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Towards these goals, we have accomplished the following:

• Helped the school host and put on a Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) program at the high school.
• Sponsored and hosted the Montana Meth Project at the school.  Program was designed to show kids the negative effects of Meth and the growing problems Meth is causing in our state, county, and community.
• Put on a Drunk Driving Accident Scene Recreation at the school with cooperation between all emergency services organizations in West Yellowstone.
• Hosted two Town Hall style meetings for local businesses to introduce and encourage them to provide Drug Free Workplaces in our community.
• Have hosted and taught State of Montana sanctioned Responsible Alcohol Sales and Services (RASS) classes.  These classes are designed to teach responsible sales techniques to all employees who sell alcohol; bartenders, servers, convenience store clerks, grocery store clerks, etc.  To date, we have trained over 300 people and currently have a board member trained to teach the class, with many more employee training classes scheduled.  
• Door to door effort made by our board members in an effort to convince businesses to join our Drug-Free Workplace coalition of businesses.  We have met with business owners, explained the process to become a drug-free workplace, created a customized drug testing policy specific for that business, and encouraged them to become part of this coalition.  To date, we have 20 individual businesses signed up and currently providing a drug-free work environment.  You can recognize these businesses by the Drug-Free Workplace stickers we have designed and provided each business to put in the window of their business.  Our goal is to have 50 businesses signed up by the end of the year, and continuing our efforts over the next few years to eventually include all businesses in our community.
• Two of our board members have won the state of Montana Swimming Upstream Award (2010 & 2011).  This award is given by the state to individuals who are making extraordinary efforts in the area of helping keep our youth from abusing alcohol and moving their lives in a positive direction.
• Tag It program:  flyers and bottle tags are being created to post on cooler doors, front counters, and bottles of alcohol.  These flyers and tags are designed to discourage legal adults from purchasing alcohol for our youth.  The message explains the severe legal consequences of such an act. 
• Presented and accomplished getting a curfew ordinance adopted in the Town of West Yellowstone for all youth under the age of 16 years of age.