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April is Metro Drug Coalition's anniversary month! To commemorate our 32 years of providing evidence-based substance abuse prevention services, we are having a giving campaign for the community to donate $32 throughout the month with a goal of reaching $3,200!
We have currently raised $1,309!
If we have 60 more individuals donate $32 we will reach our goal!
There are only 7 days left of our campaign, please help us reach our goal by donating today!
Please see our next giveback night flyer at Shoney'sTOMORROW, April 24!
HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVED?
If you would like to partner with MDC to celebrate our anniversary, click the donate button below to donate $32+ to substance abuse prevention work right here in Knoxville! Throughout the month, MDC will send an email with our campaign tracker on Monday's so you know how close we are to our goal! So far we are at $1,309. Help us reach our goal of $3,200 by donating today! We thank you for partnering with us and helping create a healthy and safe community, free of substance abuse.
This project is funded by the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
April 23, 2018
2018 William White Scholarship for Student Research Papers
Are you a student looking for ways to gain recognition in your field and ease your tuition burden?
The William White Scholarship was created to promote student addiction studies research and reward students for their work.
The scholarship will be awarded in 2018 to the two best student addiction research papers based on any of the four specified topics. One graduate NAADAC student member will receive $2,000 and oneundergraduate NAADAC student member will receive $1,000. Each recipients will be recognized at the #NAADAC2018 Annual Conference in Houston, TX, in the Fall 2018 issue of Advances in Addiction & Recovery magazine, and on the NAADAC website.
Please click here to read all of the eligibility and application requirements, and learn more about the scholarship benefits.
Research Paper Topics
Applicants can choose any one of the following four topics:
Recruitment of Young Professionals in the Addiction Profession;
Community Mobilization/Development for Substance Use Disorders;
Reducing Stigma and/or Discriminations; or
Social Justice and Substance Use Disorders.
Application Submission & Timeline
Final deadline for turning in applications
May 31
Recipients will be notified about their scholarship
Please direct any questions about this year’s themes or the scholarship to NAADAC Student Committee Chair, Diane Sevening, EdD, LAC, at diane.sevening@usd.edu.
NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals 44 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 301, Alexandria, VA 22314 Phone: 703.741.7686 / 800.548.0497
For pin or decal visit www.joseph-recoveryconnections.blogspot.com right column hit donate and leave address
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