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FYI -- THE PARENT NETWORK (Click here for details)
    Where: Great Valley Middle School,
                Faculty Dining Room 
    When: TBA - 2008-9
               Tuesdays, 7:00 – 9:00 PM

ARCH (Area Residents Caring & Helping) is a community coalition established in 1981 by parents and other community members to assist, educate and support one another in dealing with substance use and abuse by youth. We are actively working to keep kids alcohol and drug free.
(Tredyffrin & Easttown Townships, Chester County, Pennsylvania)

2007-2008 Initiatives: ARCH is planning to address the issue of underage drinking:

• By implementing an alcohol abuse prevention program based on the principles of social norming, a research-based approach with proven efficacy.
           More information on Social Norms Campaign
  
• By hosting two programs, with professional speakers/ trainers, specifically geared for parents, to provide information and skills in parenting for prevention.

Did you know? The more often teens have dinners with their families, the less likely they are to use alcohol, tobacco or other drugs.     Full Article >>  The Center for Substance Abuse Research.

Want to Plan a Party for your Teen and hardly know where to start?
Tom Hagy, a parent of a teen in our area, shares his proven strategy for having a successful party for teenagers. In this humorous but quite serious Letter to the Editor, Tom explains how staying in control begins with careful planning and a clear strategy -- without killing all the fun. (reprinted with permission). [Read Letter]

Statement of Purpose

We are a partnership of parents, school administrators, police officers, teachers, students, and community members committed to supporting families and helping youth form a strong positive self image to enable them to make healthy choices and stay drug free.

Our goal is to assist the community to provide a better quality of individual and community life by working towards the elimination of alcohol and other drug use by minors, fostering healthy relationships between parents and youth, and further cooperation between schools and the community.

View Brochure: Adobe Reader (PDF) document.

last page update 6/12/2008