Young Adults
Celebrations
This is an exciting time of life. There’s a lot to celebrate! Graduation…Engagements… Bachelor/bachelorette parties… Weddings… New place…New Job… the Weekend! Each milestone brings with it a choice of how to remember that moment. Advertisers want you to believe that alcohol is the best tradition to employ when celebrating. But many are saying… alcohol doesn’t need to be the star! You can choose the star!
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share how you’re choosing a new star!
From the HLV Blog for Young Adults
Free Training for Prevention Professionals
The Introduction to the Prevention Core Competencies for Prevention Professionals, covers the foundations of substance use prevention science for early and mid-career prevention professionals. The two and a half day workshop is appropriate for prevention professionals, school based prevention staff (SAPs), recovery staff, board members, and other community partners.
Healthy Lamoille Valley in the News!
Just in time for Prevention Month, this week’s edition of the Hardwick Gazette features an article on Vermont youth substance use and Healthy Lamoille Valley! Thank you Hardwick Gazette for your commitment to local journalism!
Connect for Action: October Kick-off Event!
We’re bringing the community together to build meaningful connections between local youth, legislators, and community members. We will explore how to create healthier communities and healthier lives for youth starting with questions contributed by youth and legislators. This fun and interactive event is open to all! Breakfast provided by Green Mountain Tech’s Culinary Program.
Red Ribbon Week
Red Ribbon Week takes place October 23rd –31st and highlights the importance of living a drug-free life. It provides an opportunity for parents, educators, and communities to reinforce the drug-free messages they share with children throughout the year.
Coaches Collaborative Meeting & Resources
As we head into the between-season stretch, we invite all coaches to join us for a chance to connect, reflect, and look ahead. Whether you’ve used the Healthy Lamoille Valley Coaches Handbook before or this will be your first look, this session is for you! Join us November 19th to learn, share, and collaborate!
Graduation Celebrations
Fill the cooler with classy (non-alcoholic sodas) Virgil’s Root Beer, Reed’s Ginger Beer. Rich flavors and everyone keeps steady…
Engagements & Weddings
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Make an alcohol free drink station… Provide seltzers, syrups, juices and fruits and invite your guests to be creative!
New Jobs and Promotions
Celebrating that new job or promotion? Gather your friends for a hike or your favorite outdoor game with a barbeque.
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Bachelor / Bachelorette Parties
“So after a few days of processing something I thought I would share…
This past weekend was my brother’s bachelor party at Burke Mountain. Fourteen of us rented a chalet for the weekend and mountain biked the Kingdom Trails for three days. Our crew included friends and family ranging in ages from 28-62. Together we ate, drank, shared memories, laughed and traversed the green mountains as a pack of supportive men tied together by our love for my brother.
Watching my brother being surrounded by his closest friends was heartwarming. There was no chest-bumping, no strippers, no belligerence, and yet everyone there was light and comfortable and able to be themselves. It was so cool to see the kinds of friends my brother has made over the years, and the way they all showed up to support him during this exciting time in his life. It was a testament to the kind of man my brother has become, and to the kind of friendships he’s chosen for himself, and it made me proud to be his brother.
Moments like this make me grateful and I think it’s important to share them when they enter our awareness so that gratitude can become contagious. I hope you can find something to be grateful for today 
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Posted by Dom on 8/26/15
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Vacations
Make activity your star! Vacations are about rejuvenation, so plan a balance of down time and fun activities that are out of your ordinary. Take out the canoe, try paddle boarding, visit your local library or bookstore and find a book that you’d like to read cover to cover….
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Weekends
Create your own traditions with friends who don’t want to drink too much… Most colleges have that one “party” night that. A group of us weren’t into it, so we created our own fun. We got very friendly with the 24 hour donut shop staff and would hang out there until everyone was ready to head back to their places Sometimes groups of us went on night hikes. Or we’d just hang out at someone’s apartment and play games.
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New Home
“We recently purchased a home and had friends and family over to help paint. We have several friends who are in long term recovery… so when we invited friends and family to help we asked them not to bring a six pack of beer or bottle of wine out of respect for those who have made the leap out of addiction.”
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