The Daily Yorktown– The Rev. Claire Woodley-Aitchison, Rector at the St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, said she was quite frankly tired of funerals in Yorktown, specifically those of young Yorktown residents. As a member of the Yorktown Interfaith Ministerial Association, she worked to create last year’s Save a Life program, aimed at doing just that. “We […]
Daily Yorktown– Before prom dresses are bought and tuxedos are fitted, Yorktown officials and community members are making sure students stay safe and parents stay informed for many high school seniors’ most anticipated evening. Now mandatory for the second year, both the Yorktown senior looking to purchase a ticket as well as one parent are […]
LoHud.com– Last year the impetus for a community roundtable on the hazards facing young people was the sheer number of them who had died or were suffering the loss of those close to them. Some two dozen deaths over the course of a few years left those affected grasping for answers. While there’s a sense […]
Yorktown Patch– Should high school seniors be required to attend a presentation on the pitfalls of prom and graduation season? The answer is yes, according to Alliance for Safe Kids, the Yorktown High School PTSA members and Yorktown High School, who are sponsoring a panel discussion this Thursday. “What Every Parent and Student Should Know about Prom […]
Yorktown Patch– More than 250 teens and adults attended the Save A Life” forum last year, which was designed to inform and empower youth and adults to be community allies and first responders to support teens and families in crisis. The event came after several tragedies struck Yorktown in 2010 and 2011 with young adults dying prematurely. Since 2005, […]
Yorktown Patch– Yorktown’s Alliance for Safe Kids (ASK), the non profit organization, has a weekly public access TV show, “ASK Around Yorktown,” which features local resources and organization that support the youth and families. As part of this show, organizers are launching a new segment called “At Home” “ASK will be featuring a Yorktown family […]
Daily Yorktown– Yorktown-based nonprofit Alliance for Safe Kids (ASK) has had its own television show for almost a year now, but is looking to start a new program called “Ask at Home.” “We thought it would be fun to showcase local families that make the time to get the family together,” said Lisa Tomeny, executive […]
Yorktown’s Alliance for Safe Kids will join nearly 3,000 substance abuse prevention and treatment specialists and advocates from throughout the country during the week of Feb. 6 to Feb. 9 in Washington, D.C. The meeting is part of Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America’s (CADCA) 22nd annual National Leadership Forum. CADCA’s National Leadership Forum is the nation’s largest […]
Daily Yorktown– More than two-dozen Yorktown and Lakeland students don’t just follow the rules, they teach them in their own court of law. On Wednesday, these students graduated from the first phase of their training of the Alliance for Safe Kids’ Youth Court, a court that allows for certain youth offenders in Yorktown to be […]
Yorktown Patch– Middle and high school students sentenced a young man Wednesday night to 35 hours of community service for having broken into Yorktown High School, damaging property and stealing $150 from a teacher’s desk. That was not a real-life case. It was a mock trial they presented to friends and family during Yorktown Youth Court graduation […]