Dear <<First Name>>, 

Cohasset has Turned-Up and Turned-Out! 
As the saying goes, "Many hands make light work." We are grateful for all the many hands helping Safe Harbor achieve our common goals together!

Thanks for Turning-Up! Many thanks to everyone who signed up to host a lawn sign for National Prevention Week in May! All 20 signs ordered have a lawn spot in Cohasset, thanks to you! 

Great Turn-Out! A big shout out to everyone who came to our virtual Open Coalition Meeting on April 8th.What a great turn-out! We were able to accomplish many tasks and discuss future plans and upcoming events.  Please mark your calendars for our next Open Coalition Meeting on June 3rd. Stay tuned for details!

We Couldn't Have Done It Without You!

Spring into Action was a success! Thank you to everyone who purchased a spring plant as part of our Cohasset Youth Ambassador fundraiser. Plants and personal messages were delivered yesterday, 
April 14th. Please CLICK HERE to read more and view pictures! 

Many thanks to Cohasset Village Greenery, Cohasset Recreation and Cohasset DPW for going above and beyond assisting Cohasset Youth Ambassadors make this fundraiser a success! The DPW picked up over 90 plants and delivered to Cohasset Recreation where Youth Ambassadors were provided a space to prep for recipient delivery. Cohasset Village Greenery helped select the plants, provided helpful suggestions, and gave the Youth Ambassadors a wholesale rate. Please stop by Cohasset Village Greenery for your spring planting supplies and let them know how thankful we are to have a local small business in Cohasset that supports our community!

Enter To Receive a Scholarship to Attend the
20th Annual Mid-Year Training Institute!

Safe Harbor encourages both youth and adult members of the Cohasset community to attend the 20th Annual Mid-Year Training Institute, hosted by Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) this summer.  Scholarship applications are available online only, and must be submitted by April 30th.  The Scholarship will cover the full price of registration to attend!

This year's Mid-Year Training Institute will take place from July 11-15^th. Additional questions can be answered locally by emailing safeharborcohasset@gmail.com, or by emailing CADCA at kyeldell@cadca.org.

How To Talk-And Listen-To a Teen With Mental Health Struggles

By Anya Kamenetz, NPR, April, 2021

"Not sleeping, failing classes, and expressing severe pain and turmoil — these are all what Dr. Khadijah Booth Watkins, a psychiatrist and associate director of The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds at Massachusetts General Hospital, calls a 'loss of function.' They could be indicators of a serious mental health problem."

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Opioids & The Pandemic: A Deadly Mix

By Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA)

The United States has recorded over 81,000 overdose deaths during the pandemic-the most ever! This many people would fill the Empire State Building in New York approximately 6 times!

Please CLICK HERE to view the infographic.

Press Release: National Prevention Week 2021

By Safe Harbor Cohasset, April 2021

COHASSET, MA-Safe Harbor is excited to announce this year’s efforts for National Prevention Week (NPW). National Prevention Week, an annual week dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of substance use prevention and the value of positive mental health, will take place from May 9th-15th. Each year, communities and organizations across the country join forces to promote substance misuse prevention, educate peers, and collaborate with the community to create a safe, clean, and healthy environment.

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Breaking My Silence

By JC Monahan for Boston Magazine, April, 2021

“For many years, NBC Boston anchor JC Monahan had a secret—and keeping it nearly cost her everything.”

“I had been suffering in silence for more than a year, first from depression and then from debilitating anxiety. Yet I told almost no one—not my family, not even the people I consider my best friends. The one person in Boston who was aware that something was up didn’t know the half of it until he found me that morning unconscious in my living room.”

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This free virtual workshop, which teens can attend with their parents, provides resources, and walks through many important driving topics, including the teen triple threat of impaired, distracted, and drowsy driving.

For more information and to register, please CLICK HERE. 
If you register and are unable to attend, Operation Parent will send you a free recording of the event the following day. 

National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, is a bi-annual event for community members to safely dispose of old or unwanted medications at designated locations. Cohasset Police have a kiosk in their lobby that is available to the public 24/7, and we encourage the community to take advantage of this convenient location to dispose of their old/unused medications in an environmentally friendly way.

Ground Level Cafe is Back! Safe Harbor is thrilled to team up with Cohasset Recreation to host Ground Level Cafe at Sandy Beach! 

Registration is required to perform as well as attend, and space if limited. (Please CLICK HERE to read the Official Press Release.)