Fighting the Epidemic Godwin Organization Works to Combat Drug Abuse Within Schools
The Eagles’ Volume 38 Mills E. Godwin High School Issue 7 2101 Pump Road April 27, 2018 Richmond, Virginia 23238 Eyrie Priceless godwineagles.org Fighting the epidemic Godwin organization works to combat drug abuse within schools photo Eagles’ Eyrie 2016 photo Kathryn Chamberlin l to r: Harrison Derr, Jenny Derr, Chris Herren, and Jordan Derr at the Chris Herren drug A Project Purple meeting on April 23. School leaders met awareness assembly in 2016. Jenny Derr spoke about her late son Billy. to speak about substance abuse at Godwin. are facing substance abuse ings, as well as having speakers Ben Grott tinued to struggle with addiction, ented man who loved sports and issues. Also around that time, talk at lunches. News Editor seeing counselors, and eventu- popular rap culture. Derr and other parents contin- Project Purple also participat- Today, addiction touches the ally entered a full time treatment Derr decided the only way to ued to meet as they prepared ed in Red Ribbon Week, where lives of many, even the God- facility in 2014. make change was for their family for Chris Herren, a retired NBA Derr and Anne Moss Rogers, an win community. The desire for Billy then relapsed after a to start raising awareness and player, addict and now motiva- addiction, suicide, and mental change led to the creation of year and a half of sobriety in sharing Billy’s story. tional speaker, to come and talk illness speaker, talked about project purple 2016, but seemed to be back “I remember calling Billy and to the Godwin community.
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