Freshman Impact

Prevention program brings powerful message to area students
  • Injured passengers are helped from the back seat while a crash victim lies on the hood of a car involved in an automobile accident caused by texting. This was a scene at a mock two-vehicle collision that was part of Freshman Impact: Caught in the Moment, a prevention program aimed at teenagers. Photo by Roger Lawien
    Injured passengers are helped from the back seat while a crash victim lies on the hood of a car involved in an automobile accident caused by texting. This was a scene at a mock two-vehicle collision that was part of Freshman Impact: Caught in the Moment, a prevention program aimed at teenagers. Photo by Roger Lawien

    More than 100 high school freshmen from eight area schools - Timber Lake, Bison, Dupree, Faith, Takini, McIntosh, Lemmon and Tiospaye Topa - participated last Tuesday, Sept. 9, in Freshman Impact: Caught in the Moment, a one-day prevention program aimed at showing teenagers the life-changing consequences of poor decisions.

    With the help of dozens of volunteers, students experienced hands-on trainin…