The Launch |
a -youth-driven venture aimed at building businesses that promote healthy communities, youth and families. The mission of the project is to empower youth by educating and engaging them in entrepreneurship, enriching alternatives to risk behavior, and community development through the preparation and launch of summer businesses and work-based learning. The Launch youth began in the summer of 2005 with a breakfast cafe located in the Common Man Inn in Plymouth by creating a small menu of hot food items, a name and logo and simple marketing to guests at the Inn and posters at local hot spots. The "Rise & Shine Cafe" became a bustling enterprise under their stewardship and served an average of 30+ breakfasts a day through the summer. In the summer of 2007, The Launch’s summer project expanded to include Frosty Scoops, an ice cream sales venture in the parking lot of the Common Man Inn. The school-year project will continue with weekly Wednesday evening meetings held at the Pemi Youth Center, leadership development, job-shadowing and skill development workshops with local business, and planning for a new and/or improved business for next summer. This is a great opportunity for teens to connect with their community, with local business owners, and with skills and experiences for their future. Teens ages 14-18 interested in the Launch should call 536-9793 for more information. Support of this project is through the NH Division of Public Health Services, Workforce Opportunity Council. Alex Ray, proprietor of the Common Man Inn is CADY’s major partner in this ongoing venture. |
Restorative Justice |
Restorative Justice is a new way of looking at crime that focuses on repairing the harm to the victim. Through the reparative process, youth offenders are held accountable, develop empathy for the victim, and make amends. Communities support the victim, and hold the offender accountable while encouraging personal growth of the youth with the understanding that community ownership of youth development is a cornerstone of a healthy community. The restorative process promotes dialogue between stakeholders through a community panel to discuss consequences of the crime, harm to the victim, and to direct needed action by the offenders via completion of accountability plans. The learning experiences are powerful for the offender as they move from passive avoidance to active participant in an accountability process designed to promote lasting behavioral change. |
Reclaiming Futures |
is a juvenile justice initiative aimed at helping teenagers who are caught in the cycle of drugs, alcohol, and crime.
The project focuses on developing and implementing improved community-based treatment, Drug Court accountability systems, and a new framework of community connections designed to strengthen the relationship between local courts and the communities they serve.
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Project Monitor
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is a local prevention tool through the police dispatch. An anonymous voice-mail line has been dedicated to preventing underage alcohol or drug parties and encourages community members and parents to call when word of an upcoming party surfaces. Police will then contact party hosts to ensure that homeowners were aware of the party and that adequate supervision will prevent the illegal use of alcohol or other drugs. To access Project Monitor, call 536-1804 x 7 in the Pemi-Baker area, 744-7947 x 7 in the Newfound area, and 787-2111 x 7 for the Grafton county Sheriff's Office. |
Artlinks Beyond the Bell |
is a program offered through Friends of the Arts located in the Silver Cultural Arts Center. The program bridges the arts and prevention of risk by bringing artists and musicians to local after-school programs and youth groups to engage young people in enrichment and prevention messages. The program culminates in a performance or show for parents and community members put on by the kids. Prevention materials are on-hand for parents as well. If you are a school or youth group interested in this program,
please call 536-1182 or visit the website!
www.friends-of-the-arts.org/programs/beyond-bell.php |
MIddle School Prevention Leaders |
Area middle schools facilitate peer leaders who are trained each year in leadership and resiliency, meet regularly at their school, and sponsor a range of school-based prevention activities including Red Ribbon Week posters and announcements, peer and community education, and community service to promote healthy, chem-free choices. Schools with active groups include Holderness Central, Wentworth Elementary, Russell Elementary, Waterville Valley Elementary, Thornton Central, Campton Elementary, and Lin-Wood MIddle School. For more information, contact the school or CADY at 536-9793 |
L.I.F.E. |
is the name of the local SADD chapters (Students Against Destructive Decisions) operating at two local high schools: Lin-Wood and Newfound Regional. Students attend leadership training and host a variety of chem-free year round events for their peers and their parents that focus on clean fun and healthy lifestyles. |
Community of Caring |
is a K-12 character education program operating successfully in SAU #48. The program was adopted through the Joseph P. Kennedy foundation and is in over 2000 schools nation-wide. Community of Caring seeks to promote five core values – respect, responsibility, caring, trust and family – through teacher training, youth forums, parent and community involvement and community service. Between 2000 and 2003, three SAU-wide trainings with national Community of Caring trainers were held at Plymouth State University. |
Media Campaign |
CADY writes a weekly prevention column
The CADY Corner in a local weekly newspaper, The Record Enterprise, letters to the editor and public service announcements in local papers focusing on the harm related to youth alcohol, tobacco and other drug use and specific effective strategies for parents and the community at large. A partnership with our local paper, the Record Enterprise, helps generate sponsorship for a quarterly prevention page called “Halt the Harm.”   The full page ad is sponsored by area businesses and organizations who support the safety of our youth. Past issues have focused on underage drinking, 3D month (national Drinking and Drugged Driving prevention month), and parent involvement as the most influential protective factor in preventing alcohol, tobacco and other drug use. |
General Outreach |
CADY participates in many outreach opportunities each year, including presentations and resource materials at school and community center open houses, presentations to local school boards and faculty, participation on local prevention councils in each of our three target areas, and collaboration with many local organizations on events and activities, including Old Home Day celebrations and the annual Conference For Parents. 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 our coalition to help share important and relevant prevention information. 536-9793! |
Annual Prevention Summit |
Since its inception CADY has offered an annual prevention summit for community leaders and concerned citizens. Held each spring at Plymouth State University, the summit is a chance to hear and discuss the latest data and trends in teen risk behavior and protective factors. Guest speaker topics have ranged from state legislation affecting funding to the physiology of addiction. To register for this year’s summit or to be on our mailing list for an invitation, call us at 536-9793 today. |
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