For the second year in a row, representatives from Nanticoke Health Services recently visited several elementary schools to distribute purple bracelets to third- through fifth-grade students.

The bracelets, which had printed on them “Choosing Me. Drug Free.” were given to students at Phillis Wheatley Elementary in Bridgeville and Central Elementary and Frederick Douglass Elementary in Seaford.

Nanticoke’s donation is a part of Delaware Goes Purple, an all-out community effort to end substance abuse in the community through awareness and prevention. Delaware Goes Purple launched in September 2018 as a part of national substance abuse awareness month. Delaware Goes Purple is organized through the Sussex County Health Coalition who is also spearheading the peer to peer Botvin LifeSkills Training program in Seaford High and Middle schools. Botvin is a nationally known program that mentors youth, empowering them to make healthy life decisions.

Delaware Goes Purple is supported by the Delaware Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, Highmark and all Delaware hospitals.

For more, visit delawaregoespurple.org.

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