| In 1990, in support of the
Olympic
Ideal, still training for international competition in two sports, Stephen
M. Apatow cycled 6000 miles to open the first toll free hotline 1-800-SAY-NO-TO-DRUGS
(1-800-729-6686) for the National
Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
(NCADI). NCADI works with and through Regional
Alcohol and Drug Awareness Resource (RADAR) Network Centers located in
almost every state.
Today, this project is recognized
as the largest touch outreach ever coordinated by the Office for Substance
Abuse Prevention (now known as the Center for
Substance Abuse Prevention), a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
In 1993, he set out on his next
challenge, a 3000 mile "Run Across America," (www.runacrossamerica.org)
and in 1994 founded the nonprofit organization Humanitarian Resource
Institute.
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