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UPCOMING EVENTS
Livingston High School Graduation
Thurs, June 21 3:30pm
Congratulations to the
Graduates!
Enjoy Project Graduation!
"Outside the Box:
Issues for All Ages"
presents
"Jesse's
Journey"
PARENTS: Have you ever heard
about a drug overdose or drug-related death
and said,
"Not my kid!"?
Do
you know about your child's drug use but think
it's okay because it's only pot or a right
of passage, or have you put it out of your
mind because it's too painful to think about? If
you found out today that your child was experimenting
with drugs, what would you do?
This
episode is very special because Jesse and his
family have had to grapple with the devastating
consequences of hard drug use. Their
frightful experience could save your child's
life. Livingston's
middle school students and the senior class
at LHS have recently met Jesse and heard what
his family had to say. With the end of the
school year upon us, you owe it to yourself
and those you love to watch this episode.
TV34 show times are as follows:
9am Thursday
June 21 through Wednesday June 27
8pm Thursday June
21 and Tuesday June 26
12:30am Monday
June 25 and Wednesday June 27
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The Four Agreements
by Don Miguel Ruiz
Don Miguel Ruiz's book, The Four Agreements was
published in 1997. For many, The Four Agreements
is a life-changing book, whose ideas come from the
ancient Toltec wisdom of the native people of Southern
Mexico.
We offer these excerpts
for your consideration:
Agreement 1
Be impeccable with your word -
Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean.
Avoid using the word to speak against yourself
or to gossip about others. Use the power of your
word in the direction of truth and love.
Agreement 2
Don't take anything personally -
Nothing others do is because of you. What others
say and do is a projection of their own reality,
their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions
and actions of others, you won't be the victim
of needless suffering.
Agreement 3
Don't make assumptions - Find
the courage to ask questions and to express what
you really want. Communicate with others as clearly
as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness
and drama. With just this one agreement, you
can completely transform your life.
Agreement 4
Always do your best - Your
best is going to change from moment to moment;
it will be different when you are healthy as
opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply
do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment,
self-abuse and regret.
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HCHY
Partners |
Welcoming HCHY's
Newest Partner:
United Way North Essex
HCHY is generously supported by
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Livingston's Healthy Community
Healthy Youth (HCHY) efforts have evolved over
the past four years through a unique collaboration
of community members including town and school
officials, clergy members, middle and high school
students, parents, senior citizens, educators,
mental health professionals, recreational and
philanthropic organizations. The group
which is generously funded by the United
Way of North Essex and supported by UWNE's
Livingston Community Fund is committed to
coordinating the resources of the entire Livingston
community to create an environment and culture that
truly values youth.
HCHY Executive Board 2007-2008
Robin Beckerman, Vice President
Martha Clark Ackermann, Secretary
Natalie Agajanov, Youth Representative
Michael Leiwant, Youth Representative
Bonnie Granatir, Executive Coordinator |
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Visit MVParents.com
Involved parents are the real heroes.
Check out MVParents Parenting
Matters
MVParents is a project of the Search Institute with
the support of NFL Players Association and Coors Brewing
Company's "21 Means 21" Campaign. |
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Livingston Town Center
Supports
Livingston Town Center recently
named HCHY to
be the recipient of all fountain coin donations
from Memorial Day through July 4. The
donations have been earmarked for the TeenCenter,
SkatePark, and Mentoring Program initiatives.
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Stone Church Hosts A+Parenting
Partners of HCHY recently held a panel discussion hosted
by the Living Stone Christian Church entitled "A+Parenting". Topics
included "Mental Health Issues of Asian
Youth"; "Parental Involvement"; "Multiple
Intelligences"; "Disciplining Without
Feeling a Loss of Control"; and "Substance
Awareness". Over 100 community members
attended the presentation. Participants included
from left to right, Harry Dietrich, Livingston
High School Student Assistance Counselor, Wu
Chi-Cheng, Living Stone Church Elder, Pam Clause
McGroarty, LHS Principal, Charles Pumilia,
PhD and Marcia Rothstein-Pumilia, LCSW, psychotherapists
with the Academy of Clinical and Applied Psychotherapy,
Bonnie Granatir, HCHY Executive Coordinator,
Julia Mazzarella, Director of Guidance for
the Livingston Public Schools, Pao-Chu Tseng,
LHS School Nurse, Yifong Ho, PhD, Principal
of the Livingston Chinese School and Kim Buxenbaum,
PhD, LHS School Psychologist.
