2012 YADAPP Team at Longwood University General Dean presents the 2010 Got Outcomes National Award 
<br />Feb. 2011 Safe and Drug Free Resource Fair - Northside Middle School 2011 Community Coalitions of Virginia Meeting - Statewide Prevention Presence Youth Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Project Project Sticker Shock It's My Prom 2011 Youth Ambassadors at 2012 CADCA Mid Year Conference in Nashville, TN 2012 YADAPP: 27 Youth Leaders Attend State Conference

May is Mental Health Awareness Month! What is your pathway to wellness?

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Your pathway to wellness can be: • Good health • Saving more money • Healthy relationships • Being good to yourself • Showing gratitude • Keeping good friends close • Taking care of your community • Eating one less cookie • Looking for a new job • Learning how to let go • Walking instead [...]

Check out this video about the Click it or Ticket Campaign! https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=10151428556773231″ width=”864″ height=”480″ frameborder=”0″>

Try a Tri!!

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Calling all High School and Middle School students to put together a Tri Team! You need a swimmer, biker, and runner! Bring the 2013 cup to your school! Go to this link and sign up for the 3rd annual Sprint Tri on June 2nd at the Salem Family YMCA. You can also do this as [...]

Alert! There is a product out there in our area that is marketed as candy with marijuana in it. It is called Cheeba Chews!

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This “candy” version of marijuana has been found in Pulaski County Va, and quite possibly in Roanoke.  It is very potent. http://www.necn.com/01/27/12/Cheeba-Chew-looks-and-feels-like-Tootsie/landing_nation.html?blockID=639912

Our Partner in Arlington Seeks to Hire!

One of partner organizations is seeking to hire new Coalition Coordinator. The READY Coalition is a young Drug Free Community Support Program grantee, and working on key substance abuse efforts among the underage population. Please see the details below, and follow the Link to apply!   Job Title: PROJECT COORDINATOR (Grant Funded – 30 HRS/WK)) Closing [...]

In honor of National Prevention Week today’s theme is Prevention of Alcohol Abuse!

Alcohol’s effects on your brain and body depend on the ways you drink–such as how much and how often–as well as your age, gender, and overall health status http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-health

May is National Bike Month! Get out and ride!

May is National Bike Month—a perfect time for our community to recognize and celebrate all the benefits of bicycling. Bicycling keeps us healthy, carries us efficiently from point A to point B, saves us from high gas prices, and makes our air cleaner and our roads less congested. Bicycling is good for our community and [...]