Mar 27, 2024 | Y2Y Blog, Youth To Youth
Students at East Yancey Middle School have completed two bulletin board displays in their school’s hallway– one to celebrate National School Counselor Appreciation Week, highlighting the skills and knowledge they’ve gained from their school counselor, and...
Mar 4, 2024 | Y2Y Blog, Youth To Youth
Cane River middle schoolers are choosing their passions and personal interests over drugs and alcohol. This chapter of Youth to Youth, an after-school youth empowerment program of Partners Aligned Toward Health (PATH), hosted a school-wide art contest this past fall...
Jan 23, 2024 | Substance Abuse
Last November, Mitchell and Yancey counties came together to learn about how substance use impacts lives from the real experiences of people in our communities during three Community Sensemaking Sessions. The sessions provided a space for conversation and shared...
Jan 23, 2024 | Y2Y Blog, Youth To Youth
This school year, members of Appalachian Youth to Youth are learning leadership through service, by volunteering and completing self-directed projects. Participation in Youth to Youth provides students with the skills and experiences needed to become advocates of...
Jun 27, 2023 | Y2Y Blog, Youth To Youth
Six Appalachian Youth To Youth students from Bowman, Harris, and East Yancey Middle Schools went to the Empower: Teen Leadership Summit put on by Teen Health Connection. They traveled to this youth-led conference to learn about leadership from inspiring speakers and...
Jun 26, 2023 | Y2Y Blog, Youth To Youth
Appalachian Youth to Youth The student members of Appalachian Youth to Youth ended the school year with a sense of pride in their completed projects and memories to last a lifetime. From teaching younger students about the health risks of vaping in brightly colored...
