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HC DrugFree’s Teen Advisory Council provides the youth perspective to the staff and Board of Directors of HC DrugFree to increase the effectiveness of HC DrugFree's programs, newsletters, website, Teen Job & Volunteer Fair and other services.

HC DrugFree is a Howard County nonprofit organization helping teens avoid alcohol and other drugs. HC DrugFree’s mission is to “empower the Howard County community to raise alcohol and drug-free teens.”

The Teen Advisory Council is composed of Howard County high school students (public, private and home school) who meet monthly during the school year to discuss teen use of alcohol and other drugs, and to develop educational messages that promote HC DrugFree’s vision of a County where teens are “drug-free by choice.”

Responsibilities of the Teen Advisory Council will include:

  • Discuss teen drinking, smoking and use of other drugs
  • Participate in developing programs, newsletter articles, website & brochures
  • Help coordinate the annual “Teen Job & Volunteer Fair”

Benefits of Joining the Teen Advisory Council are:

  • Meet new people from other schools
  • Gain knowledge of what’s happening in Howard County
  • Feel empowered to make a difference

Membership on the Teen Advisory Council runs from September to June.

Meetings are the 3rd Monday from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. (dinner provided)
Fall Dates are: Sept. 15, Oct. 20, Nov. 17, Dec. 15

The Co-Chairs of the Teen Advisory Council are the Leadership Howard County “Youth on Board” member and the HC DrugFree Youth on Board Adult Mentor (who is a member of the HC DrugFree Board of Directors.) The Co-Chairs provide the Teen Advisory Council report at monthly meetings of the HC DrugFree Board of Directors.

If you are interested in being a member of the HC DrugFree Teen Advisory Council for the 2008 - 2009 School Year, please complete the TAC Application Form and send it to the address on the form.

For more information, please contact Laura Smit, Executive Director of HC DrugFree, tel: 443-325-0040 or e-mail: hcdrugfree@yahoo.com.



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