Drug-Free Tennessee Always Working with Schools to Help Students

Drug-Free Tennessee has volunteers constantly out in the community to spread the Truth About Drugs and help students lead better lives.

Keeping Youth off Drugs has long been the message of Drug-Free Tennessee (DFT), which is the local chapter of the international non-profit The Foundation for a Drug-Free World. The group has promoted a drug-free life with education and prevention materials for young people.

The cornerstone of the Foundation’s educational program is the Truth About Drugs booklets, which enlighten all ages on the dangers of common street drugs.

The booklets can be passed out in volume, presented during lectures and seminars with adults and youth alike, or shared one on one to pass along the message. Volunteers are working in schools and communities continuously throughout Tennessee and the South to ensure young people can lead better lives without the grip of addiction or substance abuse.

The Foundation for a Drug-Free World is a secular nonprofit corporation that empowers youth and adults with factual information about drugs so they can make informed decisions to live drug-free. The Foundation’s Truth About Drugs campaign is the world’s largest nongovernmental drug education and prevention initiative.

The Church of Scientology and Scientologists support the Foundation, making it possible to provide these materials free of charge to community leaders, groups and educators for their use in dealing with this vital subject.

The Way to Happiness Association of Tennessee Reminds People to Take Care of Themselves

The Way to Happiness Association of Tennessee is working to help communities across Nashville.

The Way to Happiness, a book written by humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard in the early 1980s, is comprised of 21 precepts, each one predicated on the fact that one’s survival depends on the survival of others—and that without the survival of others, neither joy nor happiness are attainable. In the three decades since it was authored, more than 115 million copies of the book passed hand to hand, thus inspiring the movement which is making its way throughout the city of Nashville, Tenn.

Volunteers for The Way to Happiness Association of Tennessee (TWTH-TN) are sending the message to people to take care of themselves amid the global concerns over the Coronavirus. “The Way to Happiness was written in the 1980s, but the very first passage you’ll read is Take Care of Yourself,” says Julie Brinker who coordinates local volunteers for TWTH-TN.

The passage is titled Get Care When You Are Ill, and reads: “When they are ill, even with communicable diseases, people often do not isolate themselves or seek proper treatment. This, as you can easily see, tends to put you at risk. Insist when someone is ill that he or she takes the proper precautions and gets proper care.”

“The message is simple, but powerful,” says Brinker.

According to thewaytohappiness.org, “This code of conduct can be followed by anyone, of any race, color or creed and works to restore the bonds that unite humankind.” In the three decades since it was authored, 100 million copies of the book passed hand to hand. "This book is based on common sense principles and acts as a moral compass,” says Judy Young, Director of The Way to Happiness Association of Tennessee, “when people read it, they are able to easily put the concepts in it into practice to live a better life.”

TWTH-TN is making a true impact across Tennessee and reaching other parts of the world. To learn more about the program, or to order copies of The Way to Happiness booklet, visit twthtn.org.

Church of Scientology Volunteer Ministers Bring Aid to the Nashville Community

The Churches of Scientology Disaster Response worked alongside hundreds of volunteers from churches, neighborhood groups, and community organizations to provide help and relief to those affected by the Nashville tornado which ripped through the city early in the morning on March 3, 2020.

The storm, which struck out of the darkness early Tuesday, left a path of destruction across four counties, including hardest-hit Putnam County.

Utility crews worked to repair more than 600 downed poles and restore power to almost 50,000 Nashville residents.  Many survivors were left wondering how to rebuild after homes, businesses and schools that were damaged or destroyed. Communities turned out to help those left injured or homeless or simply to share their grief.

But what’s more than that is the now 20,000 who have signed up to volunteer through Hands on Nashville and began working to rebuild as early as Tuesday morning March 3^rd. While it was important to heed Metro’s call to stay out of damaged areas, neighbors began helping neighbors. And once it was time to start clearing away debris, volunteers assembled in masses across the city in the most devastated areas.

Scientology Volunteer Ministers began in East Nashville, clearing debris and working with community members who most needed help, and went on to Germantown and North Nashville where the damage had been severe for several neighborhoods. There, Volunteer Ministers were able to remove an approximate 5000 lbs of debris, as well as help dozens of people move furniture out of destroyed homes and into moving trucks.

“People are working together, supporting one another, and rebuilding the city one home at a time,” says Julie Brinker, who is coordinating the Church of Scientology Disaster Response teams in Nashville.

For more information about the Church of Scientology Disaster Response or Volunteer Ministers, visit volunteerministers.org.