UBHCHY

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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September 29th Take Back Day

December 19, 2012

As part of the national Drug Take Back Day, the UBHCHY Coalition once again participated in this event on September 29th. The event was a huge success with over 5,600 pounds of drugs collected throughout all of the county. Since the inception of the program, over 17,000 pounds have been collected in Bucks County.

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Greetings from the UBHCHY Chair!

June 18, 2012

As summer begins many of us find ourselves reflecting back over the accomplishments of the past year – whether we have children in school or not.  With the change of seasons comes a change in activities, the culmination of sports efforts, and a shift in focus.

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Upper Bucks County Collects More Unwanted Prescription Drugs Than Any Other County in PA

June 18, 2012

The April 28th National Drug Take-Back Day was a huge success not only locally in Upper Bucks county, but throughout all of Bucks County and the rest of the country.  In the UBHCHY Coalition area, the following police departments participated and collected increasing amounts of unused or expired prescriptions, (total pounds in parentheses): 

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Ray Fox, UBHCHY Member, Honored by the DEA

June 18, 2012

Ray Fox, UBHCHY member from Quakertown, was among twelve individuals from Bucks County recently recognized by the Drug Enforcement Administration for his work on behalf of the UBHCHY Coalition during the National Prescription Drug Take Back Days.

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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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Greetings from the UBHCHY Chair!

March 15, 2012

As I sit here to write my first newsletter article as the new UBHCHY Chair, I find myself reflecting over the past several years.  Prior to joining the UBHCHY coalition I was not familiar with the world of prevention and coalitions, I was simply a concerned parent wanting to do my best raising two amazing [...]

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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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