On May 8, Senator Tom Libous and YES! Safe Choices for Kids were joined by local parents, teachers and school administrators to honor more than 500 Broome, Tioga and Chenango high school Peer Leaders at ADSIP’s (Alcohol and Drug Student Information Program) year end awards reception.  Of those 500 Peer Leaders, three received the Jill Kavanagh Memorial Scholarship, including Susquehanna Valley High School Senior Morgan Wharton, who won a $2,000 Scholarship.

Morgan is a four year ADSIP member, competes in two varsity sports and is a National Merit Scholar.  As President of Susquehanna Valley’s ADSIP chapter, Morgan led her group members to hold a gift drive for local needy families, created a program to babysit children so that parents could attend PTA meetings and doubled the chapter’s presentations to fifth and six grade students. 

Morgan said of her ADSIP experience, “Being a Peer Leader helped me enhance my leadership skills to become a more complete leader in order to promote drug free activities and kids in my community.  I consider the confidence I gained because of my experience in ADSIP an immeasurable gift that will benefit me in college.”

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