Village of New Baden
1 E Hanover St
New Baden, IL 62265 map
 
 

 

D.A.R.E. Candles

14 oz. Jar - $13.00

(burns 30-40 hours)

18 oz. Jar - $16.00

To view a list of scents available, click here. 

 

To order candles, contact New Baden D.A.R.E. Officer Jeff Mavrogeorge at (618) 304-5945.

 

Orders will be accepted until the end of November.

 

All proceeds benefit the New Baden D.A.R.E. program.

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What is D.A.R.E.?

D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) was founded in 1983 in Los Angeles and has proven so successful that it is now being implemented in 75% of the nations school districts and in more than 43 countries throughout the world.  D.A.R.E.s primary mission is to provide children with the information and skills they need to live drug and violence free lives.  The D.A.R.E. curriculum is designed to be taught by police officers who undergo 80 hours of special training in areas such as child development, classroom management, teaching techniques and communication skills.

D.A.R.E. Fast Facts

  • Millions of children will benefit this year from the D.A.R.E. program.

  • One thousand new communities started D.A.R.E. programs in the past three years.

  • Oven ten thousand communities deliver the D.A.R.E. program in the USA.

  • Over seventy-five thousand police officers have been trained to deliver the D.A.R.E. program.

  • D.A.R.E. is a K-12 program.

  • Each D.A.R.E. program include a parental component.

  • The decision to implement the D.A.R.E. program is a community decision.

  • The D.A.R.E. curriculum is science-based and developed by educators.

The Science

  • D.A.R.E. has a Scientific Advisory Board led by Dr. Heb Kleber, Columbia University.

  • NIDA issued Research Based Guidance identifying standards for prevention programs.

  • D.A.R.E. was the only program to satisfy all eight standards.

  • Journal of the National Medical Association recently published a study which demonstrates that D.A.R.E. is highly effective in prevention of smoking.

  • Students that completed the D.A.R.E. program were five times less likely to start smoking compared to youngsters that did not participate in D.A.R.E.

 

updated 11/03/09