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Resolve to get involved this year!
With the new year comes the traditional focus on personal well-being – what habits and lifestyle changes we may want to make in the eternal quest to be healthy, happy and comfortable. We make resolutions and start new rituals and routines in support of these goals. What are we truly working towards? Well-being is often defined as a combination of functioning well and feeling good, a worthwhile pursuit for us all. As we head into 2024, I’d like to propose another important goal: community well-being. As much as we as individuals want to feel good and function well, we go […]
Red Ribbon Week Proclamation
The Skamania County Commissioners value the health and safety of our citizens. On Tuesday, October 24th, the Skamania County Commissioners approved and signed a proclamation claiming October 23rd – October 31st as Red Ribbon Week. One Prevention Alliance has a year-round vision of healthy youth, successful families, and a thriving community and uses Red Ribbon Week as one of many strategies to share information, educate, and improve our community. THE TEXT from the proclamation: Red Ribbon Week Whereas, The Skamania County Commissioners value the health and safety of all our citizens; and Whereas, substance abuse is particularly damaging […]
Prevention during SUMMERTIME Fun!
Three Ways to Help Prevent Teen Summertime Substance Misuse With summer break coming up, teenage youth often find themselves with more free, and sometimes unsupervised, free time. Here are three things you can do to help keep teens tobacco, drug, and alcohol-free during the summer: Supervise: Whenever possible, try to ensure you or another responsible adult are present or check in on teens as they engage in summer fun. Dropping by with chips and salsa or ice cream will be a welcome distraction, and you’ll have an opportunity to ensure all is going as expected. Monitor: When you can’t be physically present, […]
KIDS CAMP!
One Prevention Alliance is offering an opportunity for kids (ages 6 to 10) to participate in a FREE DAY of KIDS CAMP! Two Topics: Art and Legos! Each day will have activities, a healthy snack, games, information about making healthy decisions, and so much fun. Camp begins at 9:00 a.m. and is done at noon. ART CAMP: June 28, 29, or 30 at Skamania County Fairgrounds (with CASS Mobile Art Skamania) LEGO CAMP: July 5, 6, or 7 at Carson Church of the Nazarene LEGO CAMP: July 12, 13, or 14 at Skamania County Fairgrounds Follow the links below to […]
Protect Your Brain
Article by Skamania County EMS & Rescue As spring arrives and our communities prepare for better weather and more time outside, it is important to also prepare for our safety. Commuters, adventurers and kids will be running for their bikes and heading out into the sunshine to enjoy the fresh air and sun on their faces. At Skamania EMS & Rescue we encourage everyone in our community, visitors and residents alike, to focus on safer choices. Help us reduce deaths and injuries on our roads. Bicyclist injuries and deaths are highest between June and September. The most common types of […]
PAWS Club elementary students enjoy lessons from local volunteers
Positive Action Wins Success (PAWS) Club is a fun and safe place for 3rd–5th grade students after school on Wednesdays. Better yet, it has a component of intentional education that supports One Prevention Alliance’s goal of increasing the number of healthy choices students make as they grow and develop into teens. The PAWS Club currently has 20 members, and most are students from Carson Elementary School (CES), located in Skamania County. Two club members are part of local homeschool programs. At each meeting, students enjoy free-choice time, such as building with Legos, painting, or modeling with playdough. Each meeting also […]
STAND UP 4 TEENS
Did you know that there is a substance use prevention club at Stevenson High School? Stand Up 4 Teens (SU4T) is a youth-run coalition with support from advisors Riley Hershberger and Phoebe Jud. The club meets twice a month at lunchtime so that they can discuss ways to support their peers and spread the word about the dangers of substance use. When asked why they decided to get involved with SU4T, one student shared “it’s important to have substance use prevention at school from other students”. Providing peer to peer prevention programs is the group’s primary mission in an effort […]
Conservative Therapeutics for Managing Pain
By Thomas Meade, E.A.M.P, Dr. Mitzi Ferrill, D.C., and Laura Mills, L.P.T. Did you know that most people will experience some chronic pain at some point in their lives? For example, more than 80% of the population have or will experience low back pain. Pain has always been a difficult problem for humans to fix or cope with and our current medical systems are trying to keep pace with rising rates of pain and illness. Our medical system is based in concepts of mechanics: if a part is broken- fix it; if there is too much of something- remove it; […]