StudentsAgainstDestructiveDecisions

Advisor: Mr. Turano

Students Against Destructive Decisions is an after-school program aimed at keeping students from drinking alcoholic beverages and then driving, and also keeping them off drugs. Based in Marlborough, Massachusetts SADD can also stand for Students Against Doing Drugs or Students Against Driving Drunk - this latter name was its founding name. The acronym for the name was inspired by an older organization called MADD, or Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

SADD members participate in the following programs:

I. PROMOTION OF POSITIVE LIFE CHOICES
o Rachel’s Challenge
o Suicide / Violence Prevention
o Safe Driving / Seatbelt Use

II. PROMOTION OF CHEMICAL FREE LIFESTYLES
o Tobacco Cessation Programs
o Drug Abuse Prevention
o Drunk Driving Prevention

III. PROMOTING SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
o Fundraiser's
o Mix-It-Up Day
o Peer Leadership