Governor Mark Dayton Proclaims April 27, 2014 – D.A.R.E. Day in Minnesota
St. Paul, MN: Governor Mark Dayton signed a proclamation making April 27, 2014, D.A.R.E. Day in Minnesota.
The day will be celebrated by D.A.R.E. students and their families at the second of two D.A.R.E./Twins Games in 2014. This year’s poster contest winner representing the Moorhead Police Department will be throwing out the first pitch. All D.A.R.E. participants will be parading the field prior to the game and Washington County D.A.R.E. students will be singing the 7th Inning Stretch.
State of Minnesota Proclamation
Whereas:
Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) is a prevention and education program, which advocates and educates for healthy and safe children; and
Whereas:
D.A.R.E. targets young people and their families, and teaches them positive decision-making, educates them on safe and healthy lifestyles, and provides tools to resist engaging in negative and violent behaviors; and
Whereas:
Over 25 million students have been reached worldwide and approximately 75,000 Minnesota students receive instruction annually; and
Whereas:
The D.A.R.E. curriculum helps students understand self-image, recognize and manage stress without taking drugs or using violence, evaluate risk-taking behavior, resist gang pressure, apply decision-making techniques, evaluate the consequences of the choices available to them, discover ways to handle conflict, and learn friendship skills; and
Whereas:
The D.A.R.E. program has achieved outstanding success, teaching positive and effective approaches to two of the most difficult problems facing our young people today – drug abuse and violence.
NOW, THEREFORE, I Mark Dayton, Governor of Minnesota, do hereby proclaim April 27, 2014, to be:
D.A.R.E. Day in the State of Minnesota.
For more information contact Minnesota D.A.R.E., Inc. at MNDARE@aol.com