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Chamber-led ‘Dorchester Goes Purple’ kickoff set for Sept. 2 to spotlight substance misuse
Summary
Chamber of Commerce presenters updated Dorchester County Council on the volunteer-led ‘Dorchester Goes Purple’ campaign, outlining a Sept. 2 kickoff at the county building, planned events through September and community partnership efforts to expand prevention, treatment and education.
The Dorchester County Chamber of Commerce briefed the County Council on the county’s volunteer-run substance misuse awareness effort known as Dorchester Goes Purple and announced a kickoff event for Sept. 2 at the county building.
Chamber representative Bill said the campaign began in 2018 in partnership with the sheriff’s office and has since expanded to include all eight Eastern Shore counties. “The primary objective behind this is to really work on substance misuse,” he said, adding the effort focuses on education, prevention and connecting people to treatment.
The chamber described a slate of September…
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