their schools and communities to promote highway safety and reduce teen involvement with alcohol, other drugs, violence, teen pregnancy and other challenges they face. Members of the 2009-2010 SADD Student Advisory Board will lead many of the sessions.
N.C. SADD is part of the Youth Advocacy and Involvement Office of the N.C. Department of Administration. For registration or additional information about the conference, contact SADD State Coordinator Harriett Southerland at 919-807-4400, hsoutherland@sadd.org or visit YAIO website.
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SADD Founder Speaks to Students and Parents around the Triad About Being Safe & Sober
Bob Anastas, Founder and former Executive Director of SADD (Students Against Driving Drunk) spoke to the student body of Western Alamance High School on April 22nd, then a mixed crowd of parents and teens at Maple Springs Church on the 23rd.
Anastas, an All-American athlete, former coach, winner of a Teacher of the Year award, and National Merit Award of Education winner, presented his "Check In To A Winning Life" speech as a part of Lewis & Daggett's "Safe Sober Prom Night" campaign.
 
The program addressed how teenagers battle not only peer-pressure related alcohol use, but also how drug use and increasingly immature views of today's decisions can have a significant impact on life as an adult.
Anastas has frequently stated that "...drinking illegally and driving drunk are just two forms of high-risk behavior students exhibit - two symptoms of a deeper cause. That cause is rooted in declining life skills of self-discipline, self-esteem, motivation, maturity, and leadership."
At the conclusion of these events, students and parents were given the opportunity to sign "contracts", if they so chose, to honor both a responsible prom night and promise to ask for help from responsible adults, no questions asked, in order to keep themselves safe and have hope for a brighter future.
For more information, go to www.safeandsober.com.
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