HEY MHC News

3 on 3 Basketball Tournament

Saturday, 10 March 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Saturday March 10 3 on 3 Basketball TournamentCollinsville YMCA Ages 12-20 FREEGo to www.MHC.3on3.com for more information

Fast Track Business Fair

Tuesday, 06 March 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Join Us at Fast TrackOn March 6 and 7, Come by Fast Track booths 801 and 803 andhelp us celebrate our 10th Anniversary with some cake and other treats. Go back in time and see how far we have come over the last 10 years.

Youth Rally Meeting Thursday at 4:30

Thursday, 01 March 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Youth Rally Meeting Thursday at 4:30 Place TBA

Join Us at Fast Track

Thursday, 02 February 2012 12:00:00 +0000

On March 6 and 7, Come by Fast Track booths 801 and 803 and help us celebrate our 10th Anniversary with some cake and other treats. Go back in time and see how far we have come over the last 10 years.

CHILL plans to dance the night away

Thursday, 02 February 2012 12:00:00 +0000

CHILL is planning a special Valentine’s Dance on Friday, February 18 2011 at Forest Park Country Club. All area high school students are invited to this Free Formal “Black and White Dance.” CHILL and HEY are committed to giving area youth fun alternatives in our efforts to lower substance abuse in our area teens.

CADCA Bound..

Tuesday, 31 January 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Seven CHILL members and two CHILL coordinators will be attending CADCA’s 22nd National Leadership Forum. February 6-9 at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in National Harbor, MD. HEY and CHILL are members of this national “Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America that brings together more than 2,500 youth and adults across the country for opportunities to lean the latest strategies to fight substance abuse and hear from nationally-know experts. Our youth will be going to Capitol Hill to meet with their US Senators and Representatives and talk with them about the importance of funding substance abuse prevention programs. Katie Connelly and Debbie Seals will be taking the following CHILL members: Je’Nai Davis, Carlisle; Cody Lopez, MVHS; Eddie Bowman, BHS; Christina Mitchell, Brooke Mason and Maranda Johns, MHS.

New MADD Chapter formed

Sunday, 01 January 2012 12:00:00 +0000

As a result of the October 3, 2011, Piedmont Alcohol Awareness Conference, a local chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving has been formed for Martinsville and Henry County. Nine community members attended the organizational meeting on January 18, 2012. The next meeting will be on Wednesday, February 22 at 5:00 pm in the 2nd florr boardroom on Piedmont Community Services. The members agreed to focus on community awareness, law enforcement support and victim services. The first activity will be participating in the Fast Track Business Fair on March 6 and 7.

Old Drugs? Drug Take Back Nov. 13

Monday, 25 October 2010 12:00:00 +0000

What do you do with old or unused prescription medications? In order to keep our water supply and land clean, prescription drugs must be disposed of in a environmentally friendly manner. To prevent the misuse of the drugs, they must be either locked up or disposed of properly. On November 13, CHILL, HEY! and the Drug Task Force will be joining with the Martinsville City Police Department, the Henry County Sheriff's Office and the Henry/Martinsville Health Department to "take back" those unwanted drugs off your hands and out of the hands of others. HEY and CHILL are working with other community anti-drug coalitions across the state and nation who are also participating in this event called the American Medicine Cabinet Challenge.Officials say program will help prevent pill abuse and theft. Left over medicines are highly susceptible to misuse and abuse. Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, and even from the home medicine cabinet. 1 in 5 teens say they have used prescription drugs to get high.According to the DEA, in 2009, seven million Americans ages 12 years and older abused prescription drugs and every day, an average of 2,500 teens use prescription drugs to get high for the first time. DEA reports one to seven teens admit to abusing prescription drugs to get high this past year, and 63 percent of teens believe prescription drugs are easier to get than illegal drugs.Bring your old or unwanted prescription drugs to the Health Department on Commonwealth Blvd. on Saturday, November 13 from 10 am until 2 pm. Keep the water and soil from contamination and the community safer from misuse of old medicines.

â€œSave A Childâ€™s Lifeâ€� Event Dec. 6

Monday, 25 October 2010 12:00:00 +0000

Locally, 1 in 5 teens have tried prescription drugs.Age 12 is the average age to start drinking alcohol here and across the US. Use of tobacco, alcohol and marijuana before the age of 15 increases the chances of drug abuse times. For the first time there are just as many new prescription drug abusers among teens (over 12) as marijuana users. (SAMSA,2006)Join us on Monday night, December 6, and you just might "save a child's life". CHILL, HEY the Drug Task Force and Project Success are sponsoring a free community event with national speaker and author, Ginger Katz, at Martinsville High School auditorium at 7:00 pm.Ginger Katz is author of Sunny's Story and CEO and Founder of The Courage To Speak® Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to save lives by empowering youth to be drug free and encouraging parents to communicate effectively with their children about the dangers of drugs. The organization was founded in 1996 shortly after the death of her son, Ian from a drug overdose.Based on her own experience and research, Mrs. Katz realized that merely providing information about drug use and its consequences could not overcome the obstacles of peer pressure, cynicism, ignorance, and apathy that our young people face every day. To truly change their attitude and behavior, The Courage To Speak® would have to reach them in a more direct and personal way, encourage their families to support them in rejecting drug use, and engage the community in this battle by increasing its awareness.The dynamic, riveting, and thought-provoking presentation by Mrs. Katz combines the intensely personal story of a family shattered by drugs with the latest information and statistics on substance abuse and prevention. Told with quiet intensity and rigorous emotional integrity in schools, places of worship, conferences and other community venues, her story calls forth a willingness to trust her and the advice, and information that she has to offer.One parent who heard her wrote: "On our way home from your presentation, my son told me he knew of kids in his eighth grade class who were taking drugs. On the way to your talk, he had emphatically said just the opposite. Thank-you for enabling him to confide in us."Immediately after her presentations, Ginger's husband, Larry Katz, will be hosting a breakout session for parents, teachers and counselors who are interested in their groundbreaking parenting course, Courageous Parenting 101. This will focus on fostering some life-saving changes in knowledge, beliefs and attitudes.Before the presentations, the SPCA will have members there with their special dogs, like Sunny, to greet attendees in the foyer of the auditorium. In addition, art work about "Sunny's Story" (Ginger Katz's book about their family dog's loss of his best friend, Ian) from area 5th graders will be displayed. These youth have expressed their desire to help "Save a Child's Life", too. Refreshments also will be served before the presentation.Ginger has reached over a million people across the country telling Ian's story in the Courage to Speak Presentation. She has given over 1000 presentations to students, parents, educators, law enforcement professionals, and state and national conferences. Among the more notable are the Association of Secondary School Principals, Keynote at National Narcotic Officers Association, the National Association of Drug Court Professionals, the U.S. DEA, and the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) National Youth Conference.

Celebrate a Drug Free Life Nov 13

Monday, 25 October 2010 12:00:00 +0000

Bring your family from 10 am to 1:30 pm on Saturday, November 13, to the National Guard Armory for food, games and a chance to win prizes! CHILL and HEY are celebrating healthy lifestyles and "A Drug Free Life" with this FREE event that is open to all families in Martinsville and Henry County. Have old or unused prescription drugs you want to get rid of? Stop by the Health Department right beside the Armory to drop them off and safely discard of these medications from10 am until 2 pm.

SAVE THE DATE: YOUTH RALLY 4 15 11

Sunday, 24 October 2010 12:00:00 +0000

SAVE THE DATE: YOUTH RALLY AND MAZE April 15, 2011!

Youth Rally