Nexus Care of Beaufort's STAR (Striving to Achieve Resiliency) Youth Leadership Program is kicking off another school year with an event encouraging middle school and high school students north of the Broad to develop peer-to-peer conversations about preventing substance use and misuse.

In partnership with All Aboard Beaufort, the event will be held Thursday, August 21 from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m., at the Penn Center, 16 Penn Center Circle East (map).

Special guest is Dr. Marie Gibbs. As a Gullah native, she taught, inspired, and motivated young minds for over 30 years at St. Helena Elementary School, the school she attended as a child and later graduated from St. Helena High School. Dr. Gibbs retired in 2008 and began her second career as a devoted grandmother and volunteer at the Penn Center Museum. 

This event is free and open to all interested middle school and high school students in northern Beaufort County.

The All Aboard Beaufort coalition is funded through the Centers for Disease Control by a Drug-Free Communities award to address primary prevention efforts in northern Beaufort County communities. 

To learn more, visit the All Aboard Beaufort website.

For more information and to rsvp, contact Jodie Martinez at jodie.martinez@bcgov.net.