DARE HOSTING FUND-RAISING DINNER IN BRIGHTON

Get a good meal and help prevent kids from using drugs by attending the
DARE fund-raiser at MJ's Restaurant in Brighton on February 20 from 5 - 8 p.m.

Customers will have the choice of either fish and chips or baked chicken in
a sweet and sour sauce served over a bed of rice. Each meal will also
include a beverage and either Jello or homemade Bread Pudding for
dessert. The cost is $10 per person.

DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) is a joint program between the
police and the area elementary schools with a mandate to prevent drug abuse
in children and youth.

According to DARE OPP officer Chris Dewsbury, the program is designed to
help students recognize and resist the many pressures that influence them
to experiment with alcohol and drugs.

DARE offers a variety of activity-oriented techniques which help students
to think for themselves when problem solving. The focus of drug abuse
prevention for the primary and junior grades is that of drug safety.

"The particular emphasis of this instruction is on helping students become
aware of the potential dangers in the misues of drugs," said
Dewsbury. "There is a recogniition of the need at this level to help
students develop awareness that alcohol and tobacco are also drugs."