August 21, 2009 – 7:05 am
Parents and community members are invited to attend an important community presentation… Pure Performance The impact of alcohol or drug use on athletic performance Tuesday, September 1, 2009 7:00-8:00 p.m. Northfield High School Auditorium 1400 Division Street South The presentation is led by John Underwood, President of the American Athletic Institute. A formed NCAA All-American, [...]
The Provider Team of the Rice County Chemical Health Coalition sponsors a monthly opportunity for parents dealing with a son or daughter’s substance abuse to meet and talk with other parents. The group offers both education and support. It meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. Thus, the next meeting will [...]
Charles Reznikoff, M.D. is the May recipient of the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative (HCI) Making a Difference award. The award celebrates those groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth. Dr. Reznikoff is an Addiction Medicine Specialist at Northfield Hospital. He began seeing patients with opiate addiction in Northfield [...]
We are pleased to announce that there are two exciting full-time position openings working with Northfield youth for the 2009-10 school year. These AmeriCorps Promise Fellow positions are made possible through a collaboration with the Minnesota Alliance With Youth. One of the positions works with youth at the Northfield High School and one works with [...]
April 16, 2009 – 10:31 am
The PRIMEtime after school collaborative will sponsor a training on Monday, April 20, 2009, titled, “Ways to Deal with Difficult Youth Behavior.” The training is being led by Nancy Busse, EBD Coordinator for the Faribault Public Schools. The intended audience includes after school program staff and community volunteers who work with youth. The training will [...]
The Main Street Moravian Church is hosting a very important community discussion this Sunday, April 19, 2009. The entire event is FREE. A Town Hall meeting on the topic of legal issues associated with heroin and opiate use in Northfield will begin at 3:00 p.m. The Town Hall meeting will host a panel of seven [...]
April 11, 2009 – 10:24 am
Dr. Charles Reznikoff provided an in-service to nearly 20 staff at ARTech Charter School on Monday. Last month, Dr. Reznikoff led a similar in-service with over 125 staff from the Northfield Middle School, Northfield High School, and Northfield Area Learning Center. The in-services focused on issues of addiction, signs and symptoms of chemical use issues, [...]
November 18, 2008 – 11:18 pm
Below is information on a very important new group being organized by local community members. FROGS: A support group for Friends and Family to deal Respectfully with the Reality of Opiate use and Overdose, to Gather and Grieve and give Support and Sympathy. FROGS will be meeting on Mondays at the Main Street Moravian Church [...]
November 13, 2008 – 2:18 pm
This Sunday (November 16), the Main Street Moravian Church will host a Day of Feasting. Here’s the text from the brochure: The event will feature a Town Hall Meeting on the topic of heroin and opiate use in Northfield. The Town Hall Meeting is FREE and begins at 3:00 p.m. It will feature a panel [...]
November 2, 2008 – 8:15 am
Community members are encouraged to visit the Rice County Chemical Health Resource Directory web page to learn more about local prevention, intervention, treatment, and after care resources available for those struggling with drug and alcohol use. The resource directory is coordinated by the Rice County Chemical Health Coalition’s Provider Team and is available in English [...]
