The City of Santa Clarita’s DFYIT (Drug Free Youth in Town) Program is hosting “X-Week” at 15 local junior high and high schools to encourage teens to pledge drug-free.

In the coming weeks, current members of DFYIT clubs throughout Santa Clarita will host anti-drug and anti-alcohol activities at lunchtime to bring awareness to other students on their campuses. Students can also learn about the DFYIT program and commit to a drug-free life by signing the DFYIT pledge banner which currently bears more than 4,000 names.

DFYIT is a free, school-based, voluntary, anti-drug club for high school teens. The club is run by kids, for kids, allowing teens to thrive in a drug-free setting with like-minded peers. Since its launch in Santa Clarita in 2012, DFYIT has reached thousands of youth by spreading the program’s drug-free message through events, speaker engagements and activities both on and off school campuses.

DFYIT is a collaborative effort among the City of Santa Clarita, the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Department, Los Angeles County and the William S. Hart Union High School District.

For additional details on the DFYIT program, contact Janine Prado, Human Services Administrator for the City’s Community Services Division at (661) 250-3716 or visitDFYITscv.com.