Kevin Hines: Cracked. Not Broken.

With your donation of $35 or more, the Alliance for Safe Kids will mail you an autographed copy of Kevin Hines’ Memoir, “Cracked. Not Broken”. Get your copy today! The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the most recognizable structures to define a modern city. Yet, for author Kevin Hines the bridge is not merely […]

Yorktown Community Unites for Mental Health

Gabrielle Bilik from Yorktown News wrote a beautiful article about Save A Life, which was held on Sunday, April 3, 2016: A few months after the death of her brother, Michelle Gilbert and her father participated in one of Yorktown’s Alliance for Safe Kids (ASK) Save-A-Life Day events as counselors in a suicide prevention workshop. […]

Alcohol Awareness Month

The need to provide meaningful education on the dangers of underage drinking and drug use here in Yorktown has never been greater. And it is important to know that parents can play a significant role. As kids get older and alcohol and drugs enter the picture, parents are faced with a unique set of challenges. […]

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Teens & Harmful Behavior at Save A Life

Teens may engage in harmful behaviors as a way of coping, expressing and dealing with deep distress and emotional pain. To some teens, causing harm to themselves is the only way they know how to cope with feelings like sadness, self-loathing, emptiness, guilt, control and rage. The problem is that the relief that comes from […]

Courage to Speak at Save A Life

In a riveting and thought-provoking Presentation, nationally renowned speaker, Ginger Katz, shares the story of her son Ian’s losing battle with drugs.  Through her Presentation, students and parents begin to recognize the telltale signs of alcohol and other drug use and the veils behind which those signs hide: anger, denial, fear, pain and deception. The […]

“The Dating Game” at Save A Life

The 6th Annual Save A Life program is designed to inform and empower high school students and adults to be community allies and first responders to support teens and families in crisis. In order to achieve this, ASK will present 17 workshops, directed by professionals from several organizations, that specialize in prominent safety issues faced by teens each day. […]

Want to Save A Life?

Save A Life is a program designed by the Alliance for Safe Kids (ASK) to inform and empower high school students and adults to become community allies and first responders to support teens and families in crisis. Save A Life is one of ASK’s leading programs which has directly touched the lives of over 1,000 […]

Save A Life: Wish List

Below are some of the things that are currently on our wish list for Save A Life. If you are out grocery shopping or running errands, please consider putting an extra one or 2 of the items in your cart for ASK! Gift Cards BJ’s Staples Walmart Perishable Items  Bottled Water!! Store-bought desserts Snacks (small bags […]

Save A Life Presents Kevin Hines, Keynote Speaker

Save A Life is a program designed by the Alliance for Safe Kids (ASK) to inform and empower high school students and adults to become community allies and first responders to support teens and families in crisis. Save A Life is one of ASK’s leading programs which has directly touched the lives of over 1,000 community […]

‘Save a Life Day’ teaches valuable lessons to Yorktown’s youth

=Alliance for Safe Kids (ASK), a Yorktown Heights-based non-profit organization, returned Sunday, Feb. 8, with the annual “Save a Life” program. The program is intended to inform and empower high school students and adults alike to be “community allies” and first responders themselves to support individuals in crisis. At Save a Life, students were able […]