PSA: Smart ACID Venango County PA
I know there are one or two Venango County, PA people on here- and if you know any, link them here. I'm making this post public. Feel free to spread across the net if you know of peopel it would be relevent to.
Smart ACID is a group of Youth aghes 14-25 in Venango county. It's anonymous, and is a way to get your input on the system (Foster Care, Mental Health services, Drug and Alcohol Services, Junvenile justice) heard- the state makes the county listen to us. We end up giving feedback on various services and makeing suggestions for positive change without the specific member's name attached.
We also work as a peer support network, Giving people acess to Advocates for various issues and information and input to different services. Each meeting starts with a short period of time in which to get updated on each other's issues. Also, our myspace and website are available to contact me at any time if you are in crisis.
It's open to any youth 14-25 who have had some form of system involvement. We are open to all genders, sexual orientations, Religions, and political orientations.
We meet at Brother Bean Global Coffee Shop the second and Forth Thursdays of every month between 6 and 8 pm. We give each participating youth a $4 drink allowance, and we provide dinner- Usually Pizza.
Occationally we'll have additional meetings to use as work groups- last time it was an anti-bullying flag painting project that Focus on our Future asked if we'd do.
Smokers- Brother Bean is non-smoking, but we allow smaking breaks out on the front porch (it has an ashtray and an overhang so that if it's raining you'll still stay dry) once every half hour.
Peace ♥
~SAVANNAH/NICO~
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/smartacid
website: http://www.heart2heartpa.org/smartACID2.html
PS: We do have a meeting tonight. :D
Smart ACID is a group of Youth aghes 14-25 in Venango county. It's anonymous, and is a way to get your input on the system (Foster Care, Mental Health services, Drug and Alcohol Services, Junvenile justice) heard- the state makes the county listen to us. We end up giving feedback on various services and makeing suggestions for positive change without the specific member's name attached.
We also work as a peer support network, Giving people acess to Advocates for various issues and information and input to different services. Each meeting starts with a short period of time in which to get updated on each other's issues. Also, our myspace and website are available to contact me at any time if you are in crisis.
It's open to any youth 14-25 who have had some form of system involvement. We are open to all genders, sexual orientations, Religions, and political orientations.
We meet at Brother Bean Global Coffee Shop the second and Forth Thursdays of every month between 6 and 8 pm. We give each participating youth a $4 drink allowance, and we provide dinner- Usually Pizza.
Occationally we'll have additional meetings to use as work groups- last time it was an anti-bullying flag painting project that Focus on our Future asked if we'd do.
Smokers- Brother Bean is non-smoking, but we allow smaking breaks out on the front porch (it has an ashtray and an overhang so that if it's raining you'll still stay dry) once every half hour.
Peace ♥
~SAVANNAH/NICO~
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/smartacid
website: http://www.heart2heartpa.org/smartACID2.html
PS: We do have a meeting tonight. :D