L.E.A.D. Campers with School Resource Officers and Camp Volunteers The officers of the Anderson County Law Enforcement Against Drugs (L.E.A.D.) program teach 5th grade students in Anderson County about drug and violence prevention throughout the school year. We are proud…
Press Release, Clinton, TN, July 2018— ASAP of Anderson is pleased to announce that it has received $82,318 from two Cardinal Health Foundation’s Generation Rx grants. One grant is for Prescription Drug Misuse Prevention Education for Youth, and the other…
Restorative Yoga as an Alternative for Pain Management In the U.S., we are often familiar with yoga for stretching, strength building and balance. All yoga has good qualities, but why consider restorative yoga? Because many of us…
ASAP of Anderson partners with Anderson County Juvenile Court, School Systems, and multiple funders to open first Family Drug Treatment Court in the county. Anderson County, TN, July 2018 – The effects of substance misuse are far reaching and…
Addiction and recovery impacts all of us, and the interfaith community plays an important role in recovery from substance misuse. The Oak Ridge Recovery Interfaith Forum will bring together faith leaders and community organizations across Anderson County. ASAP of Anderson…
Take a few moments and check out our new Advocacy page under Resources. We’ve provided the most recent substance misuse White Papers as well as a video presentation provided by our very own Stephanie Strutner. In this presentation, Stephanie talks…
This time of year high school students are looking forward to those wonderful milestone moments like prom and graduation. Regrettably, these milestones can sometimes go hand in hand with tragedy when mixed with drugs or alcohol. ASAP of Anderson…
VOLUNTEERS ARE OUR MOST IMPORTANT COMMUNITY RESOURCE Activist, scholar, and professor Marjorie Moore once said “Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once a year, but when you volunteer, you vote everyday about the…
It’s been a busy start to 2018 for ASAP of Anderson. In late January, Main Street Baptist Church in Clinton hosted a Faith Forum night to educate their congregation and others about the role of the faith community in…
Tobacco use in Anderson County has decreased in years past, going from 16.2% of 6th through 12th graders having used in the past 30 days in 2012, down to 13.8% in 2014 and reached an all-time low in…
