ACES…What should we know?
Don’t miss our series of short video clips on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) featuring a conversation with an overview about ACEs, their impact on community and relevance to substance use.
Yearly Archives: 2020
National Prevention Week
National Prevention Week (NPW) is a public education platform that promotes prevention year-round through providing ideas, capacity building, tools, and resources to help individuals and communities make substance use prevention happen every day.
2020 Alcohol Awareness Contest Winners
We are excited to announce the winners of our 2020 Alcohol Awareness PSA contest “I Can Be Anything I Want to Be … Alcohol-Free!”, where 10 Sussex County schools had winning entries! With over 150 submissions, these entries truly stood out.
Tackling Opioids Through Prevention for Athletes (TOP) Toolkit
Tackling Opioids Through Prevention for Athletes (TOP) Toolkit is intended to help guide and raise awareness of opioid use and abuse among young student athletes and to provide evidence-based recommendations and information that will encourage and promote policy and practice changes that will strengthen schools, athletic departments and community based athletic programs.
Champion Awards – Building for the Future
The 2020 Champion Awards will honor five outstanding community individuals who have dedicated their time and effort to our mission. Please join us to recognize our “champions.” We are grateful for their dedication and we want to share the special contributions they’ve made to advocate for our agency and reinforce the work we do in Sussex County.
PSA Contest for Grade 4-12
Create a poster or written entry highlighting the message:
“I Can Be Anything I Want to Be … Alcohol Free.” Youth receive mixed messages about drinking alcohol from movies, television, magazines, music, their peers and other sources. Because of this, many do not understand how dangerous underage use of alcohol can be. You are smart, you know better!
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