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Spring Fling

Mariah Friesz, Dawson Co. On April 5th & 6th, Dawson County held its annual Spring Fling event in the EPEC community center. Prevention held a booth full of information on youth marijuana and alcohol use, give aways, games and prizes! The most successful (and fun!) part of the booth was the kid’s mental health jeopardy …

Career Readiness

Bethany Coe & Sarah Graham, BG & CTC Lewis & Clark County Prevention Specialists collaborate with Helena School District and Local Partners to Enhance Career Readiness for Students. The prevention goals are to improve community attachment and school engagement, along with building capacity with local partners such as: Montana Wild, Montana Forest Services, Holter Museum, …

Easter Egg Hunt

EASTER EGG HUNT Kit Davis, BG Gallatin Kit participated in the American Legion Annual Easter Egg Hunt in Manhattan. It took weeks of preparation to stuff over 40,000 plastic eggs with toys and candies, but they had a great event with over a thousand people in attendance. It was a great community event that was …

No Joke Campaign

Esther Lince, PFS/BG Madison Madison County’s Prevention Specialist, in collaboration with the Madison County DUI Task Force, launched the 2nd annual NO JOKE campaign throughout the month of April. This campaign is a humorous approach to convey the message that a majority of teens in Madison County do not use alcohol and marijuana.   Using …