On the 22nd of February I visited with 3 middle school classrooms at Clintondale Middle School as part of the Project Alert campaign through CARE. It was a segment for middle school students about ATOD (alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.) I helped give a 'drug quiz' to find out about what the students knew about drugs...and found that numerous students believed some pretty common myths. I got to help debunk those myths. We also discussed goals: why it's important to have goals, how to achieve them and when to begin working to achieve them. The time to begin is always- NOW!
I then spent my Saturday volunteering with Teen Intervene. This is a program for high school kids who have experimented with drugs/alcohol, have run into problems because of it and a family member has signed them up for this all-day seminar. The parents have their own meeting for most of the day, and the students have a separate meeting. We discussed various things like how to avoid a full-fledged addiction: stopping NOW while they are still in the experimentation or misuse stage. We did the 'slippery slope' activity, one of my favorites, and I found that every student really bought into this activity. We also did some interactive coordination experiments involving "drunk goggles."
On 2/28 (National Pancake Day!) I visited two IHOP locations to help raise funds for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, Miss America's National Platform, of course! I met some fun friends along the way and had just a great time. I really enjoyed being a part of Pancake Day!
xoxo,
Ang
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