UBHCHY

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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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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Prescription Drug Take Back

March 15, 2012

Over eighteen months, the Upper Bucks Healthy Communities Healthy Youth Coalition (UBHCHY) has participated in prescription drug take back days that have been sponsored nationally by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and locally most notably by the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office.

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The Search Institute Reports on UBHCHY Coalition’s Student Support Card

February 29, 2012

Adapted from the Search Institute’s Article on the Upper Bucks Healthy Communities Healthy Youth Coalition.  Read the original article here. Upper Bucks Healthy Communities • Healthy Youth Coalition used the results of a recent Attitudes and Behaviors survey to create a “Student Support Card“ (UBSSC) for their community. The document displays the current levels of [...]

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Second Annual Performing Arts Festival Draws Local Crowds and Community Praise

December 19, 2011

Four minutes to show time and there was not an empty seat to be seen.  It wasn’t Gaga or Beiber who enticed the crowd to fill the auditorium, but a group of talented teens, poets, singers, song writers and actors– the Lady Gagas of the future.  After folding chairs were hastily dragged into the hall [...]

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Local Efforts During Third National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Results in Collection of over 165 pounds of Prescription Drugs

December 19, 2011

The Upper Bucks Healthy Communities Healthy Youth Coalition (UBHCHY) participated in the third national Rx Drug Take Back event held on Saturday, October 29,2011. This event is coordinated nationally through the federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and locally through the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office and the Bucks County Drug and Alcohol Commission.

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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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