Community Forum: "Keeping Our Community Healthy and Connected"

“Keeping Our Community Healthy and Connected” 

Everything that happens in the community affects people’s health and wellbeing. 

Working Together for Wellness Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition and will hold community forum to discuss ways to keep our kids active, involved, healthy and safe. 

Working Together for Wellness Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition, in partnership with the United Methodist Church, the Town of North Kingstown, the North Kingstown Police Department and the North Kingstown School Department, in collaboration with the federal government’s Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking, will hold a Community Forum with parents, youth and other community stakeholders to present an opportunity to come together to share concerns and generate ideas for the health and safety of North Kingstown youth. 

WHO: Glenn Miller, Director of Employee Assistance Services, Masters Degree in Human Services, Licensed Chemical Dependency Professional and Certified Employee Assistance Professional will facilitate the event. A panel of local leaders in our community will provide input on the concerns unique to our community. 

WHAT: Community Forum to present an opportunity to come together to share concerns and generate ideas for the health and safety of North Kingstown youth. Coffee/discussion hour to follow with live guitar music. Light dinner refreshments will be served.  

Donations will kindly be appreciated. 

For additional information please contact Reverend Lori Eldredge at 294-9293/ church@nkumc.necoxmail.com or Kathy Yeager at 268-6269/kathy_yeager@nksd.net 

For more information about the national 2012 Town Hall Meeting initiative, which is expected to involve more than 2,000 communities, please visit: http://www.stopalcoholabuse.gov/townhallmeetings