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Del Oro softball players' 30‑day digital detox draws local interest after SPECT brain‑scan results
Summary
A 30‑day social‑media and smartphone pause by 27 Del Oro High School softball players, organized as a fundraiser and mental‑health awareness project, drew local attention after organizers reported behavioral surveys and preliminary SPECT brain‑scan changes for one volunteer.
A community‑led mental‑health project at Del Oro High School drew standing‑room attendance at Loomis Town Hall on April 8 after organizers described a 30‑day social‑media and smartphone abstention by the varsity softball team and presented preliminary brain‑scan results from one volunteer.
Jennifer Christiansen, who described herself as a Del Oro graduate and parent, told the council she organized the Look Up campaign to combine a mental‑health awareness effort with fundraising to install field lights. ‘‘All 27 softball players, so that's 100% gave up their smartphones and all social media use for 30 days,’’ she said, and the program provided flip phones and limited service to allow basic voice and emergency…
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