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MC receives grant
from Wabash County
to help prevent
substance abuse
Manchester College already is putting to
use a recent $6,400 grant funded by Wabash County’s participation in the
Governor’s Commission for a Drug Free Indiana.
The grant enables the College and the North
Manchester community to partner in deterring alcohol and drug use among
college students. The Wabash County Council and Commissioners issued the
grant through a coordinating council, Against Alcohol, Controlled
Substances and Tobacco In Our Neighborhoods (AACTION).
The grant will finance Manchester College
drug and alcohol surveys to determine patterns, interventions and
preventions, said Dannette Norman Till, campus director of counseling
services. The partnership also will fund expert speakers to help educate
students on the bodily and emotional effects of substance abuse. On
Sept. 26, two psychiatrists in the field will address the entire student
body and a Nov. 7 panel of counseling experts will require considerable
student interaction. The College also will contract with a certified
drug and alcohol counselor to aid students who end up in the campus
judicial system.
And, the grant will finance social
activities that provide an enticing alternative to alcohol and drugs,
Till said. A luau hosted by Garver Hall was the first event, on April
29.
The Governor’s Commission for a Drug Free
Indiana is a division of the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute. For
more about AACTION, visit
http://aactionwabash.org
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