by Staff Admin | Feb 4, 2016 | High-Impact Prevention Services, News
Community Partners has been working on reducing tobacco use since 1997. The Buffalo County Tobacco Free Coalition received grant funds ($6,500) to reduce teen and pre-teen tobacco use. Reducing smoking was one of the major focus areas in Community Partners report to...
by Staff Admin | Nov 2, 2015 | High-Impact Prevention Services, News
Red Ribbon Week kicked off October 23rd and celebrates the 30th year of being the nation’s largest and oldest unified drug prevention campaign. Red Ribbon Week began in 1985 in response to the murder of DEA Agent Enrique Camarena by drug traffickers. Families of the...
by Staff Admin | Sep 1, 2015 | High-Impact Prevention Services, News
On September 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Buffalo County Sherriff’s Office, along with volunteers from CHI Health Good Samaritan, Kearney/Holdrege Elk’s Lodge #984, Positive Pressure, and Two Rivers Public Health Department, will give community members their ninth...
by Staff Admin | Jul 9, 2015 | High-Impact Prevention Services, News
Everyone has a story about the after-Cruise Nite activities, and while they’re usually interesting, they are rarely positive. Positive Pressure, UNK, Century 21, and the Kearney Police Department are working to change that through the ‘Be Safe, Be Smart’...
by Staff Admin | May 7, 2015 | High-Impact Prevention Services, News
The last Saturday in April and October has previously been the time for Prescription Drug Take-Backs to dispose of unwanted or unused medications. These events were nationally sponsored by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and locally powered by the Buffalo County...
by Staff Admin | Mar 27, 2015 | High-Impact Prevention Services, News
The Alzheimer’s Association, with local support from Buffalo County Community Partners’ Alzheimer’s & Dementia Coalition, is hosting the 2015 Dementia Safety Conference Friday, May 1, from 7:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church. The conference...
