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Kits to help students quit vaping or properly dispose of vaping materials are being placed in 17 school-based health programs throughout the Health Department of Northwest Michigan’s four-county jurisdiction of Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet and Otsego counties. The health department purchased and is
SAFE youth recently gathered to create new PSAs encouraging their peers about safe ways to handle stress, and reaffirming to teens that “we are all in this together.” Youth from Antrim, Charlevoix and Emmet counties gathered to record the PSAs
SAFE youth have created three new public service announcements encouraging their peers to avoid under-age drinking. The students talk about the potential harmful consequences for youth who do drink and particularly those who get caught drinking. Watch the PSAs from
The SAFE collaborative has created a traveling teen bedroom to help parents learn about how their teens might be using substances, in plain sight. The “Hidden in Plain Sight” trailer is typically open for parent tours at events such as
SAFE in Northern Michigan, a local collaboration of community leaders from various sectors working to combat youth substance use in the region’s communities, recently took six area youth to the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America Mid-Year Training Institute in Dallas,
In March 2020, the ‘All SAFE Youth’ meeting was held at the Genesis Center in Petoskey. SAFE Youth members from all 11 school districts came together for a full day meeting of team building activities, project planning and learning. A large
…SAFE and RISE project coordinators Susan Pulaski and Sierra Hilt joined more than 3,000 substance use prevention specialists and advocates from throughout the country for CADCA’s (Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America’s) 30th Annual National Leadership Forum in Washington, DC last week.
“We were
…In November 2019, SAFE In Northern Michigan youth had opportunities to meet with Speaker Lee Chatfield and Senator Wayne Schmidt to share their concerns about youth vaping. Thank you to our legislators for taking time to meet with our youth
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