CRCHY News Blog
Raising Great Kids Speaker Series: Internet Safety
Please join us on Wednesday, November 20th at 7pm at Newtown Middle School for a special presentation on Internet Safety. FBI Special Agent Cerena Coughlin will discuss apps, personal data, digital footprint and (most importantly) how parents can help their kids stay...
read moreTake Back Day October 2019 Recap
CRCHY helped with several #TakeBackDay site last Saturday, October 26th. We had volunteers in downtown Newtown at Newtown Fire Association Ladder 45 long with the Newtown Borough Police Department. Thank you to all of the sites, police, volunteers and community...
read moreTake Back Day – October 2019
Please join us Saturday, October 26th for National Take Back Day. CRCHY volunteers will be out helping with the collection in Newtown Borough, Newtown Township and Northampton areas. Detailed event information is below.
read moreRaising Great Kids: Ending the Silence 10/16/19
Please join us on Wednesday, October 16th from 7pm-9pm at Newtown Middle School for the first Raising Great Kids Speaker of the year: NAMI: Ending the Silence This community event is free. All we ask is for attendees to register so that we can have enough handouts for...
read moreRaising Great Kids Speaker Series 2019-2020
Save the dates! Here is the list of speakers/presentations for the Raising Great Kids Speaker Series for the 2019-2020 School year. ALL events are FREE! Registration is requested so that presentation materials can be available for all attendees. Registration links...
read moreTalk. They Hear You.
“Talk. They Hear You.”® Council Rock Coalition for Healthy Youth (CRCHY) Encourages Parents to Talk With Their Kids About Alcohol This Summer Using Help of “Talk. They Hear You.”® Campaign Did you know more kids try alcohol for the first time during the summer months...
read moreProject Sticker Shock
Last week, students from Council Rock South HS and Holy Ghost Prep worked together to spread the word of Project Sticker Stock. Students placed stickers on cases of beer and other adult-beverages at Richboro Beer & Soda reminding adults that it is a criminal...
read moreTHANK YOU! Raising Great Kids & Behind Closed Doors
Many thanks to everyone that made last nights Raising Great Kids Speaker Series presentation a success! Thank you to our presenters Psychologist Dr. Debbie Van Aken, police from local the departments of Newtown Township, Newtown Borough, Upper Makefield Township and...
read moreI Choose
This week, as part of National Prevention Week, the students at CR North participated in I CHOOSE. Students shared the activities that they CHOOSE to participate in over drugs and alcohol. We love to see students making smart decisions!
read moreRaising Great Kids Speaker Series & Behind Closed Doors
Please join us on Tuesday, May 21st at 7pm at Holland Middle School for the next installment of the Raising Great Kids Speaker Series: Be an Aware Parent. This event includes a presentation and panel discussion with Psychologist Dr. Jill Van Aken, Local Police...
read moreKick Butts Day 2019
March 20th was National #KickButtsDay and the SADD chapters are our local high schools will be sharing the following message with their school communities and the table top cards will be displayed at lunch (images below): Today we recognize national Kick Butts day....
read moreRaising Great Kids: College 101 Recap
On Tuesday night, January 15th, we had a great crowd of over 120 people join us for Raiding Great Kids: College 101. Ms. Francine Block, college admissions consultant, shared her knowledge of the college admission process. CRCHY thanks Ms. Block for her continued...
read moreRaising Great Kids Speaker Series – College 101: Finding the Right Fit
Join us Tuesday, January 15th! Register HERE
read moreSpreading the Word
CRCHY's efforts to spread the word about PA Stop continued with a stickie note on the front of the Bucks County Courier Times yesterday (12/30/2018). It was the last Sunday edition of 2018 and also happened to be the day the paper published it's final installment in a...
read moreCleaning Out Your Medicine Cabinet
If you're cleaning out your medicine cabinets in the new year, don't throw any medications into the trash OR down the drain! You can safely dispose of medications at a permanent disposal box from the list below. Keep our water supply safe by making sure unneeded or...
read moreBreakfast with Santa
Many thanks to the Newtown Business Association (NBA) for choosing Council Rock Coalition for Healthy Youth as the beneficiary of this year's Breakfast with Santa! It was a great event and we loved being there! CRCHY volunteers helped support the event as Santa's...
read moreSpreading the Word About PA Stop
CRCHY recently participated in the Annual Newtown Business Association Holiday Parade. Spreading the word about PAStop.org, volunteers and staff walked alongside the mobile billboard and handed out awareness bracelets. The festive event draws thousands of people to...
read moreAnnual HHS Survey Finds Marijuana Use Higher in “Legal” States
Annual HHS Survey Finds Marijuana Use Higher in "Legal" States; Colorado Leads Nation For First Time Adolescent Pot Use Legal States Use Rates Nearly 45% Higher Than Other States; Alcohol Use Also Up in Colorado (Alexandria, VA) - More young people are trying...
read moreYouth Mental Health First Aid Training
Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) Trainings are now available for FREE* to individuals living and working in Bucks County Sponsored through SAMSHA, for Bucks County “Now is the Time: Healthy Transitions” Grant, managed through the Bucks County LIFE program WHAT IS...
read morePA Stop PSA’s
The PAStop.org campaign helps people with substance use disorder find resources in their county and hopes to reduce the stigma around addiction. Several local and federal representatives helped CRCHY create the following PSA's at the 2018 Middletown Grange Fair. We...
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