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WATCH: PICS invites you to be part of their drug and gang free community rally on August 19

Darpan News Desk Darpan, 12 Aug, 2021 10:07 AM

PICS Society is organizing Drug & Gang Free Communities Event taking place on Thursday August 19th.

The Campaign is called Reach which stands for Realize, Educate, Accept, Communicate a Help in order to create a greater awareness and share available resources. This initiative of PICS is to address the issue of illicit drug dose deaths in BC as well as the ongoing gang conflict.

PICS will be doing a car rally which will take place at PICS’s Head Office at 9am and will move throughout Surrey.

Find out how the rest of the day will unfold and how you can be part of the campaign to create greater awareness and educate others about the rally with PICS CEO Mr. Satbir Cheema.

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