SAVE CHAPTER HIGHLIGHT

H. H. Dow High School from Midland, Michigan was honored at the 8th Annual SAVE Summit: "The Voice Above the Roar" as high school chapter of the year for their implementation of awareness on the messages of SAVE in their school and community. This annual Summit is a rare and much anticipated opportunity for young people to speak with other young people to learn about each other's Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE) chapter successes, receive tips on how to make their chapter more effective, and how to influence other students at their school to be proactive and join SAVE.

H. H. Dow was honored at the Summit as SAVE chapter of the year for their countless service projects, violence prevention programs, and awareness efforts. H. H. Dow SAVE chapter has hosted a Yellow Ribbon Suicide Awareness Day and a White Ribbon Violence Against Women Day as well as an anti-violence week in their school and a local elementary school. Their awareness continues to grow, they have already implemented service projects such as collecting money for a shelter house, collecting money for the Salvation Army, and purchasing books for abused children.

They have also conducted their own school safety survey so that they can have a part in making their school environment violence-free. These students, advised by Kurt Faust, have reached out to the local elementary schools to teach them the importance of respect, how to manage conflicts, and the appropriate expressions to anger. They composed lesson plans on anger management called the "Anger Management Plan," on conflict management called "Making Positive Choices to Handle Conflicts," and on bullying called "Be Cool. Don't be a Bully!" They used these lesson plans to cross-age teach to the younger students in their local elementary school.

National Association of Students Against Violence Everywhere SAVE: Youth Voices... Grown-Up Choices! Toll Free 866-343-SAVE For more information contact cwray@nationalsave.org   /   Copyright 2007