On Saturday, October 20th, students, faculty, staff and community members will come together at South Side Middle School to show their support to live a healthy substance free lifestyle. Resource…
Coalition Sector Member, St. Agnes Cathedral Parish hosted their monthly Hospitality Sunday and we were there to provide important information to everyone. This past Sunday was also the kick-off to…
T-Shirts will be worn in school on April 5th 2017! Please suppport the South Side High School SADD, Youth Decide & Rockville Centre Coalition for Youth!
During CADCA's Capitol Hill Day Coalition Members spoke to their Senators and U.S. Representative regarding youth alcohol and drug abuse and the importance of preventing the legalization of Marijuana.
Ruthanne McCormack, Coalition Project Coordinator; Latoya Lamb, Rockville Centre School District Social Worker & Steven Dodge, Slate Project meet with their Senators and U.S. Representative. Coalition accomplishments were discussed,…
A successful evening partnering with our supporters from the New York National Guard Counter Drug Task Force. So much information available to community members and those struggling with addiction.
A record number of teens, more than 60, along with almost a dozen adult community members, attended the first meeting of the RVC Youth Council, Inc., which was held on…
Coalition training continued for members of the Rockville Centre Coalition for Youth over a busy summer. Members from 5 of the 12 sectors attended the mid-year CADCA training in July, including two members of the RVC Police Department, and representatives from the PTA, the RVC Youth Council, the RVC Lions Club, the RVC Chamber of Commerce, in addition to Coalition staff. Coalition sector reps also attended the week-long Youth2Youth training, and the final week of the Coalition Academy training seminar. The Coalition also funded RVC Police training, including ARIDE training, and TIPS training.
The gateway to prescription drug abuse by teens is often their parents or even grandparents medicine cabinet. Prescription opioid medicine may have been useful for an adult's back operation, or other medical treatment, but represents a dangerous entry into addiction for a curious teen.
