April is the 27th Annual NCADD Alcohol Awareness Month. Alcohol Awareness Month was founded and sponsored by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (NCADD) for the past 27 years, the theme this year is: “Help for Today, Hope for Tomorrow.”  Working Together Coalition is helping to support and promote this worthwhile event. No substance of abuse is more widely used and abused by America’s youth than alcohol, making alcoholism and alcohol-related problems the number one public health problem in the United States. Click here to read the complete article.	WHAT's NEW! Upcoming WTC Meetings in your Area Community Connection Meeting May 16th, 4:00pm at Birchview Gardens, Hackensack, MN Northland Monthly Coalition on May 8th at 4:00 pm. at the Higher Grounds Coffee Shop Remer, MN PRB Monthly Coalition May 8th at 11:00 am at The Warehouse Pine River, MN WHA Monthly Coalition May 9th at 1:30 pm at the Blue Water Lodge Walker, MN Current Newsletter Click here to subscribe
OUR MISSION & VISION
Our mission is Working Together to prevent substance use by our youth through community collaboration, resulting in an improved quality of life. In turn, we would like to raise public awareness of the risks and consequences of the use of substances as well as things that the community can do to help our young people make healthy decisions. By making changes to the environment, we envision having a safe and healthy community, free of the impact of substance abuse and its negative effects.
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working together coalition newsletter The Working Together Coalition publishes a monthly newsletter with news and events for the community and partners. Coalition meeting dates and times are always included. If you would like to receive our newsletter, please click here to subscribe. CLICK TO VIEW OUR CURRENT NEWSLETTER. 13 teams compete at THIRD Amazing Race Challenge: The 2012 third annual Walker Amazing Race was held on June 16th.  The race started at WHA, teams and ran a course of 2.5 miles throughout Walker--including 'schoolhouse hill'. Each leg of the course was followed by a challenge for one or all of the team members to complete. When successfully completed, the team received a punch on their passport and moved to the next challenge. The race ended at WHA School. The fourth annual Walker Amazing Race will be held on September 28, 2013 in partnership with Fall Has It All. If you have questions or want to register please contact Kelly Felton at 218-330-8129. Click for more... National Night Out Hackensack held its’ first annual National Night Out on August 7, 2012. The Working Together Coalition, Hackensack Fire and Rescue, Chamber of Commerce, Lion’s Club, American Legion Post 202 and Women’s Auxiliary, Cass County Sheriff’s, Department of Corrections, Veterans and Victims Services, Faith In Action, Birchview Gardens, CARE, and H.O.W.A. helped organize and participated in the evening event. Click for more..
Search Institute's 40 developmental assets	QUICK LINKS TO: WHAT'S NEW WITH WTC! HOW DO I GET INVOLVED? CONTACT US PARENTS & COMMUNITY YOUTH RESOURCES
6th-12th grade students from the school districts of Walker-Hackensack-Akeley, Pine River-Backus and theNorthland Community have taken a survey called Profiles of Student Life:  Attitudes and Behaviors which is a survey from Search Institute.  The Developmental Asset framework looks at experiences of young people and their commitments, values, skills and identity.  They were asked questions about their 40 Developmental Assets, which are building blocks of healthy development for youth.  This is an evidence based approach that will help us increase the things that youth need to make healthy and safe decisions.  These assets will help young people to grow up to be healthy, caring and responsible!  The results of the survey are reviewed yearly to guide the work of the Coalition to see what we as a community can do to help thrive!  This information gathered helps us to identify what risk and protective factors our communities have and gives us specific strategies to work on to make a real difference.  The Coalition will be using this data to move forward and understand what we as a community can do to help our youth.  Any group or organization interested in partnering or learning about this information, please contact us for a presentation.
LISTEN TO WHAT OUR KIDS HAVE TO TELL US... 2012 RESULTS All three: Summary | Full Northland: Summary | Full PRB: Summary | Full WHA: Summary | Full 2010 RESULTS All three schools summary Northland Pine River Backus Walker Hackensack Akeley 40 Developmental Assets Lists Assets for Infants Assets for Early Childhood (Ages 3-5) Assets for Children Grades K-3 (Ages 5-9) Assets for Middle Childhood (Ages 8-12) Assets for Adolescents (Ages 12-18)