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Icebreaker Activity: Follow the Leader

Looking for a way to incorporate a little excitement into your next group meeting? Follow the Leader is a great icebreaker for getting participants on their feet, having fun AND engaging in a meaningful conversation about leadership! This activity is ideal for larger...

Four Easy Ways to Refresh Your Youth Action Team This Fall

As your Youth Action Team gears up this fall, try implementing a few of these tips to amplify your team’s leadership growth and overall impact! Establish Committees – By dividing and conquering tasks, your Youth Action Team’s capacity is greatly improved....

2024 Suicide Prevention Month Art Contest

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month! Gwinnett youth joined GUIDE in celebration with a Suicide Prevention Month Art Contest! The Campaign Words influence a person’s beliefs and thoughts about something. Words also affect the stigma around a certain topic,...

Team Building Activity: Tower of Terror

Ideal for small groups, Tower of Terror is an activity that challenges participants to practice planning and communication skills, as well as adapting to new situations and reflecting on the importance of being flexible. If you have a group who will be implementing a...

Summer Safety

While summer is a time of fun and relaxation, it is important to prioritize safety! We know to wear sunscreen, supervise children around water and be careful around fireworks. Adults also play a big part in ensuring summer safety by preventing teen substance use...

Team Building Activity: Gloves On

Gloves On is a great activity to bring groups together and have fun in a past-paced, personally challenging game where everyone can get involved. Team building happens in the debrief, where participants are given the opportunity to connect with each other by...

2024 VOX Teen Survey

Each year, our community partner VOX ATL offers a teen-informed, strengths-based statewide survey to provide real-time data from youth to understand their afterschool activities, communication preferences and mental health needs so that we can better reach and serve...

Teens and Alcohol

Alcohol is the #1 drug of choice for teens and young adults. (SAMHSA) The human brain takes 23-25 years to fully develop. Youth alcohol use can interfere with healthy brain development in ways that affect the rest of their lives. (NIH) Studies of adolescent alcohol...
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