Lee Rush

Greetings from the UBHCHY Chair

December 19, 2012

Greetings for a healthy, happy new year for 2013. I hope this note finds you well. It has been an extremely busy several months with coalition activities-several are highlighted with this newsletter.

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UBHCHY 2012 Town Hall Meeting

June 18, 2012

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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Lady GaGa’s Born This Way Foundation

March 15, 2012

Lee Rush, Upper Bucks Healthy Communities Healthy Youth Coalition’s Community Mobilizer, was invited along with 80 other national leaders to Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society to help launch Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation (BTWF). 

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NATIONAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION CONFERENCE

March 15, 2012

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

March 15, 2012

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

February 29, 2012
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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 [...]

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

May 19, 2011

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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