New Horizons Substance Abuse Prevention Program holds Open House at its Headquarters

New Horizons Substance Abuse Prevention Program
holds Open House at its Headquarters

Dare County Commission Chairman Warren Judge (at podium) served as master of ceremonies for the Open House and Ribbon Cutting for the New Horizons Substance Abuse Prevention program’s headquarters Dare County Commission Chairman Warren Judge (at podium) served as master of ceremonies for the Open House and Ribbon Cutting for the New Horizons Substance Abuse Prevention program’s headquarters in Nags Head on Thursday, October 2. Over 50 people attended the ceremony to hear comments from Judge, Commission Vice Chairman Allen Burrus, Department of Public Health Director Anne Thomas and Flo Stein, a chief in the North Carolina Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services. A tour of the facility along with a description of available services was conducted by program staff. New Horizons is funded jointly by the Dare County Board of Commissioners and the State of North Carolina and administered through the Health Department. The ceremony was videotaped and will be broadcast daily at 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. over Cable Channel 20 beginning Wednesday, October 15 and running through Sunday, October 19 unless preempted by other programming. For more information about the substance abuse prevention program, contact New Horizons at 441-2324.

Dare County Commissioners Virginia Tillett, Jack Shea, Allen Burrus, and Warren Judge joined Health Department Director Anne Thomas and New Horizons Director Sheila Davies (left to right center) to cut the ribbon to officially open the site of the newly launched substance abuse prevention program. Dare County Commissioners Virginia Tillett, Jack Shea, Allen Burrus, and Warren Judge joined Health Department Director Anne Thomas and New Horizons Director Sheila Davies (left to right center) to cut the ribbon to officially open the site of the newly launched substance abuse prevention program. A tour of the facility along with a description of available services was conducted by program staff. New Horizons is funded jointly by the Dare County Board of Commissioners and the State of North Carolina and administered through the Health Department. The ceremony was videotaped and will be broadcast daily at 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. over Cable Channel 20 beginning Wednesday, October 15 and running through Sunday, October 19 unless preempted by other programming. For more information about the substance abuse prevention program, contact New Horizons at 441-2324.

Commissioner Allen Burrus was a key speaker for the Open House and Ribbon Cutting held for the New Horizons Substance Abuse Prevention Commissioner Allen Burrus was a key speaker for the Open House and Ribbon Cutting held for the New Horizons Substance Abuse Prevention program’s headquarters in Nags Head on Thursday, October 2. Burrus was instrumental in getting the program off the ground to provide much needed services in Dare County. A tour of the facility along with a description of available services was conducted by program staff after the speeches. New Horizons is funded jointly by the Dare County Board of Commissioners and the State of North Carolina and administered through the Health Department. The ceremony was videotaped and will be broadcast daily at 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. over Cable Channel 20 beginning Wednesday, October 15 and running through Sunday, October 19 unless preempted by other programming. For more information about the substance abuse prevention program, contact New Horizons at 441-2324.