Port Jervis, NY (September 24) – At a luncheon meeting held on Thursday, September 17, members of Operation PJ Pride, which is an acronym for Port Jervis Reaching for Intervention and a Drug-Free Environment, took the opportunity to thank Bon Secours Community Hospital for its contribution to the organization's Too Good for Drugs Program.
The drug use prevention program, co-sponsored by Operation PJ Pride, a Port Jervis substance abuse task force, Bon Secours Community Hospital, the Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Council (ADAC) of Orange County and the Port Jervis Police Department, was scheduled to begin in September at the Port Jervis Middle School.
The Too Good for Drugs Program will provide ten weeks of drug abuse and effective decision making training to all 8th grade students at the Port Jervis Middle School. The program is designed to provide effective training and education to the students to better prepare them for making important decisions to remain drug and violence free.
Bon Secours Community Hospital is sponsoring the workbooks and kits for all eighth grade students.
"I would like to thank Community Liason Mary Decker and Bon Secours Community Hospital for these workbooks and kits," said Valerie Maginsky, chairperson of Operation PJ Pride. "Our objective is prevention and these are important tools in that endeavor."
Bon Secours Community Hospital, a member of the Bon Secours Charity Health System, is located at 160 East Main Street in Port Jervis, NY. For additional information call (845) 858–7000 or visit: bschs.bonsecours.com
About Bon Secours Charity Health System
Every year, nearly one million people in the lower Hudson Valley, New Jersey and Pennsylvania turn to Bon Secours Charity Health System (BSCHS) for innovative healthcare delivered with compassion. BSCHS has received national recognition, rankings and numerous awards for the level of care it provides.
BSCHS is comprised of Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Suffern, NY; Bon Secours Community Hospital in Port Jervis, NY; St. Anthony Community Hospital in Warwick, NY; a certified
home health agency; two long-term care facilities; an assisted living/adult home facility and several other medical programs located throughout the region. The system employs more than 3,400, making it one of the region's largest employers
Bon Secours Medical Group is BSCHS's regional network of nearly 80 primary care physicians and specialists from a broad array of medical disciplines. These skilled clinicians play a central role in bringing personalized, preventive and expert care to people from every stage of life.
BSCHS is a member of the Bon Secours Health System—a national Catholic healthcare system with a strong reputation and robust commitment to bringing compassionate healthcare to those in need. For more information, visit
www.BSCHS.BonSecours.com. For a complete list of practitioners, visit
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Members of Operation PJ Pride were thankful for Bon Secours Community Hospital's contribution of student workbooks and kits to be used by eighth grade students in the Too Good for Drugs Program.
From left, Port Jervis Police Chief William Worden, Martin Colavito, Catholic Charities Director of Prevention Services, Valerie Maginsky, Operation Port Jervis Pride Chairperson, Mary Decker, Community Liaison, Bon Secours Community Hospital, Port Jervis Police Officer, Nicole McGowan, Lauren Savino, Prevention Educator, ADAC of Orange County, Mary Alice Presto, Prevention Coordinator, ADAC and Thomas Bongiovi, Superintendent Port Jervis School District.