40 Developmental Assets

Community Mobilizer, Lee Rush, Pays Tribute to Search Institute Founder, Peter Benson

December 19, 2011

I first heard Peter Benson speak in 1995. Tim Duffey, an old friend from days spent in the Student Assistance Program (SAP) field brought Peter to one of our National SAP conferences to speak as a keynoter. I never forgot Peter and his message.

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2012 Youth Surveys Conducted, Results Revealed Early Next Year

December 19, 2011

For the fourth time in the last ten years, the Upper Bucks Healthy Communities Healthy Youth Coalition (UBHCHY) has completed the bi-annual youth survey given to 3,000 students in 8th, 10th and 12th grades in the Palisades, Pennridge and Quakertown schools.

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Insight into Assets: the Importance of a Caring Neighborhood

May 19, 2011

This month’s is “Caring Neighborhood” which is defined as when a child experiences caring neighbors living nearby. When I think of this asset, I realize that we may all have a different view of what our “neighborhood” is.

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Building Assets: The Importance of Youth Programs

March 28, 2011

April’s Asset of the Month is Youth Programs.  This critical Developmental Asset is important for our communities to support the children through youth programming.

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justCommunity, Inc. Calling All High School Dramateaurs for the 2011 Winter Theatre Arts Festival!

March 13, 2011

justCommunity, Inc. will present the 2011 Theatre Arts Festival at the James Lorah House in Doylestown, PA on December 11, 2011 at 3:30 and 7pm.  Submissions for the 2011 Theatre Arts Festival are currently taking place and will be accepted until November 4, 2011.

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2010 Prescription Drug Take Back Success! -Message from the UBHCHY Chair

February 27, 2011

In December of 2009, Upper Bucks Healthy Communities/Healthy Youth Chairperson, I attended a workshop in Washington, DC about Prescription Medication Take Back Programs. I learned that there is an epidemic in the U.S. due to the illegal use of prescription drugs. 

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Area Members Attend “Big Tent” Conference in Houston, TX

December 15, 2010

Each year the Search Institute based in Minneapolis, MN, (the organization responsible for initiating the national movement known as the “Healthy Communities Healthy Youth Initiative”) sponsors and hosts a large national, inter-generational conference. 

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Upper Bucks Healthy Communities Healthy Youth Coalition to launch ‘Parent Chats’

December 14, 2010

Generations ago our mothers had an occasional Tupperware Party or the Pot Luck Dinner over a card game to catch up on current events, their children’s successes and the latest parenting challenges.

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