CRCHY News Blog
Fall 2024 Medication Take Back Day!
Medication Take Back Day is Saturday, October 26, 2024 from 10 am - 2 pm! This year’s Take Back event will feature 46 public collection sites throughout the county. Simply walk or drive up and drop in any unused, unneeded or expired medications for safe disposal. In...
Join us at the Northampton Day Festival!
Join us at Northampton Day for a chance to experience "Behind Closed Doors" courtesy of CRCHY, Council Rock Education Foundation and the Bensalem Police Department. Sunday October 6th, 2024 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Richboro Middle School complex (98 Upper Holland...
Raising Great Kids: April 17, 2024
Council Rock Coalition for Healthy Youth Presents Award Winning Documentary Local Advocates Address Resilience and Post Pandemic Mental Health in Adolescents NEWTOWN, PA (April 8, 2024) – Council Rock Coalition for Healthy Youth (CRCHY), a community organized...
Raising Great Kids: Wednesday March 13, 2024
Kids are vaping in classrooms. Dealers are direct-messaging teens on Instagram and Snapchat. Cannabis is legal in many states, with psychedelics soon to follow. The constant, 24-hour deluge of content pushing the normalcy of drugs, alcohol, and vaping on social media,...
Raising Great Kids – Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Please join us for the Raising Great Kids Speaker Series featuring the internationally acclaimed film series: "Screenagers: Growing up in the Digital Age." Presented by CRCHY President Francine Block and preceded by D.A. Matt Weintraub's presentation: "An Informative...
CRCHY Youth Alums Return Home to do “Project Sticker Shock”
Council Rock Coalition for Healthy Youth (CRCHY) welcomed back students who first started Project Sticker Shock in our community years ago. Project Sticker Shock is an annual youth-led event that aims to reach community members ages 21 and older to remind them it is...
Raising Great Kids – Tuesday March 21, 2023
Please join us for the Raising Great Kids Speaker Series: “The Dangerous Truth About Today’s Marijuana” Presented by Laura Stack Tuesday, March 21, 2023 Virtual meeting 7 – 8 PM Register here to attend this informative presentation...
Raising Great Kids Speaker Series – October 19th
Join us for an Internet Safety Presentation by FBI Special Agent Cerena Coughlin - What parents need to know to keep kids safe and make good decisions while using social media. Don't miss the discussion about impacts of "over sharing" and trending internet issues....
A PANDEMIC WITHIN A PANDEMIC: Saving Today’s Overwhelmed Kids with Love, Laughter, and the Science of Resilience
Dear Community Members, On Wednesday, May 11th at 7pm at CR South, CRCHY will host Michael Bradley, a licensed clinical psychologist with a doctoral degree in psychology from Temple University, has over 30 years of experience working with adolescents. In addition, he...
National Drug Take Back Day!
National Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, April 30th 10am-2pm. The below fliers will help you know what to bring and where to bring it in Bucks County, PA. For more information please visit the Bucks County Drug and Alcohol Commission. Hope to see you on Saturday!
Covid-19 Behavioral Health Resources
If you are in need of Behavioral Health Resources during this time, please use the attachment below for guidance. Please share with anyone that needs help or support. Download here: Bucks County BH Helpline
Raising Great Kids Speaker Series: Stewards of Children
Stewards of Children® is a prevention training that teaches adults how to prevent, recognize, and react responsibly to child sexual abuse. About this Event This is a FREE event. We ask for registration to ensure enough materials are available for attendees. Council...
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...
Take 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...
Take 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.
Raising 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...
Raising Great Kids Speaker Series 2019-2020
EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED 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...
Talk. 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...
Project 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...
THANK 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...
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