Kent County High School has brought in many speakers to talk about drug education and awareness, but drug use has been a huge problem throughout Kent County. On September 23, 2019 to take part in the prevention of drug use, our principal Mr. Dale Brown invited Tony Hoffman to Kent County High School. He came to KCHS to talk to the students and teachers about drug education and the choices he made while under the influence. Drug education and awareness has been a big part of Kent County. County wide we have taken part in Kent Goes Purple to hold a drug prevention that every person including the student body joins to wear purple.
Tony Hoffman is on the road to recovery and has been sober since May 17th, 2007. Making continuous progress throughout his life, Tony Hoffman is a BMX elite pro and placed second at the 2016 world championship Medellin Colombia in the Masters Pro class. He started his BMX career during his high school career when he started going through his encounter with drugs. He experimented with drugs throughout his life but was able to make a change and choose to become sober for 12 years now.
He went to prison in the year of 2004, but on December 13 in 2008 after paroling, he made it out of prison to leave his addictions behind him and live out his dream. His dream was to go to the Olympics. When he left addiction he coached Women's Elite Pro Brooke Crain, 4th placed finish team at 2016 in Rio Olympics Games in Brazil.
Hoffman is choosing to set aside a various amount of money to open, “Tony Hoffman Wellness Center”. This center was created to encourage people to get help who are going through the same struggles he might have gone through in the past. It also gives people a chance to recover and live out the life they truly deserve.
Kent County High School teacher Sara McCown said “ It was very well said, but also Tony Hoffman was able to connect to everybody with a Q and A, He was very real and gave a true description of his life choices and how he was able to change.”
The realness and total understanding of drug use is serious. The stories that Tony Hoffman shared and the choices he made as a teenager allowed the student body to connect and understand the consequences that come with using drugs.
By supporting him and every person that is recovering from drug addiction, Kent went purple. Tony Hoffman was a great choice to have at Kent County High School as a speaker of drug education, but also to have more of an experience that real people have gone through.
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