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12th
Annual Youth Appreciation Week celebrated by
Livingston
HCHY's coordination
of the 12th Annual "Livingston Youth Appreciation
Week" proved to be not only a rousing success,
but a labor of love by all those involved. With
week-long activities including a Town Council
meeting featuring the Children's Theatre of Livingston,
the Harlem Wizard's Basketball Clinic, Library
Events, and an evening reception honoring families
of active servicemen and women, the celebration
culminated in Saturday's Family Festival, "Lance's
Lounge" Battle of the Bands, Mall Mystery
Hunt, Movie Under the Stars featuring "Happy
Feet", a Family Camp-Out, The Cole Brothers
Circus (complete with a raise-the-big-top event),
a Classic Car Show, and the annual Memorial
Day Ceremony and Parade. The celebration
could not have been accomplished without the
tremendous support of our donors and volunteers.
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Year in the Life of HCHY
and where we're headed - the short list
Utilizing the youth-development
model of America's Promises which
emerged from the Summit of U.S. Presidents in 1997,
the Partners of Livingston's HCHY are committed
to delivering the five promises to our young people
and to becoming a true "Community of Promise". The
Five Promises and HCHY's efforts in these areas
are as follows:
Caring Adults:
- Over
100 community residents participated in HCHY's
Community-wide Mentoring Summits and student
surveys were administered leading to the development
of job shadowing and internship opportunities
as well as peer to peer groups among middle and
high school students
- Livingston
Public Schools' Listen to Children Program received
recognition from the National School Boards Association
for its K-8 program which pairs senior citizens
and students for one-to-one mentoring.
Safe Places to Gather:
- Working
closely with Municipal officials, HCHY is developing
a Teen Center and Skate Park
- Livingston
celebrated the creation and inaugural performance
of The Children's Theater Group
A Healthy Start in Life:
- Livingston
recently received national recognition from
ColumbiaUniversity's Teen Screen program
for having one of the highest student participation
rates in the nation and the highest in NJ. This mental health screening
program for Livingston teens was one of the original
recommendations made in the 2004 HCHY Report.
2006 was Livingston's 3rd year of involvement
with the program. Representatives
from Livingston were recently interviewed
for the News Hour with Jim Lehrer on PBS.
- HCHY
is partnering with St Barnabas Medical Center
to raise community awareness of SDS (Sudden Death
Syndrome), an often silent cardiac condition
that affects 10% of our young people.
Effective Education:
- HCHY's
Mentoring Program will introduce students to
a variety of professional and personal opportunities
with the goal of developing areas of interest
and marketable skills for the future.
Opportunities to Serve:
- Increasing
numbers of Livingston youth have joined the
CAC (Community Action Club) in the High School
and Middle School. The club is a direct
off-shoot of HCHY.
- Students
have begun to submit articles to our local paper
regarding HCHY opportunities.
- Students
have established "information stations" in
the lunchrooms for sharing HCHY efforts with
their classmates.
- Students
have created and made formal presentations to
municipal officials requesting Town Council and
County support and funding for youth projects.
In addition, HCHY is currently:
- Collaborating
on the establishment of a community-wide calendar
with the local Chamber of Commerce.
- Disseminating
monthly HCHY E-Newsletters throughout the community.
- Coordinating
Neighborhood Coffees throughout Livingston
to foster intergenerational dialogue and
community connections. Approximately
20 coffees are being planned for the spring
of 2008.
- Continuing
to engage additional sectors in the community
including businesses, professionals, and
our Asian community members. Cross-cultural
dialogue is increasing and new, productive
relationships have been established.
- Exploring
a 'Healthy Community·Healthy Senior' initiative
to support our senior citizen population.
- Continuing
to reach out to neighboring communities as
well as other initiatives throughout the
US and Canada to share best practices in
youth and community development, benefiting
from programs like MVParents, the Montclair
Coordinated School Health Program, and the
Bernards Township "Building Youth" program.
- Working
with the Montclair CSHP to schedule roundtables
with UWNE Divisions' community leaders to share
best practices and expand AssetBuilding initiatives.
- Provided
the resources for the HCHY Executive Coordinator
to become a certified grant writer, thereby expanding
funding opportunities.
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