Become Part Of The Team And Help Make A Difference!!!
Facts About D.I.C.E:
-DICE stands for Drug Intervention Community Educators.
-DICE is the youth branch of the East Providence Substance Abuse Prevention Task Force and we are a non-profit organization.
-DICE presently has about 72 members ages 12-21, who are mainly from the Riverside, Rumford and East Providence vicinity but you can live anywher to join! Anyone going into the 7th-12th grade can join now!
-DICE meets once a week at the East Providence City Hall (see directions) from 6-8pm on Wednesday evenings. Events are scheduled throughout the week as well.
-DICE is a year round group which is planned by youth and for youth and the greater community at large. In the past 9 1/2 years we have either planned, organized, hosted and/or attended over 700 events.
-Absolutely everything that DICE does is completely optional, so if you don't like any specific aspect of it, That's OK! Here's a few of the many things in which we do or have done:
*Soup Kitchens
*Nursing Home Visits
*Skit Writing and Theater Performances
*Planned and Hosted a Charity Ball
*Lock-Ins
*Teach Prevention in Elementary Schools (Teens Teaching the Truth)
*Attend Conferences all over the state and beyond
*Environmental Clean-ups
*Adopt Families for the holiday seasons
*Activities at local and state-wide festivals/events.
*Organized/participated in a smoke-free rallies/events
*Hold substance abuse free dances
*Helped plan RI's first America's Promise Teen Summit
*Food drives/hunger petitions
*Difference Makers International Blue Ribbon Campaign
-DICE is more than just a group of youth planning and attending events, it is a group of friends that truly care and support one another. Wouldn't you like to become part of that? Join DICE today by either calling us at 401-435-7516 or stop by our office in the East Providence City Hall which is located at 145 Taunton Avenue East Providence RI 02914.