About Us
Our Team
Our Mission
Our Mission
Our amazing team of youth members belong to the 12 local school districts within the two counties. If you are in 7th through 12th grade and would like to join HYC, please contact us or your local school advisor for more information!
Our Mission
Our Mission
Our Mission
The Healthy Youth Coalition is a youth driven organization devoted to promoting healthy lifestyles among youth and their families throughout Marinette and Menominee Counties. We do this by increasing community awareness and knowledge of risk and protective factors, reducing youth and community risk factors and building protective factors
The Healthy Youth Coalition is a youth driven organization devoted to promoting healthy lifestyles among youth and their families throughout Marinette and Menominee Counties. We do this by increasing community awareness and knowledge of risk and protective factors, reducing youth and community risk factors and building protective factors which impact risky behaviors such as problem alcohol use, illicit drug use, and violence, promoting healthy youth activities, and by empowering our youth to identify and develop their own responses to barriers in our communities which impede the building of protective factors.
Our History
Our Mission
Our History
Since 2001, our coalition has been committed to making a difference in our community and our area youth and their families. HYC received a federal Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support grant from 2005 until its expiration in 2015. Since then, we have relied off of small grants and community support to continue our efforts.
Hugh Bretl Memorial Foundation Donates to HYC
The Healthy Youth Coalition would like to thank the Hugh Bretl Memorial Foundation for adopting our organization over the past eight years. We couldn't do what we do, without YOU! Thank you to all the sponsors who contributed to the foundation over the years who also made this possible.
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IMAGINATION LIBRARY LOSES FUNDING
The Healthy Youth Coalition is the affiliate partner agency for the national "Dolly Parton's Imagination Library" free book program. Although free to the child and family, the program runs off of a $20,000+ a year budget to make it a no-cost opportunity for children 0-5. For more information on the program and how you can help us, please click below.
UNITED WAY SUPPORTS HYC FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020-21
Tri-County United Way has once again voted to support operations and school-based and community programming for our organization for the year 2020-21. We are extremely grateful for this opportunity to continue our partnership to provide prevention program to our youth and their families. Stay tuned for more information on our action plan.
Bellin and the GREEN BAY PACKERS FOUNDATION SUPPORT HYC
This past December our Menominee ACTion Troupe members were surprised with an opportunity to present with a retired Packers player, Dexter McNabb! Thank you to Bellin for your support and providing this opportunity to not only our members, but also to the students at Blesch Intermediate School! Topics included in the presentation were; anti-vaping, anti-bullying, drug and alcohol prevention, and healthy choices.
alcohol and marijuana during pregnancy campaign
Thanks to the Hannahville Indian Community and the Alliance for Wisconsin Youth, the Healthy Youth Coalition will be rolling out this campaign within Marinette and Menominee Counties. We teamed up with the Great Start Collaborative on this effort, to help support their mission of ensuring children are being born healthy in Menominee County. To check out our media materials please click on the link below!
anti-vaping campaign
In 2019, our staff worked with a Menominee HYC subgroup of youth to create an educational campaign on the dangers of vaping and e-cigarettes. The students did a great job with their designs and thanks to the Hannahville Indian Community, billboards were posted in the city of Menominee as well as within the county. The youth also purchased giveaways for our school presentations such as anti-vaping t-shirts and wristbands. The members were also able to purchase vaping prevention posters and banners for local school districts.
"LOCK IT. DROP IT. STOP IT." RX ABUSE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN
Check out the link below to check out where we have been handing out free medication lock boxes, pill deactivation bags, and more!