Celebrate Prom the Safe and Sober Way

It’s that time of year again! What time? Prom time! Each year, this well-known milestone event in popular culture gives high school students an opportunity to attend a formal, black tie affair. Unfortunately, some students automatically assume this celebration...

Team Building Activity: Lego Structure Copy

Lego Structure Copy Do you have a group that can benefit from exploring team dynamics and enhancing problem solving skills? Ideal for larger groups, this activity promotes teamwork, communication and attention to directions and detail. Not only do participants get to...

5 Steps to Conducting a Brown Bag Campaign

Whether for Alcohol Awareness Month, Red Ribbon Week or a truly any time of year, a Brown Bag Campaign is a great project to help prevent underage drinking. This campaign involves distributing brown bags to the community with a message in English and Spanish,...

What You Need to Know About Addiction and the Brain

We continue to expand our knowledge about how our brain functions and communicates. The latest studies have found that there are two systems in the brain, the reward and the anti-reward system. The brain uses many pathways and continually works to stay in balance and...

GTI 2016: A New Staff, A New Chapter

Over fifty people came together at Camp Christian on March 11-13, 2016 for Staff Development Weekend 1 (SDW1), kicking off GTI 2016 and beginning yet another chapter in Georgia Teen Institute’s story. Each of these individuals are volunteers who make up the GTI...