Bonners Ferry, ID

Widely-Acclaimed Program to be Presented at BFHS and Middle School

By: R.J. Cohn
Editor

A large-scale prevention program aimed at significantly reducing first-time meth use through an aggressive statewide campaign is coming to Bonners Ferry.

Presentations of the widely-acclaimed Idaho Meth Project - an innovative program geared to educating Idaho’s teenagers and middle schoolers before they start experimenting with the highly-addictive drug - will be given at both Bonners Ferry High and Middle schools March 26.

Sponsored by the Bonners Ferry Chamber of Commerce, the nonprofit project launched in January is on a statewide blitz promoting a series of graphic ads and films depicting the ravages of methamphetamine use. Designed to prevent meth use by raising awareness of the dangers of the easy-to-obtain drug, the program was first established two years ago in Montana where it is credited with a 45 percent decline in teen meth use in that state.

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Community Potluck Celebration
December 10, 2007
Trinity Lutheran Church—Bonners Ferry
6:00 pm

Now is the time: Celebrate, get energized, inspired and encourages about our community’s future. Get involved you are our community’s most valuable resource.

Join us for a potluck and celebration as the action teams unveil their work plans. Be a part of the future as the Horizons Project moves toward action.

A partnership with Boundary Community Hospital, Northwest Area Foundation, the Montana Office of Rural Health and the Rural Health Resource Center of Duluth, Minnesota. A Community Council was formed by Boundary Community Hospital, which has met twice already. Through the Culture of Wellness, a community wide survey was sent out, to identify health care concerns and needs. The Community Council brings together a diverse group of citizens not seen in most other organizations.

Check out our works plans!

Building Community Strengths Action Plan
Communication and Connections Work Plan
Business Development - Work Plan
Education - Work Plan