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 Working Toward Success for Youth
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Vision
Covington Partners in Prevention empowers the community to nurture its youth to reach their full potential in a safe and thriving Covington.
Mission Covington Partners in Prevention collaborates with the schools of Covington and the community to: prevent drug use and violence; strengthen families; promote physical and mental health; and train and support staff.
Values
We believe in:
- The dignity, worth and potential of all students
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The achievement of "Destination: Graduation"
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The power of collaboration and partnerships
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The ability of all students to become successful citizens
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Healthy lifestyles for all
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Providing prevention services to remove barriers |
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2009 Fundraising Campaign
$144,481.32 needed
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Join the businesses and individuals who are our
PARTNERS in Prevention through financial contributions:
This month's featured partner:
For more information,
contact Stacie Strotman
at (859) 392-3179 |
| Our Coalition Partners |
Click on the following logos to learn more about our partners.
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Greetings!
As we approach our Tenth Anniversary, we are often reminded that the success of Covington Partners in Prevention comes from the people of our community working together on behalf of our children! We hope you will enjoy these stories about some of those people.
Please join us at the next partners' Coalition meeting on Tuesday, July 14th from 11:30 am -1:30 pm at the Center for Great Neighborhoods at 1650 Russell Street in Covington.
Your support and involvement make it possible to bring services that help the youth of Covington succeed. Thank you for working together with Covington Partners in Prevention. |
Watch for your email invitation coming soon! |
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Simple ways partners can support a child: Ask three friends to donate $3 dollars each. Or use your computer to help a child learn better.
There are no small gifts when it comes to helping a child. Community members who donate even a few dollars are providing the supplies a child needs to succeed. With larger donations, people support programming that builds children's character, influences their decision making and helps them become leaders for tomorrow.
And now community members are finding ways to donate that don't actually cost money! Please set your search engine to www.goodsearch.com and select Covington Partners in Prevention as your charity of choice. Use the link that says "Get the GoodSearch toolbar or add us to your search box" and follow the easy instructions. Then, every time you search for something on the Internet you will be helping a Covington child. If you have questions, call 859-392-3176 and we will talk you through the procedure!
Your donation, and the donations of your friends, can be the key to a child's success. |
| Mentoring Match of the Month |
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Community celebrates Covington Partners mentor, Pat Raverty.
Pat Raverty, a Covington mentor, recently received the Citizenship Award from Thomas More College Alumni Association. This award is given to only one alumnus a year who "has made a significant impact on the welfare of his or her community through service and leadership and exhibits a strong commitment to integrity, concern for justice, and service to others."
For more than two years, Pat has served as a role model and friend to Tanner, who now is a student at Holmes High School. Pat and Tanner have enjoyed many hours together - attending business functions, enjoying major-league ball games and hitting balls on the golf course. And sometimes they just spent time talking over an afternoon snack at a local restaurant.
Anyone who knows Pat's history can recognize that service to the community is an important aspect of his life. He has worked with the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Board of Advisors, Northern Kentucky Mental Health Association, Diocesan Catholic Children's Home Board, Senior Services of Northern Kentucky, Catholic Charities Board, and United Way Northern Kentucky Board, to name a few! We are honored to be among those Pat has chosen to serve.
Congratulations, Pat, and thank you for your dedication and commitment to Tanner and to our whole community.
You, too, can make a difference in the community by connecting with the life of a youth! Become a mentor and you will make good things happen.
Click the icon below to fill out an application.
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| Mentoring Information Session |
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Invite a friend, family member, neighbor, or co-worker to learn more about mentoring.
The Covington Partners in Prevention Mentoring Recruitment Committee will host a brown bag lunch Mentoring Information  Session at the Covington branch Library at Fifth Street and Scott Blvd. Please join us on Thursday, July 30, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Bring a friend who might be a good mentor. You will both learn more about the programs and how to apply to be a mentor. Only 23% of Covington youth report having positive adult role models, and we know that mentoring directly impacts each child, improving school attendance and achievement.
Please take the time to tell at least one person about this informational meeting.
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| Project Sticker Shock |
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Students and community volunteers work together to prevent underage drinking.
Covington students from the mentoring program and the leadership and resiliency program took action to prevent underage drinking through Project Sticker Shock. Students and volunteers visited local stores that sell alcohol. There, they put stickers on alcoholic beverage packages. The stickers remind buyers that providing alcohol to minors is illegal. This campaign aimed to reach  individuals over the age of 21 who can legally purchase alcohol and might provide it to minors. At the same time, it educated the youth participants. After a quick 30 minutes in each store, the groups had placed stickers on every multi-pack of alcoholic beverages. 
Students were supported by mentors from C-Forward, Inc., and the campaign was sponsored by Kenton County Alliance to Prevent Substance Abuse and by the Kenton County Attorney Office. Stickers were placed at a total of more than 50 stores in Kenton County; 14 of the stores were in Covington.
Working together produced a successful Project Sticker Shock!
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| Healthy Youth Need Healthy Food! |
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Students had the chance to try everything from strawberries to kale to ugli fruit.
The Fruits and Vegetables Program at Thomas Edison and Ninth District Elementary schools provided hands-on learning about good nutrition for students. Students were introduced to five new fruits and five new vegetables each month and learned about vitamins in the food from short videos featuring Captain Nutrition and Queen of the Vitamins. Getting those papayas, mushrooms, berries (and many more fruits and vegetables) ready to eat was a challenging job and required many hands in the kitchen. Partners in this effort came from the school district's food service and wellness staff and also from mentoring staff, parent volunteers, Family Resource Centers, the City of Covington Recreation Department, and the Northern Kentucky Health Department.
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