Monthly Archives: December 2008

Community conversations on substance use continue

December 17, 2008 – 11:35 am

Kudos to the Northfield Moravian Church for receiving the December HCI Making a Difference Award. Pastor Amy Gohdes-Luhman and the church congregation  were nominated for planning and hosting a community forum in November to facilitate discussion around substance abuse and prevention. It has been great to see various community groups collaborate and keep the conversation on heroin [...]

By Julie Bubser | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

Skateboard Coalition donates boards to Christmas Sharing

December 16, 2008 – 4:30 pm

Members of the Northfield Skateboard Coalition donated 16 brand new skateboards to the United Christmas Sharing program, run by the Northfield Community Action Center.  The Christmas Sharing program provides holiday gifts to local youth from families who are struggling financially. This summer, the youth in the Skateboard Coalition heard from a community member that skateboards [...]

By Zach Pruitt | Posted in HCI Newsletter, Uncategorized, Youth leadership | Comments (0)

Young adult 12-step group changes location, increases meeting dates

December 15, 2008 – 9:54 am

In response to feedback from participants, the new young adult 12-step group has decided to change its meeting location and to increase its meeting frequency to weekly.  Run by local young adults, the group will now meet every Monday night at 7:30 p.m. at the First UCC Church in Northfield (300 Union Street). To help [...]

By Zach Pruitt | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

TORCH project featured in local media

December 7, 2008 – 4:43 pm

HCI is proud to be a partner in the Tackling Obstacles and Raising College Hopes (TORCH) graduation initiative.  Started in 2004, TORCH works to help increase the graduation and post-secondary attendance rates of Northfield’s Latino and low-income students, as well as young people who would be first generation college students. An article in Saturday’s paper [...]

By Zach Pruitt | Posted in Programs, Youth leadership | Comments (0)

Open house for skate plaza set for Tuesday

December 5, 2008 – 11:42 pm

The City of Northfield will host an open house on Tuesday evening (December 9) to solicit public input about the design of Ames Park, the selected location for the new skate plaza.  The open house will be at 7:00 p.m. in the Northfield High School lower cafeteria. The young people in the Skateboard Coalition have [...]

By Zach Pruitt | Posted in Programs, Upcoming events, Youth leadership | Comments (0)