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 and grade seven students in the Foothills School Division and Strathcona Tweedsmuir School
  • Annually serves more than 1,100 students in 16 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