This is the 21st Annual “What’s Your Anti-Drug” (WYAD) supplement that the New Jersey Herald and the Coalition for Healthy and Safe Communities, a program of the Center for Prevention and Counseling, have collaborated on. This year over 700 Sussex County students from 28 different schools, in grades K-12th submitted an entry to the Annual WYAD Contest or submitted an entry to “What Makes You Happy?” contest.
Proper medication storage is important for one’s health and the children in one’s life. It can avoid the damaging of medication and accidental consumption from children. This video will provide information on the proper and safe storage of medication.
Red Ribbon Week begins Saturday, October 23rd and this year’s theme is “Drug Free, Looks Like Me.” As we prepare for Red Ribbon Week, we are sharing ideas for daily activities, as well as social media posts to utilize within your school community. Don’t forget to send us pictures of what your students are doing for Red Ribbon Week, we will be sending out emails to highlight your activities.
The Center is hiring! Rewarding full and part-time positions are available to join our Prevention, Counseling, and Recovery teams. We offers competitive salaries and benefit packages designed to improve the personal lives of our employees. We are proud of our agency growth and we’re looking for dynamic candidates who are excited to join our team and will add to our inspiring culture.
Prescription medication can aid in living a healthy life. Although, following wise medication practices is crucial for avoiding serious negative health outcomes. This video will highlight some important strategies of safe medication use that result in taking proper control of your health.
Week of Respect is an opportunity for New Jersey schools to focus on building and supporting positive school climates for students, staff and your school community! The week of respect is an excellent opportunity to kick-start year-long campaigns and initiatives. Center for Prevention and Counseling has provided daily themes, social media posts and projects that are easy for Sussex County schools to replicate during Week of Respect.
Our 6th Annual Changing the Face of Addiction walk was amazing and impactful! We had around 500 people attend the event with another 200 who donated and/or walked virtually making a total of 41 teams and 43 sponsors raising over $85,000 and there’s still time to donate!
My name is Stephen Gentle, and I’m a Police Officer with the Vernon Police Department. I’ve been in law enforcement for over 14 years and nearly 11 of these years with Vernon Township. I’m originally from Montclair, N.J., where I lived until joining the United States Marine Corps.
If you’re struggling with chronic pain, talk with your doctor about the many non-opioid treatment options available to find out if one might be beneficial for you. More and more people are turning to holistic treatment plans including yoga, hydrotherapy, physical therapy and other non-opioid treatments. Prescription drug medication can certainly improve the quality of […]
Here are the winners of our 21st Annual Alcohol Awareness PSA contest “A Healthy Me…is Alcohol Free”, 11 Sussex County schools had winning entries! With over 100 submissions, these entries truly stood out. Thank you to the teachers that had students enter as we appreciate their concern about this topic.
