Outreach Programs
CADY participates in many outreach opportunities each year. We provide resource materials and make presentation at school and community center open houses and to local school boards and faculty. We participate in local prevention councils in each of our three target areas, and collaborate with many local organizations and partners on events and activities, including Old Home Day celebrations and the Annual Plymouth Main Street Halloween Festival. If you or your organization are interested in workshops, presentations or resources related to youth alcohol, tobacco or other drug use prevention, give us a call today. We have many local and state-wide experts available to share important and relevant prevention information.
Coalition Meetings
In Three Sub-Regions
A coalition is defined as a pact or treaty among individuals or groups, during which they cooperate in joint action, joining forces together for a common cause. In addition to hosting meetings of our CADY coalition partners, CADY also participates in many coalition meetings in our three sub-regions: Pemi-Baker, Newfound, and Lin-Wood.
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Plymouth Regional High School At Risk Team Meeting
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Newfound Children’s Team
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Lin-Wood Coalition for a Healthy Community
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Whole Village Agency Council
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Southern Grafton County Health Consortium
Community Health Fairs
Whether it is at a local elementary school, high school, senior center, healthcare center or community center, CADY can often be found participating with a table full of resource materials, handouts and friendly staff to help provide assistance and information.
Resource materials are also available for pick up at our office and there are some downloadable resources in the library section of this web site.
Festival of Trees
For the past four years, CADY has participated in the Annual Festival of Trees sponsored by the Common Man Inn and Spa. Each year area non-profits decorate and display themed holiday trees throughout the Inn and Spa. The Inn provides a map of the building, locating trees for guests and visitors to view and judge. Voting usually goes from the start of the event in early December to January 1st each year.
We appreciate the opportunity the Common Man Inn has provided to CADY, and other non-profits to showcase their organization and educate people. The youth participants in CADY’s LAUNCH program work hard each year to create a theme using handmade ornaments, and the chosen theme says a great deal about the dedication of our youth to make a difference.
In 2009 the CADY christmas tree was decorated by the LAUNCH with the Theme of "1000 cranes for world peace." The Youth folded 1,000 cranes and decorated the tree and came in 3rd PLACE!
The 2010 tree was a "BEE" themed tree - taking off of Ghandi's famous quote "Be the change you wish to see in the world." The Launch youth spun it into "BEE" the Change you WANT to See!" by making Bumble Bee cutouts that characterized what they wanted to be, such as "Bee a Leader; Bee drug free; Be an advocate; Be a Voice; Bee the Difference."
Move Up Night
Plymouth Regional High School
coming soon
Print & Electronic Information Dissemination
coming soon
School Open Houses
coming soon...
Say BOO To Drugs
Held in October
In 2007, the first graders at Plymouth Elementary School planted and harvested pumpkins at Charlie's Garden as part of an interdisciplinary school program. Each year the school generously donates pumpkins and gourds to CADY. In 2007, the New Hampton Community School 5th grade class, with their art teacher Denise Plante-Renaud, transformed the pumpkins into ghosts with the "Say BOO to Drugs" message. This powerful theme was integrated into Halloween activities in CADY's 17-town catchment area. The 7th grade, Leaders in Prevention, students at Wentworth Elementary School organized a school-wide event with CADY to bring the "Say BOO to Drugs" message to the entire school population. They performed a puppet show for grades 1-4, distributed lollipops with "Say BOO to Drugs" theme for the entire school and designed interactive activities with fatal vision goggles for grades 5, 6, and 8.
The Launch youth participated in the Main Street Plymouth Halloween Festivities on October 30, 2007. They carved pumpkins for the evening festivities, ghost lollipops to be handed out, and red ribbons for everyone to wear. They had a pumpkin carving/decorating contest, bowling for witches with apples, a ring toss activity, and information spotlighting the "Say BOO" theme. In 2008, the program expanded to more towns to broaden the reach of prevention messaging.
Town Hall Meeting
coming soon
Trick or Treat
On the Common
This event was done in October for Halloween. The launch volunteers on the common with games (bowling for witches, ring toss) and fun community projects (pledge to be drug free banner, and pumpkin voting).
