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PARTNERSHIP FOR A DRUG-FREE NC WINS 2008 BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU ETHICS AWARD
For Immediate Release
April 1, 2008
WINSTON-SALEM, NC – The Better Business Bureau serving Northwest North Carolina announced the winners of its annual BBB Marketplace Ethics Award. Partnership for a Drug-Free NC, Inc. took home the honor in the inaugural non-profit category.
“This award is great and confirms our daily efforts to practice what we preach,” said Partnership’s C.E.O. Bert Wood. “To have the BBB validate our ethical practices and integrity in operations and relationships with employees, consumers and other business partners is wonderful.”
Board Chairman Bowman Gray IV added, “This is truly a well-deserved honor. The board is proud and grateful of Partnership’s efforts, especially in the face of such a difficult time in mental health services.”
The BBB awarded winners in categories to businesses based on the number of employees, plus the new non-profit area. “The judges had a tougher time this year than last,” said David Dalrymple, President of the BBB of Northwest North Carolina. “Our goal each year is to increase the competition – to make it harder for them to make their decisions. If we are doing that, then we are building a marketplace of trust.”
Other 2008 winners include Lusk Tree Service, Inc., Winston-Salem; Anderson-Moore Builders, Inc., Winston-Salem; BB & T Corporation, Winston-Salem; and Wachovia Bank, N.A., Winston-Salem.
Honorable mention winners are Dry Cleaning Station, Winston-Salem; Winston Personnel Group, Winston-Salem; Flow Companies, Winston-Salem; and Children’s Center for the Physically Disabled, Winston-Salem.
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NEW METHAMPHETAMINE EDUCATION
PROGRAM STARTS IN CHARLOTTE
For Immediate Release
March 5, 2008
CHARLOTTE, NC – The Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department and members of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Drug-Free Coalition are beginning a new, free methamphetamine training program for the community and its professionals.
The education initiative is called Meth360. Partnership for a Drug-Free America created the program for localities to use to educate the general public and substance abuse professionals on methamphetamine, its dangers, the signs of use, and treatment.
The first training will be held Friday, March 7th from 9:00am-12:15pm at 1117 Morehead Street at Substance Abuse Prevention Services. Members of the media and general public are invited to attend.
There is roughly one incident every two days in North Carolina involving methamphetamine. Numbers in Charlotte are on the rise. Methamphetamine use has more than doubled in just the last five years.
Members of the law enforcement community as well as treatment and prevention specialists will work in teams to present information to groups in the Charlotte metro area. North Carolina is one of the first states in the country to start the program, and Charlotte is the pilot city for the state.
Captain Bruce Bellamy from the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department says, “The potential impact methamphetamine can have is far greater than any other drug that I know of. Methamphetamine’s use and production from a physical, criminal, and environmental standpoint is alarming. This is why it is paramount for the community to be educated about all aspects of this dangerous drug. Meth360 provides the necessary link between substance abuse professional, law enforcement, and our citizens.”
Download: Meth_360_training_CTL.doc