This is a guest post from ParentIn Burlington. ParentIN Burlington was created to empower parents and caregivers of middle school students with the support they need to help their children make healthy choices. ParentIN offers evidence-informed educational tips and...
While St. Patrick’s Day in the U.S. is often seen as an opportunity for a heightened focus on alcohol (St. Patrick’s day is the highest grossing day in US for restaurants and bars), let’s consider using the day to invest in our kids. St. Patrick had a rough start…...
(This post was originally published on March 12th, 2019 on Live Well Lamoille.) By: Jessica Bickford, Coordinator, Healthy Lamoille Valley One of the things I love most about my work is connecting with students. Recently I had the opportunity to meet with three...
On January 15th many in our community came together around the topic of bullying. We wanted to share the resources and contact information mentioned at this event. All of our panelists are happy to be ongoing resources for you and would welcome your messages. Green...
The 2017 local Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) data tells us that our LGBTQIA+ youth need more from us. LGBTQIA+ youth experience higher rates of risk factors than their peers. 58% report feeling sad for two or more weeks in the last year. They are 2 times more...
In the first weeks of the 2018 school year, Healthy Lamoille Valley (HLV) collaborated with Peoples Academy Middle Level (PAML) administration to educate its entire community of students, teachers and staff on the topic of the negative impacts of e-cigarettes, vaping...
