WHAT
Substance abuse prevention tools for building youth resilience will be offered at Prevent Coalition’s quarterly meeting on Thursday, September 20th. Local teens from STASHA (Strong Teens Against Substance Hazards & Abuse) will present Good Friends in Hard Times. Friendship: Own It, a tool to help teens talk to each other about the risks of underage marijuana abuse. Toolkits for parents and schools to use to keep youth from using tobacco and alcohol will also be presented, as well as an overview of the Prevent Coalition and Youth Now websites, which host several resources available for community use. Teachers, faculty members, parents and community members are invited to attend the meeting to learn about these important substance abuse prevention tools and how to use them.
WHERE
Prevention Tools for Schools and Parents
Thursday, September 20th, from 3:30 to 5:00 pm
ESD 112 Conference Center, 2500 NE 65th Ave. in Vancouver
The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
WHY
Research shows that a connected community is a safe and healthy community. Prevent Coalition strives to be a connector and convener for all substance abuse prevention efforts in Clark County and works to reduce the risk factors known to contribute to substance use while increasing the factors that are known to protect youth from using substances.
WHO
Founded in 2006, Prevent Coalition is a group of diverse community members working together using an evidence-based framework to prevent youth substance abuse in Clark County, WA. Working in collaboration with parents, youth, schools, media, business, government, faith communities, law enforcement, youth-serving organizations, civic groups, health care professionals, and prevention organizations, Prevent Coalition is focused on improving the environment surrounding youth to create a community culture that promotes prevention and honors healthy living. Find toolkits, resources, and information about addiction, prevention, and resilience for adults and youth at PreventCoalition.org.
PHOTO OPP: Local teens from STASHA present youth to youth marijuana prevention tool
Substance abuse prevention tools for building youth resilience will be offered at Prevent Coalition’s quarterly meeting on Thursday, September 20th. In keeping with Prevent Coalition’s aim to put youth in leadership roles, local teens will be among those presenting.
Youth from STASHA (Strong Teens Against Substance Hazards & Abuse) will present Good Friends in Hard Times, a tool to help teens talk to each other about the risks of underage marijuana abuse.
Toolkits for parents and schools to use to keep youth from using tobacco and alcohol will also be presented, as well as an overview of the Prevent Coalition and Youth Now websites; which host several wellness and prevention resources available for community use.
Teachers, faculty members, parents and community members are invited to attend the meeting to learn about these important substance abuse prevention tools and how to use them. The Prevention Tools for Schools and Parents meeting will be held on Thursday, September 20th, from 3:30 to 5:00 pm at ESD 112, 2500 NE 65th Ave. in Vancouver. The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
Research shows that a connected community is a safe and healthy community. Prevent Coalition strives to be a connector for all substance abuse prevention efforts in Clark County and works to reduce the risk factors known to contribute to substance use while increasing the factors that are known to protect youth from using substances.
About Prevent Coalition
Founded in 2006, Prevent Coalition is a group of diverse community members working together using an evidence-based framework to prevent youth substance abuse in Clark County, WA. Working in collaboration with parents, youth, schools, media, business, government, faith communities, law enforcement, youth-serving organizations, civic groups, health care professionals, and prevention organizations, Prevent Coalition is focused on improving the environment surrounding youth to create a community culture that promotes prevention and honors healthy living. Find toolkits, resources, and information about addiction, prevention, and resilience for adults and youth at PreventCoalition.org.
Video professionals and dozens of student volunteers from Evergreen, Vancouver and Battle Ground public schools will be broadcasting live high school sporting events beginning tomorrow, August 31.
While at this time, teachers from those districts are involved in a work stoppage, athletic events are still taking place. That’s because coaches and teachers work under a different contract and are not in salary negations. If a sporting event is canceled, there is no opportunity to make up missed games/match against another school that may not be affected by a work stoppage. Additionally, continuing with practices and games help students maintain some scheduled activities and remain involved.
Production crews include students who learn valuable, real-life job skills by performing virtually every task on the crew, from operating video cameras and instant replay systems to running audio and on-screen graphics systems. Games will be broadcast on TV ETC Comcast channels 27, 29, 28, and 328 (HD) and where possible, will be streamed on each District’s YouTube channel & Facebook page.
Attached is a list of games and channel assignments.