05-17-2004, 05:45 PM
[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000][size 2]BIRMINGHAM, AL—Eighteen community leaders recently came together to learn how to give Alabama kids a positive alternative to drugs-fishing, through the Hooked on Fishing--Not on Drugs (HOFNOD) program. [/size][/#000000][/font]
[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000][size 2]The programs contain three elements: fishing skills, aquatic ecology/conservation and drug prevention, all of which, organizers say, encourage the development of self-esteem in children that might otherwise fall victim to drugs. [/size][/#000000][/font]
[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000][size 2]Youth leaders who would like to be notified of the next free HOFNOD training program should contact Doug Darr at: 334-353-2121, or email Janice Dudley at: [url "mailto:jdudley@dcnr.state.al.us"][#0000ff]jdudley@dcnr.state.al.us[/#0000ff][/url].[/size][/#000000][/font]
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000][size 2]The programs contain three elements: fishing skills, aquatic ecology/conservation and drug prevention, all of which, organizers say, encourage the development of self-esteem in children that might otherwise fall victim to drugs. [/size][/#000000][/font]
[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000][size 2]Youth leaders who would like to be notified of the next free HOFNOD training program should contact Doug Darr at: 334-353-2121, or email Janice Dudley at: [url "mailto:jdudley@dcnr.state.al.us"][#0000ff]jdudley@dcnr.state.al.us[/#0000ff][/url].[/size][/#000000][/font]
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