FREEHOLDERS GRANT $36,590 TO FIGHT DRUG ABUSE IN VOORHEES, BERLIN
For Immediate Release: February 22, 2008
Contacts: KEN SHUTTLEWORTH 609-472-8837 (cell)

Camden County Freeholders have granted $36,590 to a consortium of Voorhees, Berlin Borough and Gibbsboro to fund a variety of programs aimed at preventing drug abuse through education in the community for a variety of age groups.

It is part of a larger grant the county receives from the state to distribute to each of the 37 municipalities in Camden County under the state’s Drug Enforcement Demand Reduction (DEDR) program, according to Freeholder Carmen Rodriguez, liaison to the county’s department of health and human services.

Ms. Rodriguez said the funds will be used to finance, among other things, peer leadership training, a student wellness assembly, a substance free graduation celebration, creation of a TAG (Teens Are Great) group, an afternoon program for at-risk fifth graders and participation in the DARE program.

Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli Jr. said funding was approved at the Feb. 21 freeholder meeting in Lawnside, adding that its value is substantially enhanced with $36,599 in cash and in-kind contributions.

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