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"To empower and mobilize our community to reduce the use of alcohol, marijuana, and other drugs by Indian River County youth through education, support, collaboration, and action."

Student Spotlight

VBHS Orchestra
In Tune with Excellence!

VBHS Orchestra

under the direction of Matthew Stott, traveled to Austria this summer and performed in 4 major cities including: Innsbruck, Salzburg, Graz, and Vienna.

In Vienna, they played in Minoritenkirche, one of the oldest and artistically most valuable churches in Vienna. There, a crowd of more than 300 gave our orchestra 4 standing ovations for encore performances!

LifeSkills Matter!

SAFIR and the LifeSkills team enjoyed sharing many valuable life skills with children throughout Indian River County this summer by offering LifeSkills Training. 

The LifeSkills Facilitators attended the Dasie Hope summer camp, the Gifford Youth Achievement Center summer camp and all three Boys & Girls clubs summer camps-Vero Beach, Fellsmere, & Sebastian.

The children were taught tobacco awareness, self-esteem, coping skills, peer pressure and how to say no in difficult situations.

The children had so much fun rehearsing behaviors that enhanced their communication skills and social skills, painting rocks with positive and inspirational messages and role playing essential coping skill situations.

Here are 101 ideas for your summer bucket list -- to keep kids from being bored and create memories they'll have for a lifetime:

  1. Go roller skating.
  2. Visit a zoo or aquarium to learn about animals.
  3. Run through the sprinklers.
  4. Blend your own smoothie.
  5. Set up a bike wash and raise money for a local charity.
  6. Batter up at a batting cage.
  7. Let kids paint the sidewalk or patio with plain old water and sponge brushes.
  8. Bake cupcakes in ice cream cones and then decorate them.
  9. Assemble a family cookbook with all your favorite recipes.
  10. Go horseback riding.
  11. Make popsicles in Dixie cups using fruit juices.
See the whole list at www.Care.com
Photo by Kimson Doan on Unsplash

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

-Margaret Mead

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THANK YOU!

Thanks to our volunteers, contributors, coalition members, and community supporters. Together we can make Indian River County a safer, healthier, and happier place to live.

MEET US

Our next coalition meeting is 
August 3, 2017 at 2:00 pm at
Boys & Girls Club
1729 17th Ave, 
Vero Beach, FL

GET IN TOUCH

Comments, questions, and concerns?
Contact Christina DeFalco
SAFIR Coalition Director
cdefalco@sacirc.org  or  772-770-4811
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