LowCountry Alliance for Healthy Youth (LCAHY) Program Director and Youth Coordinator presented to 100 Men and 100 Women Hilton Head during their Quarterly Meeting at Sea Pines Country Club. LCAHY was one of three local organizations chosen to present their needs to members of 100 Men and Women of Hilton Head. LCAHY was initially added to One Hundred Men and Women of Hilton Head’s “Charities Under Consideration” by long-time LCAHY board member David Martin, LCAHY’s Business Se

The LowCountry Alliance for Healthy Youth (LCAHY) was chosen as the Hilton Head Market’s Non-Profit of the month. HH Market’s Non-Profit of the Month receives an $800 donation in exchange for staffing a table during the market. LCAHY staffed an information table at the Hilton Head Market three Saturdays in March to create awareness for the coalition and its prevention resources. LCAHY provided community members with a free Deterra bag and distributed LCAHY’s Year-Round Rx Dro

The LowCountry Alliance for Healthy Youth (LCAHY) received a grant from the Bluffton Rotary Charitable Giving to support its youth coalition, Teens for Healthy Youth (THY). The grant fund in the amount of $2,500 will be used for printing prevention materials made by Teens for Healthy Youth Members for youth. The posters, fact cards, and THY brochures printed will be shared by Teens for Healthy Youth groups in ten area schools including Bluffton High, May River High, Hilton He

The Director of the Multilingual Learner Program of Beaufort County School District, Diana Dromsky, presented a cultural competency information session to LowCountry Alliance for Healthy Youth (LCAHY) Board Members during the November Community Board Meeting. Dromsky’s presentation provided an overview of multilingual learners (MLLs) in Southern Beaufort County. She shared data on the demographics of MLL students and included recent trends. Her presentation included informati

The Town of Bluffton and the Town of Hilton Head issued a Proclamation for Smoke-Free and Vape-Free Awareness Month during November. The proclamation was accepted by members of LCAHY’s Youth Coalition, Teens for Healthy Youth, at the Bluffton Town Council Meeting and the Town of Hilton Head Council meeting on behalf of LCAHY. LCAHY also developed an E-News on National Smoke Free/Vape Free Month to share with the LCAHY Board and the community. To read LCAHY’s E-News click he

The LowCountry Alliance for Healthy Youth (LCAHY) and their youth coalition, Teens for Healthy Youth (THY), educated parents and caregivers about medicine safety and Rx Drop Box locations during the Town of Bluffton’s & Bluffton Police Department’s Safety Spooktacular Event. LCAHY distributed 500 of LCAHY’s Rx Fact Card with year-round Rx drop off locations and Medicine Safety Tips to parents. THY passed-out candy to trick or treaters, face painted children, and distributed a

LowCountry Alliance for Healthy Youth (LCAHY) Civic Sector CIA and Bluffton Rotary SC member, Cara Vercellone, worked with Bluffton Rotary to post signage to discourage the sale of alcohol to minors during Bluffton’s Seafood, a community festival. Bluffton Rotary member and LCAHY’s Civic Sector CIA, posted LCAHY’s signage that read “We Know the Law, do You? Are you 21? No ID=No Sale” at the tents that served and sold beer and wine to community festival attendees. See an examp

Mayor Larry Toomer and Mayor Alan Perry issued a proclamation declaring October National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month in Bluffton and Hilton Head Island during the October Town Council Meetings. The Bluffton Proclamation was accepted on behalf of LowCountry Alliance for Healthy Youth (LCAHY) by two members of LCAHY’s Youth Coalition, Teens for Healthy Youth, during the Bluffton Town Council Meeting. See the Proclamations below. The Towns and LCAHY have worked together on t

The LowCountry Alliance for Healthy Youth (LCAHY) hosted its fifth annual May Day 5K Race/Walk. 222 runners/walkers participated in the...