Year in Review - 2020

Partner Highlight

Have you had a hard year? Do you feel stuck? Are you ready to break free?

Are you ready to RESET but not sure how?

Join the YMCA for the RESET Challenge, a 6 week free activity-based program for mind, body, and soul for the entire family.

• Open to EVERYONE! Invite friends, family co-workers. You don't need to be a member to participate.

• Register for the RESET Challenge now by texting RESET to 888-959-6468 or going to our website RESET REGISTRATION

• The Challenge begins on Monday, February 1st!

• You will receive 3 messages each week with challenges, fun, community support and encouragement.

• Free Virtual Classes! Choose from on demand or live on Zoom.

• Other aspects include life coaching, nutrition, family fun time, meditation, and more!

• Incentive for completing the challenge.

• RESET helps us take back our lives and become stronger in spirit, mind and body....while having fun!

South County Regional Coalition Update

Rhode Island Student Assistance Services is pleased to present, Emerging Trends in Youth Vaping: What Schools Need to Know, a 7-module, self-paced e-training developed for educators, Student Assistance Counselors, 

administrators, prevention specialists, and parents.  

We are at risk of erasing all of the progress we have made in eradicating youth tobacco use.  According to the Youth Risk Behavior Study in 2019, 30% of our high school students are using an electronic vapor product, an e-cigarette!  Did you know that young people who have ever used e-cigarettes are 5 times more likely to be diagnosed with Covid-19?  And young people who have ever used e-cigarettes plus conventional cigarettes are 7 times more likely to be diagnosed with Covid-19.  We are at a critical tipping point, but we can turn this epidemic around through education. 

Upon completing the series, participants will be able to: 

• Describe electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), also called e‑cigarettes: what they are and how they work
• Discuss what is known and not known about the health effects of e‑cigarette use.
• Identify marketing strategies used by tobacco companies to make e‑cigarettes appealing to youth
• Explain basic concepts of addiction and how addiction affects the adolescent brain
• Describe how e‑cigarettes may be used to consume marijuana concentrates and the consequences for adolescents
• Access and use the RISAS Vaping Toolkit

Upon completion of the pre-test, each module, and post-test participants will earn 3 contact hours. 

Strong Arms Support Group

Do you have a loved one struggling with substance use or who is lost in the throes of addiction? Whether your child or loved one is actively using or you have lost someone to addiction, join us as we come together to support one another through this journey of hope. 

Monday Nights 6:00 - 7:30 Twice Each Month

UPCOMING CYTF MEETINGS: 

Chariho Youth Task Force Monthly Coalition Meeting: 

• Monday, February 8th at 5:30pm via Zoom. Click here to join! 

Strong Arms Support Group: 

• Monday, February 1st and 22nd at 6pm via Zoom. Click here for more details!

Youth Ambassador Meeting:

• Tuesday, December 8th and 22nd at 5pm via Zoom. Click here to join!

All are welcome! Email us at Info@Charihoyouth.org for more info or visit CharhoYouth.org and check out our calendar on the homepage! 

The Chariho Youth Task Force was founded over 12 years ago by Chariho Middle School students and is now a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization doing work across our community to improve health and wellness. Our mission is to educate, empower, and engage youth and adults in order to create a sense of community, to promote wellness, and to sustain opportunity for Chariho voices to be heard. We envision a society driven toward physical and mental well-being created through collaboration, education, and activism to promote a positive community climate.