UBHCHY 2012 Town Hall Meeting

On Tuesday, May 22nd the UBHCHY Coalition shared the 2012 Student Support Card at a town hall meeting held at the Perkasie campus of the Bucks County Community College.  The meeting was attended by nearly 100 persons, of which one-third were high school students from the Palisades, Pennridge and Quakertown high schools. 

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NATIONAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION CONFERENCE

Washington, D.C. – Mr. Ray Fox and Mr. Lee Rush, two members of the Upper Bucks Healthy Communities Healthy Youth Coalition (UBHCHY) recently joined 2,700 substance abuse prevention and treatment leaders from across the country at Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America’s (CADCA) 22nd annual National Leadership Forum.

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AlcoholEdu – by Jordan Rheam, Quakertown High School Senior

Lee Rush, Executive Director of justCommunity, visited Quakertown High School last fall to observe students using the online AlcoholEdu Program.  Rush wanted to observe a participating health class using the course after obtaining a $15,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) to purchase the program. 

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Lee Rush to Join National Leaders at Youth Symposium Featuring Lady Gaga, Other Celebrities

justCommunity Executive Director Lee Rush has been invited along with 80 other national leaders to attend a Symposium on Youth Meanness and Cruelty at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, February 29. This event coincides with the launch of Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation.  The Symposium is hosted by the Berkman Center for … Read more

April 30th Drug Take-Back Day Results in 360 Pounds of Prescription Drugs Off Our Streets

Prescription drug abuse by teenagers is increasing at alarming rates and is the second most abused type of drug after marijuana. To help stem this rising tide, the federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) sponsored its second national prescription drug “take back day” on April 30th.

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Borough of Quakertown Installs First Permanent Prescription Drug Drop Box in Bucks County

Ray Fox, (left) Chair of the Upper Bucks Healthy Communities Healthy Youth Coalition presents a $500 check to help pay for a Prescription Drug Take Drop Box to Scott McElree, Quakertown Borough Manager and Police Chief.

The Borough of Quakertown became the first municipality in Bucks County to place a permanent “drop box” in their police department headquarters for citizens to safely dispose of expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs.

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UBHCHY Coalition Among 2,800 Attendees at National Substance Abuse Prevention Conference Hosted by CADCA

Members of the UBHCHY Coalition joined 2,8000 substance abuse prevention and treatment leaders from across the country at Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America’s (CADCA) 21st annual National Leadership Forum.

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