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Spring into Summer with Live Healthy Gwinnett!

Contributed by Lindsey Jorstad, CPRP Live Healthy Gwinnett is taking steps to improve the health and wellness of Gwinnett County. Developed and launched in 2014, Live Healthy Gwinnett engages those who live, work and play in Gwinnett to invest in personal wellness by...

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...

Why Alcohol Awareness Should Be Your Priority

Contributed by Wendy Jefferson, M.A.Ed., and Devon Michael LoParo, M.A. April is Alcohol Awareness Month, and Emory University’s Center for Maternal Substance Abuse and Child Development (MSACD) would like to encourage everyone to use the month of April to educate...

Icebreaker: High Five Circle

If you’re looking for an opportunity to learn and practice participants’ names and encourage laughter, this activity is for you! Time Needed: 10-15 minutes Group Size: Any Materials: None Directions: Ask for participants to create a circle around the room. Once the...

Egg-cellent Activity Ideas

It’s that time of year…the time when plastic eggs go on sale! If you’re looking to do some team building or spice up your reflection time, go out and grab some eggs. Here’s just a sampling of what you could do with them! Egg & Spoon...

Celebrate Kick Butts Day 2016

  Contributed by Kinsey McMurtry, MPH On March 16, 2016 young adults across Georgia are encouraged to stand out, speak up and take control against Big Tobacco as part of the national 2016 Kick Butts Day program created by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Each...
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