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
Healthy Lamoille Valley April Coalition Meeting
This month, our conversation will focus on summer youth opportunities and safe celebrations around after prom and graduation. As we look ahead to the coming months, we know that summer can bring both opportunity and challenge for youth and families. While summer can be a time for fun, connection, and rest, it can also be a time when some youth experience boredom, disconnection, or limited access to activities and support.
Prevention Celebration Roadshow!
This year we are taking our annual prevention celebration on the road! Our team will be traveling through the Lamoille Valley region to visit projects, celebrate successes and share them out with the community. Stay tuned as we reach out to our community partners and schedule a visit to recognize the impact of shared work and celebrate our prevention honorees along the way!
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 25th is a great opportunity to turn in your unwanted, unused, or expired medications. You don’t have to wait until then to safely dispose of your unused or unwanted prescription drugs. Visit any of these year-round prescription drug drop off boxes at your convenience.
Green Up Day is May 2nd!
Green Up Day is May 2nd, 2026! Pick up your Green Up trash bags and get out in your community on Saturday, May 2 to clean up your neighborhood roads and waterways. As a volunteer, you make a huge difference for our environment. Get more information at Green Up Vermont. Find a lot of cigarette butts, alcohol bottles and other adult substance trash this Green Up Day? Help us track substance waste by filling out Healthy Lamoille Valley’s Environmental Impact of Substance Use Survey.
April is Alcohol Awareness Month
Every community member can take action right now during Alcohol Awareness Month. Start conversations with the young people in your life about the real risks of alcohol use. Set clear expectations and follow through by modeling responsible behavior. Don’t make excuses for mistakes, instead believe that youth deserve a community that takes their health and safety seriously.
Resources for Youth Sports Coaches
Calling all coaches, youth sports administrators, and league leaders in the Lamoille Valley! Join the Healthy Lamoille Valley Coaches Handbook Community by signing the Coaches Handbook Commitment & Sign-on Form. New for Spring: Weekly “Huddle Up” for Coaches. This spring, Healthy Lamoille Valley is supporting coaches with quick “Huddle Up” moments pulled straight from our HLV Huddle Up Handout.
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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