Category Archives: Youth
“What Makes You Happy?” Contest Submission Form 2024
Calling all youth grades K-3rd! Tell Sussex County How YOU Stay Happy by participating in our annual “What Makes You Happy?” youth media contest. Let’s us know through photos, stories, art or poetry. Submissions due Nov. 11th.
“What’s Your Anti-Drug?” Contest Submission Form 2024
Calling all youth grades 4th-12th! Tell Sussex County How YOU Stay Drug-Free by participating in our “What’s Your Anti-Drug?” 24th annual youth media contest. Let’s us know through photos, stories, art or poetry. Submissions due Nov. 11th.
Summer Time Newsletter
Did you know that youth are more likely to experiment with alcohol and other drugs for the first time during the Summer? Alcohol and drug use among adolescents increases during the Summer months for several reasons including youth having more unsupervised free time and more social events taking place. School’s out for Summer. Keep your kids safe and drug-free. Check out some prevention tips below!
2024 Alcohol Awareness Contest Winners
Here are the winners of our 22nd Annual Alcohol Awareness PSA contest “Everything is Awesome When You’re 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.
WYAD Winners 2023
What’s Your Anti-Drug Contest Winners. Majority Rules… Most kids don’t use drugs. Most of us have something in our lives that’s important enough to stand between us and drugs.
Red Ribbon Week 2023
Red Ribbon Week begins Monday, October 23rd and this year’s theme is “Be Kind To Your Mind. Live Drug Free.” 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. Remember to send us pictures of what your students are doing for Red Ribbon Week, we will be sending out emails to highlight your activities.
Back to School – Get tips and tools to use to talk to your kids about substance use
Heading back to school can be stressful. It is important for parents and educators to have resources at their fingertips. The Sussex County Prevention Hub is an initiative of the Coalition for Healthy and Safe Communities, a program of the Center for Prevention and Counseling. Our goals are to support the members of our community by providing a direct link to evidence-based support services, educational programs, and resources for all sectors.
2023 Alcohol Awareness Contest Winners
Here are the winners of our 22nd Annual Alcohol Awareness PSA contest “Everything is Awesome When You’re 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.
WYAD Winners 2022
This is the 22nd Annual “What’s Your Anti-Drug” (WYAD) supplement that the New Jersey Herald and the Coali- tion for Healthy and Safe Communities, a program of The Center for Prevention and Counseling, have collaborated on. This year over 500 Sussex County students from 29 different schools, in grades 4-12th submitted an entry to the annual WYAD Contest or submitted an entry to “What Makes You Happy?”, a special addition that was created
to recognize students in grades K-3, in effort to promote healthy and positive messages, at a young age!