D.A.R.E. Works Foothills Society

• A registered charity in the MD of Foothills just south of Calgary, Alberta
• Raises the funds needed to deliver the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program to grade five/six students in the Foothills School Division and Strathcona Tweedsmuir School
• Annually serves more than 500 students in 12 schools and 10 Foothills communities.

Drug Abuse Resistance Education

• A ten lesson prevention and life skills program
• Delivered by specially-trained police officers to teach students:
• effective skills for recognizing and resisting social pressures to experiment with tobacco, alcohol and drugs
• positive alternatives to substance use
• risk assessment and decision making skills
• interpersonal and communication skills