Horizon Public Health’s Healthy Voices Healthy Choices Coalition will host the Alexandria Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce’s Wake Up Alexandria event on Friday, August 6, from 7:30 am to 8:30 am at Discovery Middle School, 510 McKay Avenue North, Alexandria.
The event is open to everyone. A $ 1 entry is requested, with all proceeds donated to the day’s charitable recipient, the Alexandria Area YMCA. All chamber members will also take part in a drawing for the Pot of Gold, which is currently valued at nearly $ 4,000.
The Healthy Voices Healthy Choices Coalition is working to create an environment that makes it easier for young people in the Alexandria area to make healthy and positive decisions about substance use.
The coalition was founded in 2016 and is composed of representatives from various sectors of the community, including youth, parents, businesses, media, schools, youth organizations, law enforcement agencies, correctional facilities, religious organizations, health care and government. The coalition is supported by Horizon Public Health and a grant from the Minnesota Department of Human Services, Behavioral Health Divisions.
Learn more at facebook.com/HealthyVoicesHealthyChoicesCoalition.