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Fall 2025 Newsletter
Contents:
* Spotlight on Resilience Month 2025- October is Resilience Month! See what Clallam Resiliency Project has planned for the month ahead (and how you can celebrate and build resiliency!)
* Prevention Pet- This quarter’s prevention pet is Winnie, Kara’s mystery mutt
* Fall Programming Roundup- Dungeons and Dragons, Nurse-Family Partnership, Guiding Good Choices, Outreach Events, and more
* Coalition News- Coalition Transitions, Quilcene Youth Comission, Blue Heron Middle School’s Parent & Caregiver Book Club, Trunk or Treat
* Upcoming Spring Events and Trainings
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October is Resilience Month!
Clallam Resiliency Project has organized an entire month of resiliency activities!
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Want to know more about the Clallam Resiliency Project? Find more about their great trainings and community strengthening projects by clicking the button below.
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What is Resilience? Plus- Three Ways to Build Resilience in Youth
Resilience is being able to bounce back from stress, challenge, tragedy, trauma or adversity. When children are resilient, they are braver, more curious, more adaptable, and more able
to extend their reach into the world.
How can we build resilience in children and youth?
1. Resilience needs relationships, not uncompromising independence.
Research tells us that it’s not rugged self-reliance, determination or inner strength that leads kids through adversity, but the reliable presence of at least one supportive relationship.
In the context of a loving relationship with a caring adult, children have the opportunity to develop vital coping skills. The presence of a responsive adult can also help to reverse
the physiological changes that are activated by stress. This will ensure that the developing brain, body and immune system are protected from the damaging effects of these physiological
changes. Anyone in the life of a child can make a difference – family, teachers, coaches – anyone.
2. Build feelings of competence and a sense of mastery
Nurture that feeling in them – that one that reminds them they can do hard things. You’ll be doing this every time you acknowledge their strengths, the brave things they do, their effort
when they do something difficult; and when you encourage them to make their own decisions. When they have a sense of mastery, they are less likely to be reactive to future stress and
more likely to handle future challenges.
3. Encourage them to take safe, considered risks.
Let them know that the courage they show in doing something brave and difficult is more important than the outcome. Age-appropriate freedom lets them learn where their edges are, encourages
them to think about their decisions, and teaches them that they can cope with the things that go wrong. When they take risks they start to open up to the world and realise their capacity
to shape it. There’s magic in that for them and for us.
Source: https://www.heysigmund.com/building-resilience-children/
A great way to learn about and practice these skills as a parent is our Guiding Good Choices workshop, held this month on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:00-7:30 at the Tri-Area Community
Center, beginning on October 14th.
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Summer and Fall Event Updates
* Bidding a very fond farewell and good luck to Holly Gumm
* Holly Gumm has transitioned out of Jefferson County Public Health, and will be teaching at Peninsula College! We’ll miss you Holly, and best of luck in your next venture!
* Kara Billinger-Hessom will be taking over Port Townsend Empowered Teens Coalition
* JCPH is currently interviewing for a new coalition coordinator, who will hopefully be onboarded in October!
* The Quilcene/Brinnon Empowered Teens Coalition tabled at the Quilcene Fair on September 20th!
* Mackenzie Marmol, Quilcene/Brinnon ETC Coalition Coordinator, spread the word about South County prevention programming to attendees.
* As of early October, Nurse-Family Partnership is back up and running with coalition funding.
* Congratulations to those who graduated from this fabulous program, and welcome to our new Nurse-Family participants!
* Funding delays are nearly at an end.
* Due to delays and disorganization within the federal government with regards to federal block grant disbursement, the ETC had to put programs on hold until A&R documents were received
and funding was secured.
* We anticipate receiving funding within the next couple of weeks, and no further disturbance to our planned programming is expected.
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Coalition News
* Dungeons and Dragons
* This fall, students will join a fun, interactive after-school game focused on strengthening personal values like friendship, honesty, and communication. Participants will use their
imagination and creative thinking to problem solve and work together as a team. Dungeons & Dragons started on October 2nd and will run every Thursday from 4:00-7:00 PM.
* Clubs, Clubs, Clubs!
* The Quilcene Empowered Teens Coalition is partnering with many youth center organizations to provide a safe pace for students to go after school to learn, create, and contribute to
the community in the form of community service projects. More information to come.
* Trunk or Treat
* Both the Quilcene and Chimacum Empowered Teens Coalition are participating in trunk or treat. The QETC will have an “outta this world” theme and CETC will have an Alice in Wonderland
theme. Pictures of all the fun will be shared in the next newsletter.
* Guiding Good Choices
* Chimacum and Port Townsend ETC are holding an IN PERSON fall session of Guiding Good Choices! The workshop will be held at the Tri-Area Community Center in Chimacum. Session dates
are October 14, 16, 21, 23, and 28 from 6:00-7:00 PM. Here is the link to register: https://forms.gle/itzZn51a4Rr9UWwh9 <https://google.us22.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3961206950e6df0e4b4689479&i
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* Please share the news about our upcoming session and encourage parents to sign up! Flyer PDF link is attached to the button below
* Would you like printed copies of our flyer? Please respond to this email or email any Coalition Coordinator, and we will provide as many as you need!
* Med Take Back
* Our annual fall virtual Med Take Back campaign of this fiscal year will take place throughout October, as we once again publicize the many year-round, county-wide options for returning
medications safely.
* The flyer PDF link is attached to the button below
* Community Updates
* Jefferson County Library
* Jefferson County Library is hosting a series of Teen Mindfulness Art Meetups on October 15th, November 19th, and December 17th from 3:30-4:30 PM. Learn how to make neurographic art,
create a candy house, and weave with your fingers! For more information, visit this link <https://google.us22.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3961206950e6df0e4b4689479&id=fff2a380a5&e=115415dce8>
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* The Benji Project
* The Benji Project is seeking queer voices to help guide their next Mindfulness in Motion Pride Camp. Interested in lending your perspective? Please email eden@thebenjiproject.org
or heather@thebenjiproject.org
* Youth Commission
* Heather Dudley-Nollette and her fellow Jefferson County Commissioners are seeking to create a Youth Commission, to provide a valuable youth perspective on county decision-making.
This commission is still in development. If you know a young person who might be interested in joining the Youth Commission (as well as shaping what it looks like), please email Heather
at hdudley-nollette@co.jefferson.wa.us
* Blue Heron Middle School’s Book Study!
* Interested in joining a community of parents and learning how you can best empower your teen to thrive as they grow? Parents will receive a FREE copy of Raising Ready Teens when
they sign up.
* The book study will be held on October 7th and December 2nd from 5:30-6:30 PM in the Blue Heron Middle School library
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Upcoming Events and Trainings
* October 7th 1:30-3:00 Epigenetics and Substance Misuse Prevention
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* October 9th 2:00-3:30 Conflict to Connection: Create the Conditions for Healthy Disagreement
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* November 11th 10:00-12:00 Talking to Adolescents about Substance Use Disorder: Scripts, Tips, and Evidence-Based Considerations to Addressing and Deterring Substance Use Disorder
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