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The Jewish Community Center together with

Eric Harris & Stuart Rogoff

presents
a 10 week dance instruction class for 6th and 7th
graders taught by a professional instructor

organizations can cooperate
and learn from each other.
"My job is to support the ef-
forts of these groups and help
them implement their ideas
whenever I can," explains Ms.
Thomerson who is active in
the Lake Orion parent group.
"Some groups started within
the school district; some are
now integrated with the
school district and some com-
munity action groups work
independently from the
schools. Each is unique and
diverse depending upon the
needs of their community, yet
each has the same goal.
The Walled Lake Families
in Action Group is only 2
years old but has made good
progress says Joyce Weiner,
president.
"We have over 200 active
families in the group," says
Ms. Weiner, "and we're involv-
ed with Project Hotel and
DARE. What we'd like to do
is to get more counselors at
the elementary school level to
deal with some of these pro-
blems that begin at an early
age."
Much of the work of the Far-
mington Families in Action
group is part of the school
district's health curriculum.
According to president Betty.
Nicolay, some of the more re-
cent programs that are suc-
cessful include the Babes Pro-
gram, a seven-week program
for third-graders that focuses
on self-esteem, decision-
making, and preventing
substance abuse, the Fifth
Grade Night for parents and
kids, and the October Drug
Awareness Month, the time
in which many special pro-
grams and events are
planned.
The problems of alcohol and
other drug use are so per-
vasive that no single or sim-
ple approach can solve it. In
each community and in each
school, the problem must first
be recognized, approached
and creatively attacked.
First Night/Birmingham,
for example, is one communi-
ty's efforts to offer a range of
alternatives to the traditional
New Year's Eve celebration
by showcasing Michigan ar-
tistic talent in an entertain-
ing, family-centered, non-
alcoholic celebration. More
than 8,000 families attended
the premiere First Night
December 31, 1990. This New
Year's Eve, Shain Park in Bir-
mingham will be the heart of
the activity for this year.
Another important reason
that the results of these
parent action groups are en-
couraging is they focus on
developing skills as well as
sharing information. Adults
understand they sometimes
need support dealing with

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