Youth from across seven local high schools recently attended a two-day, overnight leadership conference at the Ocqueoc Outdoor Center in Millersburg, MI. The conference was hosted by Up North Prevention staff in six counties and in addition to Alcona, included Posen, Atlanta, Hillman, Alpena, Tawas and Oscoda schools. The two-day format allowed for lead facilitator, Dawn Flood, of Student Leadership Services, to train youth on personal resistance skills, as well as train four schools on applying those lessons to elementary youth. Students Leading Students members also had an opportunity to promote their chapters, by creating murals as well as promotional videos with Cheboygan staff, Stephanie Weizer. As a service project, the members created “quit kits” to donate to each school to assist peers struggling with nicotine addiction.
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