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Own Your Prom!  Make it a FUN experience to remember!

Pittsfield High School and Taconic High School are both hosting After Prom parties at Berkshire West.  Talk to your prom organizers to find out more about these exciting events! 
There are lots of things parents can do to support a safe and fun prom experience for their teens.  See our posting in the Latest News Column.  Here is another great resource to explore:  Teen Safe

What do you think of our new billboards?  Give us your feedback here:
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Nominate a young person for a SAY It Proud Award! 

Please consider nominating a young person for a S.A.Y. It Proud Award.  We accept nominations on a rolling basis.  We want to especially focus on kids who are making healthy choices and are engaged in positive activities in their communities.  Do you know someone who deserves some community recognition?  We really want to recognize that great kid next door who is helpful and involved in the community, but perhaps isn’t recognized as a top student or athlete. Please fill out the nomination form and click FINISH and we will automatically receive your nomination.  Or you can download the form and email it back to us if you prefer: SAY_It_Proud-nomination-form_(7).doc

We collected 788 pounds of medications at the Berkshire County Rx Round Up!

Teens are abusing some prescription and over-the-counter drugs to get high.  Every day, 2,500 youth age 12 to 17 abuse a pain reliever for the very first time.  Because these drugs are so readily available, teens who wouldn’t otherwise touch illicit drugs might abuse prescription drugs.  Many of these drugs can be addicting.  Help prevent prescription drug abuse by clearing out your medicine cabinets.  Get rid of any drugs that you are no longer using.  This is the safest way to get rid of unused medications; flushing them down the toilet or sink could harm the water supply.  You can safely dispose of your prescription medications at any time in the lock box in the Pittsfield Police Department Lobby, 39 Allen Street, or one of the other police departments in the county with a lock box: 

Student Social Norms Campaign

Check out the positive messages that will be posted on the walls of Pittsfield and Taconic High Schools this year.  These messages were gathered from the data collected by the Students Against Destructive Decisions and the PPP last year.

See more of the ads by clicking the student social norms link under Latest News.

We’re Berkshires community members and youth who are committed to helping young people make healthy choices.

Learn more about the PPP by watching members interviewed on Pittsfield Community Television’s Community Matters show with Berkshire United Way President and CEO, Kristine Hazzard: 

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