This is week ATI students are sharing ways to share kindness. Today the high school ATI youth delivered donuts and high octane coffee to the deputies and staff at Kanabec County Sheriff’s Office. Their message, “Thank you for keeping Kanabec County Sunny and Safe” was designed (and drawn on the box) by one of the […]
It seems to make some sense: Let your teenagers drink at home where they will have adult supervision and won’t be driving. But a new study finds that parents who provide their kids with alcohol aren’t doing them any favors. Teens whose early exposure to alcohol comes from home aren’t protected against the dangers of […]
In a lead up to Random Acts of Kindness Week (February 11 – 17, 2018) the Above the Influence (ATI) student group at Mora Schools were asked to come up with ways to show kindness. Simple ideas such as holding a door open for someone, saying hello, buying someone else lunch, leaving a positive note […]
Acts of kindness, self-care, and gratitude are some of the ways you can beat back depression during the cold month of January. If you feel depressed in January, it’s not just in your head. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and post-holiday blues can hit hard after the parties and tinsel fade away. The disorder, in fact, […]
SACK has been instrumental in providing Responsible Server Beverage Training (RBST) to establishments in Kanabec County since 2014. County wide statistics of DUI’s have decreased over time and that, in part, is due to the education of the servers at establishments in Kanabec County! Can a simple education program for bartenders and alcohol servers reduce […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 728 people will be injured or killed each day in drunk driving accidents between Thanksgiving and New Year’s—a rate two to three times higher than the rest of the year. The spike in binge drinking and drunk driving this time of year is due in part to […]