TRU students add something special to Hyde ball game

Mattamuskeet High School’s TRU Club

offers games and prizes during basketball game

The Mattamuskeet High School TRU Club sponsored educational games and prizes during the Mattamuskeet vs. Ocracoke basketball game to inform people about the dangers of tobacco use.  

Members from Mattamuskeet High School’s TRU Club (Tobacco.Reality.Unfiltered.) were on hand to play tobacco prevention games that focused on the dangers of secondhand smoke, health effects of tobacco, spit tobacco, and why teens start.  There was also a “Proud To Be Tobacco Free” banner that people were encouraged to sign.  The TRU Club members gave out prizes to participants of these activities.

 “TRU is a youth-led movement that rallies teens in North Carolina to get the message out about the dangers of tobacco use,” commented Elbert Maynard, the TRU Club Advisor at Mattamuskeet High School “this event was a great way to get our teens involved.”

 For more information about TRU Clubs for youth in Hyde, Currituck or Dare County contact Lisa Phillips the Youth Tobacco Prevention Coordinator at 252-475-5077 or to learn more about the TRU program visit www.realityunfiltered.com.

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Mattamuskeet students in the TRU Club (Truth. Reality. Unfiltered) Jazz’mine Chaivonn, Nicole Moore, Elaya Johnson, TRU Club President, and Kandi Davis were in high spirits as they participated in the TRU activities at the Mattamuskeet vs. Ocracoke basketball game. (L. Phillips photo)