Hi CV! CV Alliance invites parents to Walk & Talk on Wednesday mornings from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at CV Park, parent sessions at the Y on Tuesday evenings from 7:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. that begin on Oct. 7, and learn from Dan Evans how your social media postings affect your choices on […]
Hi CV! Tonight, members of our Youth Alliance will be at the CV Town Council meeting to share a report from the National Youth Leadership Institute they attended in July. Our Youth Alliance is an official club at CVHS and had a table at the Club Expo. They also meet on the first and third […]
Hi, CV! For the second time, my credit card has been compromised. First it was Target, a respected international corporation, and now it’s an unidentified source. It’s nothing that I did. I created a password that was rated difficult that was supposed to keep hackers out. So while all available safeguards were in place, outside […]
Hi, CV! Hope your first week of school is going well. Here’s wishing you a terrific year! CV Alliance members have been busy putting together programs for parents, families, and kids. Here are a few: We are pleased to announce “Teen Trials & Tribulations: a Series of 4 Talks” resumes on Thursday, Sept. 11 in […]
Hi CV! If you read this column, you know we attended a national convention in Orlando that brought together 1800 people working to prevent underage drug and alcohol use. It was a wonderful meeting, the best I’ve attended. I immersed myself in best practices, theories of prevention, ways to track data and share credit, and […]
Hello! I’m writing this on my phone from Orlando where we’re attending the CADCA conference – (Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America). While I attend sessions to help me do my job, four members of our Youth Alliance are here learning theirs. They are having a wonderful time. They are the only delegation from California and […]
Greetings from CV Alliance! If you’ve been following the news, you’ll know much is happening on the marijuana front nationally, statewide and locally. The White House’s new drug control policy opposes marijuana legalization for medical and recreational use. The DEA has come under attack in Congress. Administrator Michele Leonhart has taken the brunt of criticisms. […]
Greetings from CV Alliance! Last Thursday, the Safe Family Task Force, of which we are members, hosted a panel discussion, “Demystifying Domestic Violence,” at Glendale Adventist Hospital. Nearly 50 people came out to hear the discussion including Mayor Zareh Sinanyan. The overarching message was domestic violence (DV) can happen to anyone. There are two forms: […]
In a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) survey of 230,000 teens, it was discovered that more teens started drinking and smoking tobacco and marijuana in June and July than any other month. More than 11,000 teens on average took a drink, 5,000 smoked a cigarette, and 4,500 smoked marijuana daily. Since alcohol […]
Congratulations to you and your family on the completion of another successful school year! As we know, summer is a time for experimentation. In addition to telling your child about the dangers drugs and alcohol have on their developing brains and your expectations of them, please discuss Teen 911 Immunity. Anthony Portantino passed this law […]