Easton’s Here to Help (EHTH) is a coalition working to promote the health and well-being of our youth and families through prevention, education and collaboration with a goal of decreasing substance misuse and mental health disorders. We currently have openings for student ambassadors for this school year.
This is a great resume builder for college applications, especially for students going into health, science, law, education, media, or policy-related careers in the future. Student ambassadors play an important role in our mission by sharing your lived experiences, unique perspectives and ideas, and helping us shape how we can educate, empower and engage your peers and the youth and families in the community.
Easton’s Here to Help meets every other month via Zoom, but we want to work around your schedule and offer you the opportunity to give us valuable feedback. As a student ambassador and representative of your school, you’d work in collaboration with us to bring a health-related speaker, event, training or skill-building workshop to the Easton and Redding community. There will also be the opportunity to assist with multimedia and design for those who would like to showcase their creative talents making videos, flyers or social media graphics.
Student leaders will receive mentorship, support and guidance from us and from school administrators. Learn more about EHTH and our partners by visiting our website https://www.eastonsheretohelp.org/ If you are interested, please reach out to Dan Simonelli, the Social Services Coordinator for the Town of Easton, at dsimonelli@eastonct.gov to share why this role and our mission is important to you or why you’d be a good match for our coalition. We will be selecting two or three individuals for 2024.
These are examples of how you could serve in this leadership role. The choice is up to you.
- Design a postcard that will get mailed to households using Canva’s design tools.
- Act as the liaison between school administrators, DARE or Safe Rides team leaders, Mental Health First Aid and/or Health Clubs, and the schools’ student resource officers (SROs) on EHTH initiatives.
- Attend up to two lower school events (ex: spaghetti dinner or DARE race) as a representative of EHTH and provide resources, flyers or pamphlets to students and families looking for information and for positive role models for their younger students.
- Create social media graphics using Canva that are educational, fact or research-based, inclusive, empathetic, and inspirational. See our Instagram account for examples.
- Film or create short video clips around the town of Easton and collaborate on ways to tie them into substance or mental health prevention messages. For example, create encouraging messages from students, government or town leaders, mentors, coaches, etc.
- Promote EHTH events such as our upcoming speakers or presentations at Helen Keller Middle School, Joel Barlow High School or Easton Country Day School through announcements or newspapers, or via the Easton Courier, social media, etc.
- Volunteer with our local partners to run a food drive, assist with collecting farm or garden-fresh food during the summer for Grow a Row, or arrange and deliver donated flowers to residents and help us uplift students/families in our area.
We hope you’ll join us.
Thank you for your interest in supporting our important efforts.
Dan Simonelli & Sarah Lehberger
Co-Chairs of Easton’s Here to Help
Links:
https://www.eastonsheretohelp.org/
https://www.instagram.com/eastonsheretohelp/
