by Susan Parmelee | Oct 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Wellness & Prevention Coalition is a federally-funded Drug Free Communities (DFC) coalition that leads efforts to support healthy habits among children and their families. The mission of DFC coalitions nationwide is to reduce youth substance use through...
by Susan Parmelee | Sep 24, 2020 | Mental Health, Raising Teens, Uncategorized
In 2018, 48,344 Americans died by suicide – an average of 132 per day. It is the leading cause of death for teens nationwide. The CDC announced that, in a survey conducted this spring, 1 in 4 young people ages 18-25 reported seriously considering suicide in the...
by Susan Parmelee | Aug 24, 2020 | Healthy Habits, Mental Health, Raising Teens, Uncategorized
I admit it – I am super tired of living in a pandemic. Thankfully, I am fairly well equipped physically, socially, and emotionally to deal with this situation. There are still many days when the seemingly never-ending uncertainty and inability to control what is...
by Susan Parmelee | Jul 9, 2020 | Drug Prevention, Mental Health, Uncategorized
I recently lost a very close family friend to an accidental drug overdose. He is not the first, but I hope the work I do will ensure that he is the last. I have lost too many friends to mental illness and addiction. I can’t quite put my finger on the cause of this...
by Susan Parmelee | Jun 12, 2020 | Mental Health, Raising Teens
A founding premise of the Wellness & Prevention Center is that change needs to happen community by community. Through meetings with youth, parents, community leaders, and mental health professionals, we knew that the support our young people needed was broken and...
