More than 700 second grade students in the WW-P district are participating in the “Count on Me Kids” prevention program conducted by Camp Fire New Jersey, a nonprofit organization based in Trenton. The event is funded by the West Windsor-Plainsboro Municipal Alliance for the Prevention of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse through a grant from the New Jersey Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse.
The program is designed to help students increase self-esteem and effectively overcome negative peer pressure. Interactive presentations engage children with storytelling sessions that include promoting individuality and celebrating differences, developing useful assertiveness skills and healthy nutrition, addressing bullying behavior, empowering the bystander, identifying good and bad habits, addressing the abuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, resistance techniques, and identifying trusted adults.
The WW-P Municipal Alliance, coordinated by Marcia Smith Fleres, engages residents, local government, law enforcement officials, schools, nonprofit organizations, the faith community, parents, youth, and other allies in efforts to prevent alcoholism and drug abuse in communities throughout New Jersey. For more information E-mail Fleres at info@wwpAlliance.org.
