National Girls and Women in Sports Day
February is Black History Month. February 1st is National Girls and Women in Sports Day. With respect to both topics, I would like to recognize the incredible Black female athletes who broke barriers to [...]
Celebrating Recovery from a Child’s Perspective
On New Year's Day, I was scrolling through my Facebook feed and came across this post. After reading the post from this young lady (who I do know along with her mother), I was [...]
It’s Not Just a Game
There is risk in everything we do. Yes, American football, like every other sport on every level, is a game. What players go through to train and constantly improve, to make a difference on [...]
Advice to Parents…
The advice I would give a younger me is the advice I give to other parents everyday. “Educate yourself on addiction, drugs and mental health”. I was so naive and uneducated on substance misuse, [...]
Opioid Overdose Update
As 2022 comes to a close, we are able to report a continuing decrease in opioid overdoses and fatalities. As of November 15th, there had been 614 overdoses, down from 634 at the same [...]
Advice to My Adolescent Self
Advice to my adolescent self: Don’t worry about what other people think. It is a common theme among adolescents to “keep up appearances” with their peers. No one wants to be left out or [...]
Red Ribbon Week is October 23 – 31, 2022
Red Ribbon Week is a national campaign to encourage drug-free living. It began in 1985 after the murder of DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena by drug traffickers in Mexico City. Agent Camarena believed that even [...]