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Keeping Your Teen Safe – Graduation Celebrations
It’s graduation season. Here are some strategies and resources you can use as parents and guardians of graduating teens.
Prevention Celebration Roadshow!
This year we are taking our annual prevention celebration on the road! Our team will be traveling through the Lamoille Valley region to visit projects, celebrate successes and share them out with the community. Stay tuned as we reach out to our community partners and schedule a visit to recognize the impact of shared work and celebrate our prevention honorees along the way!
Join Our June Coalition Meeting!
At our June meeting we will explore coalition processes that will put us in a good place for next year’s work. We will evaluate committee processes, plan the FY27 Coalition Calendar and lay the foundation for the next grant year’s work. If you have been actively involved in the last year or would like to be involved in this upcoming year of work starting July 1st, we encourage you to come!
We Were at the Green Mountain Tech Fair!
Healthy Lamoille Valley was excited to take part in this year’s Green Mountain Tech Fair on May 29th. We invited students to reflect on the question, “What helps you grow?” Using plants as a parallel, students were encouraged to think about the supports, strengths, relationships, and healthy choices that can help them grow and thrive.
May Coalition Meeting Follow-up
Thank you to everyone who joined our May coalition meeting on the topic of tobacco and nicotine. It was a great conversation with strong engagement, thoughtful discussion, and renewed energy around our shared efforts across the Lamoille Valley. We were especially excited to welcome a diversity of partners and perspectives to the table. The meeting was also covered by a local reporter, and we appreciate everyone who contributed to the discussion and helped highlight the importance of this work in our communities.
Refusal Skills You Can Use
Our Youth Substance Prevention Coordinator Carrie Patterson has facilitated approximately 20 refusal skills workshops for 6th graders across the Lamoille Valley Region this spring. These interactive workshops help students build practical tools for handling peer pressure, making healthy choices, and saying “no” confidently, especially in situations related to substance use.
Green Up Day and Beyond!
Thank you to everyone who contributed to our Environmental Impact of Substance Use Survey on Green Up Day and for helping keep our communities clean and healthy. If you would like to plan a cleanup in your community beyond Green Up Day, check out these resources!