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The Healthy Youth Coalition, along with the Tri City Event Series, is excited to announce it will be holding its 2024 "HYC GLOW Color Blast Fun Run" on Saturday, October 12th at Henes Park!

Event will begin at 7:00 p.m. and pre-registering guarantees your t-shirt, UV Headlamp, and discounted price of $30 for adults. Thanks to a grant from the Provident Health Foundation, just $15 for Children under 17! Pre-registration ends September 27th, and is STRONGLY encouraged, as registration fee will increase and t-shirts will not be guaranteed after this date.

Event will be held at NIGHT with neon GLOW color powder. Fee includes a finishers medal, UV light headlamp, and a black t-shirt to capture the glow of the UV reactive powder at our six color stations. Our "elevator run" style event encourages you to pick your own distance by running or walking one to three loops (each loop is .90 miles). The more loops you complete, the more color you will wear!

All funds raised will help us keep providing youth substance use prevention efforts in our schools and community!

Congratulations to our Coleman HYC team of Ella, Adrian, Maddy, and Norah for winning the Courageous Persuaders "Grand Prize" award, beating out more than 330 entries nationwide!

Courageous Persuaders is a national competition that challenges high school students to create a TV commercial targeted at discouraging underage drinking and drinking and driving. It's an incredible initiative that encourages young people to use their creativity to promote a positive message. 

We are incredibly proud of our winning team and their hard work, dedication, and creativity. Their commercial was outstanding and had a powerful impact! We also need to give a shout to their advisors Ms. Fendrick and Mrs. Mitchell!

Learn more about the competition at: www.courageouspersuaders.com

For the first time since 2019, HYC brought back their ACTion Troupe program in Stephenson with some of our HYC members! 

This program, which stands for "Alternative Choices Through Creative Theater", consists of a 30-minute or less presentation compiled of multiple skits that are focused on anti-bullying education, along with ATOD (alcohol, tobacco, and other drug), and other age-appropriate topics such as respect and sharing. 

All skits are open-ended to leave an opportunity for the younger students to give input on a how a positive ending can come out of a negative situation. Adult facilitators lead the conversations of making healthy choices, while youth members portray different characters in the skits. At the end of each skit, ACTion Troupe members shake out of character to reveal their true identity on living a drug-free, positive lifestyle, and why it is important to them.  

These students delivered 10 presentations to elementary classrooms over the course of two days and didn't skip a beat!