Overview

• Youth Bridge is dedicated to working with at-risk (5-18 yrs, and 18-22 years) and their families serving over 3000 yearly.
• Our mission is to help at-risk youth and their families build brighter futures.
• Our Goal is to provide safe, supportive, and empowering services in which teens and their families can resolve their crisis.
• Our Vision is to influence the community to value and protect its children.
• Our Impact is to make a difference. Because we care, we help our youth redirect their lives to become healthy, self-sufficient, and productive members in our community.

Description

The Partners Against Substance Abuse (PASA) program is a three-year initiative using a community-based model to provide outreach and prevention services, training and education, as well as counseling and treatment to address substance abuse problems in the community. The vision of the program is to reduce the use of alcohol and drugs among our youth, empower our youth for a life-time of growth and leadership development to become successful and responsible adults, create a mechanism to keep substance abuse a major priority to address in the community and workforce, and to engage our community to value and protect its youth.

Through sponsorships, the PASA will provide for train-the-trainer programs, outreach coordinators, outreach counseling for those impacted by substance abuse, curriculum and programs for school-age kids, tool-kits to provide to parents on how to talk to their kids, learning resources, and awareness building events, presentations, and shows. A number of Impact Opportunities are available.

Announcement

Announcement of the PASA campaign will be unveiled at the VIP Dinner on December 2, 2008, at the Fayetteville Town Center. Corporate sponsors and individuals who are supporting the PASA will be recognized. For more information on becoming a corporate sponsor or individual sponsor, contact Dr. Nancy Hairson, 479-575-9471 or email nhairston@youthbridge.com.