S.W.A.G. (Students With Awareness & Goals) Is Back In Full Effect!
๐.๐.๐.๐. (๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด & ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ด) ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต! ๐โฃโฃ S.W.A.G. is our holistic prevention program offered primarily to middle school students, but available to high school students as well. The aim is to equip and empower kids to make healthy life choices that will enable them to confidently navigate through obstacles and challenges. โฃโฃ๐๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฆ๐น, ๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ท๐ธ-๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ผ๐ถ-๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง-๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ-๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. โฃโฃPrograms like S.W.A.G. are vital to the teens in our community fulfilling their potential. With it, we can help change attitudes and values that ultimately lead to thriving communities where abstinence is embraced.โฃโฃ Do you know anyone who might be interested in learning more about this program? Tag them in the comments below! โฌ๏ธ
Exhaust Fans Installed
I framed and mounted the exhaust fans today. With two of these in our 2,900 sft training area, we now have enough ventilation to restart classes safely indoors when weather does not permit us to do so outdoors.
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