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Achievements of the Coalition include:
- The annual Peer Leadership Conference where 14 schools and organizations, and over 200 students attended.
- The annual Girl Power Conference to be held October 7th, 2006. The focus is to help adolescent girls develop healthy, positive attitudes.
- Underage Drinking Town Hall Meeting to address the growing problem of underage drinking.
- The spring networking meeting where ways to tackle local concerns about gang awareness, parental support and safety in schools were discussed.
- The countywide substance abuse surveys whose results help schools and numerous organizations to match community response with community needs.
- The faith-based conference which encouraged congregations to become more involved in substance abuse prevention.
- National Night Out, lead by local police and coalition partners. This past summer saw the best turn-out to date.
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