Chloe Shier didn’t consider hydration a hot topic.

That was until she partook in a relatively new program offered at White Pines Collegiate and Vocational School that pumps up the positive points of consuming ample amounts of water and promotes other useful, healthy habits.

“It kind of piqued my interest because I always end up forgetting (about) drinking my water,” Shier told The Sault Star during a recent interview at the east end school. “It’s a habit that I need to get better with.”

Fellow Grade 12 student Maddi Lavine agrees.

“I think youth are told that we need to drink water, but we’re not told why,” she said. “With this, they’re telling us exactly why, and it helps us (know) why we do it. Obviously, it helps with mental clarity, it helps with digestion, it helps with cognitive

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