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Here’s What’s Happening

6/6         Last day of school for Helena District #1 6/7-27   i-Home forum discussions;  111 N. Sanders, Helena June 14th, see attached 6/8         ECC Family, Friends, Food, Fun event 8am-Noon; RSVP required 457-8975 6/11       Generational Poverty training; Libby, MT 8:00am – 4:30pm, see attached ($) 6/17-21   MBI Summer Institute; MSU Bozeman https://tofu.msu.montana.edu/cs/mbi2013   ($) 6/18      Youth Connections …

Here’s What’s Happening in Helena

CALENDAR Mon – Fri*      Kids Feed n’ Fun, Memorial Park, free lunch Monday-Fridays, 11a – 12:30, all summer *except 4th of July week Mon – Fri*      FREE summer youth trolley, Monday-Fridays, all summer *except 4th of July week, see www.youthconnectionscoalition.org/trolley for schedule and map   6/17-21           MBI Summer Institute, Bozeman 6/18                Youth Connections Coalition Meeting, …

Governor Bullock’s New Plan for a Healthier Montana

Governor Bullock’s new plan for a healthier Montana directly supports the work of Youth Connections! Here is a link to the entire report: http://www.dphhs.mt.gov/ship/documents/StateHealthImprovementPlan.pdf Here are the highlights: Health indicators by 2018: • Decrease the proportion of fatalities due to motor vehicle crashes that involve alcohol-impaired drivers from 45% to 40%. • Decrease the proportion …

Dangerous Viral Trend Threatens Teens: ‘Smoking’ Alcohol

Today News reported today that a trend of smoking alcohol has been gaining momentum among teens. This practice is very harmful and extremely dangerous. The story is as follows: It’s the dangerous new way teens are getting drunk — and it’s going viral. Now doctors say it could be deadly. It’s called “smoking alcohol.” You …