Norma Norris Review of DDAP’s Scare Tactics & 15 Families at a time approach to heroin epidemic. Actions to take on behalf of Reality Tour: Pause to be grateful for your involvement in Reality Tour to date and for those who have joined you and for those you have served. Consider who you can contact anywhere to … Read more
By John Enrietto Eagle Sports Editor The Karns City High School football team made history Monday night (August 18) — and it had nothing to do with touchdowns or championships. The Gremlins became the first complete athletic team from Butler County to attend the Reality Tour Drug Prevention Program offered by non-profit organization CANDLE, Inc., … Read more
Feb 22nd, 2014: Paso Robles Press ATASCADERO — Residents who have dedicated their lives to the well-being of children are giving them and their families a cold, hard look at the result of drug use March 2. Local anti-addiction organization, Lighthouse, will host two Reality Tours at the Colony Park Community Center on Sunday, March … Read more
TribLive – Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013 By Jeremy Sellew What began as a run-of-the-mill school board meeting quickly turned into a heart-wrenching plea from parents asking the district to do more to fight the growing drug epidemic throughout the community. After hearing about a school district plan to create its own drug summit proposal, a … Read more
TRIBLIVE – Oct. 23, 2013 By A.J. Panian Published: Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, 9:01 p.m. The inaugural Mt. Pleasant Reality Tour on Oct. 31 will bring Westmoreland County to the forefront of one of America’s fastest-growing drug prevention initiatives, according to Norma Norris, executive director of CANDLE Inc., a Butler-based nonprofit which developed the event. … Read more
Tribune-Review – February 21, 2013 By Mary Pickels A Murrysville man will hold a Reality Tour planning session at 6 p.m. Monday in an effort to activate the drug and alcohol awareness program in his community. Shannon Gazze attended a Reality Tour informational session Wednesday at the Westmoreland County Courthouse. He invited area residents to … Read more
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – December 20, 2012 By Jill Cueni-Cohen The dramatic presentation opened with a casual conversation about how cool it is to do drugs but turned into a horrible night of consequences, including death from an overdose. The consequence is an example of what could happen to teens who get hooked on drugs. The … Read more
The Tribune Review – July 3, 2012 By Brad Pedersen Norwin, Pa. The Norwin Lions Club has helped a national anti-drug program find a home in the Norwin region. The club plans to work with Candle, Inc., a Butler-based non-profit agency, to offer the Reality Tour in September at JB’s Bright Beginnings on Brush Hill … Read more
The Register-Herald – May 9, 2012 By C.V. Moore — OAK HILL — The Fayette County Family Resource Network (FRN) dispenses a dose of reality May 15, when they stage another Reality Tour to raise local awareness about drug abuse. The reality tour incorporates live re-enactments of peer pressure, arrest, imprisonment, emergency room trauma and … Read more
Pike County Courier – May 3, 2012 MILFORD — “You see how people really are and how drugs can really change how a person is,” said Adam Tidridge of the Reality Tour. Fellow high school student, Alexander Trujillo agreed that the feel of actually “being there” in the moment has a greater impact than anything … Read more