Family Dinner Day

In collaboration with the Marshall County Anti-Drug Coalition, the Marshall County Family Resource Network would like to invite all community members to attend the second annual Family Dinner Day. The event will be held on Monday, September 22, 2008 at Cameron Elementary School from 5-7 p.m. The menu will include a spaghetti dinner with a cost of $5 per person and children under 5 eat free. Please RSVP by September 17 at 845-3300.

More than a decade's worth of research has shown that the more often kids eat dinner with their families, the less likely they are to smoke, drink, or use drugs. Therefore, the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University launched Family Day – A Day to Eat Dinner with your ChildrenTM in 2001, which is a national movement that encourages parents to frequently eat dinner with their kids and be involved in their lives. It is celebrated nationwide on the fourth Monday in September.

To learn how you can further celebrate Family Day at your home, workplace or in your community, log onto www.CASAFamilyDay.org