On February 8, Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) came together for a meeting with Fair Grove students to promote healthy relationships for the upcoming Valentine’s Day.
Hannah Bruner (12), vice president of SADD, described the team’s goals for this specific meeting. “Our goals for this meeting are to encourage and bring light to ways to build healthy relationships, and notice signs of abuse and mistreatment in a relationship.”
Bruner continued, “This meeting is important because being involved in an abusive, unhealthy, or mistreating relationship can be not only a dangerous situation, but can destroy you mentally and emotionally.” SADD is designed to help and aid students in tough situations, just like these mental obstacles described.
Jackson Anderson (11), one of the SADD Historians, stated, “This specific SADD meeting is important to us because we see a lot of relationships in the very early year of youth development, so we are wanting to make sure we can effectively make people aware of what they are getting into, and what they need to look for.”
SADD not only brings awareness to mental and emotional struggles, they incorporate games to keep the topic light hearted and welcoming to everyone. The game that will be played during this Valentines Day event will be the red flags game. Bruner explained, “Every member will get a red flag, and a green flag (possibly a beige flag). One of the executive officers will read off a trait or situation that you might encounter with a partner, and the members will hold up the correlating flag that they deem fit to the situation.”
A participant, and member of SADD, Abbey Green (11), described her experience by stating, “It was inclusive, entertaining, important, and everyone always has a place during the meeting while everyone is so kind. Everything that we talk about is super important, and what students our age need to be thinking about.”
Green continued, “I joined because it is a good organization to be in at such a young age, and it is really a grounding experience for me. SADD is important because it helps students of all ages learn how not to make a decision that could harm themselves if others.”
SADD is here at Fair Grove to support the student body into not making destructive decisions along with protecting the well-being of the students and others. This keeps Fair Grove united and carries a positive energy throughout the entire school especially during SADD activities and meetings.
