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Family Fun Fair!
Houghton/Keweenaw Communities That Care (HKCTC) is holding our third annual Family Fun Fair, the first since 2019!
In collaboration with May Mental Health Awareness Month, we're hosting this event to promote wellness, connection, and uplifting the community. It will be a time where the community can come together for family fun and learn what resources, businesses, and other organizations our home has to offer. There will also be bounce houses, games, activities, face painting, music, food & beverages! Free to all!
Local businesses and organizations will be participating in this event to promote what resources or services they have in the community, as well as an activity, game, or toy for kids to enjoy.
Join us in the fun on May 20th, at the Calumet Colosseum!
This event is substance free.
Click the image for the link to our Facebook event.
Community Drive
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and Houghton/Keweenaw Communities That Care (HKCTC) is partnering with Dial Help to host a community drive. The goal of the drive is to collect supplies to support local youth and families. Drop boxes are available at Dial Help’s office in downtown Houghton and other locations.
The drive is specifically seeking fidget toys for the Child Advocacy Center, which
serves child victims of abuse. Family Support is looking for hygiene items for low-income families, like shampoo/conditioner, body wash, toothbrushes/toothpaste, soap, feminine products, socks, and underwear; and books for kids and teens.
Please only donate items new in the package, or new/like-new books. Besides the Dial Help office, donations can be dropped off at KC Bonkers, Hancock police station, and students can bring donations to Houghton Middle School and Dollar Bay Schools.
You can also donate cash to purchase these items through Portage Health Foundation -- just mark the funds for the Community Drive. A Paypal link is available at www.dialhelp.org.
You can learn more about HKCTC, a coalition of professionals and community
members working to reduce rates of teen substance use, depression, and more at www.houghtonkeweenawctc.com. Learn more about Dial Help’s Child Advocacy Center at www.dialhelp.org/cac. Find resources for mental health at www.dialhelp.org/resources.
GGC
Guiding Good Choices (GGC) is a free family class for anyone who interacts with middle schoolers. It provides the skills to reduce youth's risk for using alcohol/other drugs.
The class is six sessions of two hours each week. Children are required to attend one session that teaches peer resistance skills. The other sessions are solely for parents and include instruction on:
- Identification of risk factors for adolescent substance abuse and a strategy to enhance protective family processes
- Development of effective parenting practices Family conflict management
- Use of family meetings as a way for improving family management
Click image for link to registration and dates!
TOP Club
TOP Club meets weekly for an hour and includes hands-on lessons, activities, and 20 hours of community service to build resilience and leadership skills.
All teens who participate will have the opportunity to be part of activities including escape rooms, museum visits, ice cream socials, and more!
Free to all middle school age students.
Learn more at the TOP Club website: uptopclubs.com
For questions, email teenoutreachprogram@dialhelp.org
Partners: Houghton/Keweenaw CTC, funded by Portage Health Foundation
Past Events
HKCTC 6th Annual Suicide Prevention Walk
Families of 906: Suicide Prevention Picnic
HKCTC and TOP Club collaborative Bridgefest 2022 Parade float (June 17, 2022)
Key Leader Orientation (June 14, 2022)
Fifth Annual Suicide Prevention Walk (September 25, 2021)
Narcan Distribution Day (August 31, 2020)
Human Trafficking Presentation (March 10, 2020)
Dine n Dash @ Cyberia Cafe (February 28, 2020)
TOP Club Sledding (February 17, 2020)
Blue Key Society @ Michigan Tech (January 20, 2020)
TOP Club Meeting (January 14, 2020)
Middle School Lock In (October 25, 2019)
@ Send Silence Packing (October 2, 2019)
Live for Tomorrow (September 28, 2019)
UP Wide Preventing Suicide (September 27, 2019)
QPR Suicide Prevention Training (September 20, 2019)
Do It for Daniel (September 17, 2019)
@ Soberfest (August 31, 2019)
Family Fun Fair (August 10, 2019)
Revitalization Meeting (June 13, 2019)
Live Clue (February 28, 2019)
@ CopperDog150 (March 2, 2018)
@ Holiday Gift Mart (November 24, 2018)
2nd Annual Suicide Prevention Walk (September 22, 2018)
Family Fun Fair (September 1, 2018)
@ Fourth of July Parade (July 4, 2018)
Quarterly Board Meeting (March 15, 2018)
Create the Logo Contest Display (March 5, 2018)
Youth-Only CTC Info and Game Night (February 28, 2018)
Action Planning (February 7, 2018)
@ Treat Street (October 28, 2017)
@ Copper Country Human Services Expo (October 24, 2017)
@ Crave21 Challenge (October 4, 2017)
@ UP Suicide Prevention Conference (September 15, 2017)
1st Annual Suicide Prevention March (September 9, 2017)
Community Voting Event (June 5, 2017)
Community Board Training (January 10. 2017)
Red Ribbon Week Events (October 23 - 31, 2016)
Community Board Orientation, Day Two (August 26, 2016)
Community Board Orientation, Day One (August 19, 2016)
@ Talk. They Hear You. (July 26, 2016)
Key Leader Orientation (June 28, 2016)