Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) Mansonville Chapter
Mandate:
-To address matters concerned with programming, and related fund-raising for youth participants – specifically, high school kids ranging from ages 12-15.
Today’s Program:
Our SADD board grew from 5 members last year, to 8 members this year.
With new faces welcomed to our group, more members mean a more evenly distributed workload.
The SADD Mansonville Chapter returned one week before their highly anticipated concert at the Bell Centre on September 23 – to see country singer: Morgan Wallen (an opportunity made possible by our 2022-23 year’s budgeting).
In October, the group hosted a successful “Rock-a-thon” fundraiser in collaboration with our Leadership (after-school group hosted at our building for older – elementary-level kids); the group earned over 3000$ to put towards another outing in the future and to help support the aspirations of our other groups.
In February, the group hosted their annual “Retreat” – Leadership building weekend where the group rented a local chalet and spent the weekend participating in public speaking and teamwork/leadership building workshops.
In April, the group was privileged once again by scoring Noah Kahan (Popular Indie-pop singer) tickets at the Bell Centre for a fraction of their actual cost thanks to the generosity of the Bell Centre and the haggling ability of Mable.
This experience was a “once in a lifetime” experience for many of our kids who’d otherwise be charged an arm and a leg to sit so close to the stage at such a special venue.
The SADD group hosted their weekly hour-long meetings followed by activities and games animated by Ethan on Saturdays.
In Conclusion:
The SADD group is a devoted group of young people and with new members joining this year, there were rarely occasions where our group attendance dwindled to less than six on a weekly basis.
With these numbers the group was able to fundraise more money and thereby: better support our other groups who sometimes needed their help (financially); funding certain activities on behalf of Leadership and Dance until grants for younger youth and promoting the prevention of destructive decisions and awareness for their peers.
280 Participations.
