Hey SADD!‏

Hey everyone,
So the prom skits for the junior prom meeting went really well. Great job to all those who participated in them. We should still be doing them for the senior prom meeting. If anything changes we'll let you know immediately.

As you know, the SADD chapter at Gardner is primarily focused on underage drinking and smoking. Now, while these topics are extremely important and vital to helping our community, I believe that as a group we can focus on more. We could continue to focus on the other two topics, while working on new ones. A major topic that I have in mind is suicide prevention. Suicide affects more people than we realize. It is an important issue in today's world and I believe we should try to help. Any opinions on what you think about suicide prevention and if we should focus on it are greatly welcomed.

Some of you may know that a few months ago, Tim, Gabby, Josh and I shot a PSA with the help of Mike Perron. For those of you who don't know what a PSA is, it's a Public Service Announcement. A PSA is meant raise awareness about a specific issue and to educate the viewers on the specific subject. The PSA that we shot was about underaged drinking and driving and the consquences. A fellow officer and I were discussing shooting another PSA possibly about suicide prevention. Any feedback on this idea would be great.

SADD has grown tremendously for us this year. The effect of everyone joining and participating in activites has been tremendous. Just to think, we've just started and we've already done so much. It may not seem like much now, but in the long run, it's amazing. I just wanted to throw that in there. This group is amazing and I can't wait to see what else we all accomplish together.

Thanks,
Sam