Stand Together Make A Difference Danbury

08/26/2025

This coming Sunday, Danbury, CT - International Overdose Awareness Day

06/24/2025

🍎 Free Summer Meals for Kids! ☀️
No need to worry about lunch this summer—free meals are available for all kids and teens 18 and under!

Danbury Early Education Center
📍 17 Cottage Street
📅 June 13 – August 25
🍽 Breakfast: 8:00–8:30 AM (Mon–Fri)
🍽 Lunch: 11:30 AM–12:00 PM (Mon–Fri)
❌ Closed: July 4

Danbury Public Library
📍 170 Main Street
📅 June 16 – August 21
🍽 Breakfast: Not available
🍽 Lunch: 12:00–1:00 PM (Mon–Fri)
❌ Closed: June 19, July 4

Great Plain School
📍 10 Stadley Rough Road
📅 June 23 – August 1
🍽 Breakfast: 8:00–9:00 AM (Mon–Fri)
🍽 Lunch: 11:30 AM–12:00 PM (Mon–Fri)
❌ Closed: July 4

Mill Ridge Primary School
📍 49A High Ridge Rd
📅 June 30 – July 17
🍽 Breakfast: 8:00–8:30 AM (Mon–Thu)
🍽 Lunch: 11:30 AM–12:00 PM (Mon–Thu)
❌ No closures listed

Westside Middle School Academy
1 School Ridge Road
June 30 – August 14
Breakfast: 8:00–8:30 AM (Mon–Thu)
Lunch: 11:30 AM–12:00 PM (Mon–Thu)
❌ No closures listed

Park Avenue School
82 Park Ave
June 30 – August 21
Breakfast: 8:00–8:30 AM (Mon–Thu)
Lunch: 11:30 AM–12:00 PM (Mon–Thu)
❌ No closures listed

04/24/2025

National Drug Take Back Day this Saturday at your local police department

02/01/2025

01/13/2025

THIS EVENING, MONDAY 1/13/25. Danbury High School’s Freshman Forum. 5:30-6pm community agency table display. 6pm sharp Forum Event. Hope to see you there. Details in flyer.

01/12/2025

Tomorrow is Danbury High School’s Annual Forum! ✨

We hope to see you at the event. DHS staff and MCCA’s Prevention Program (Stand Together Make a Difference) have been diligently working to ensure that we have a great event.

Details for tomorrow Monday 1/13:
- The event starts promptly at 6pm with community table displays from 5:30-6pm

The event is located at Danbury High School Auditorium. If you are able to attend, please enter through main entrance at DHS and take a left down the hall (not too far of a walk) you will see community tables and auditorium.

- Students, parent/guardians, and community attendees will have time to browse through the tables between 5:30-6pm

- The event starts promptly at 6pm

Speakers:
Attorney Tomas Leaf will talk about the concerns, consequences, dangers, and challenges of driving while drugged including the legal consequences of students and parents/guardians

Ryan Sims, a recovery advocate from CCAR will talk about his lived experiences of addiction

Elke from STMAD will briefly discuss safety planning and harm reduction techniques

At the end, we have door prizes for attendees!

The event will last about 45 minutes long.

Students attending will receive homework credit and volunteer hours.

If you have students or teens that are not part of DHS, but would like to attend they are more than welcome and can receive 1.5 hours of volunteer time for attending. ✨

Community Agency table attendees:
DHS School Resource Office
Nuvance Health
MCCA's Prevention Program - STMAD
Danbury Library Group (Danbury Public Library)
Apex Community Care
Harambee Center Danbury (Danbury Youth Center)
City of Danbury Department of Health & Human Services
Family & Children's Aid Therapeutic Foster Care (FCA - A Better Chance)
Western CT Coalition
The Center For Empowerment And Education
CIFC Health
Danbury Public Schools

01/11/2025

This coming Monday is Danbury High School’s Annual Forum! ✨

We hope to see you at the event. DHS staff and MCCA’s Prevention Program (Stand Together Make a Difference) have been diligently working to ensure that we have a great event.

Details for Monday 1/13:
- The event starts promptly at 6pm with community table displays from 5:30-6pm

The event is located at Danbury High School Auditorium. If you are able to attend, please enter through main entrance at DHS and take a left down the hall (not too far of a walk) you will see community tables and auditorium.

- Students, parent/guardians, and community attendees will have time to browse through the tables between 5:30-6pm

- The event starts promptly at 6pm

Speakers:
Attorney Tomas Leaf will talk about the concerns, consequences, dangers, and challenges of driving while drugged including the legal consequences of students and parents/guardians

Ryan Sims, a recovery advocate from CCAR will talk about his lived experiences of addiction

Elke from STMAD will briefly discuss safety planning and harm reduction techniques

At the end, we have door prizes for attendees!

The event will last about 45 minutes long.

Students attending will receive homework credit and volunteer hours.

If you have students or teens that are not part of DHS, but would like to attend they are more than welcome and can receive 1.5 hours of volunteer time for attending. ✨

Community Agency table attendees:
DHS School Resource Officers
Nuvance Health
MCCA's Prevention Program - STMAD
Danbury Library Group (Danbury Public Library)
Apex Community Care
Harambee Center Danbury (Danbury Youth Center)
City of Danbury Department of Health & Human Services
Family & Children's Aid Therapeutic Foster Care (FCA - A Better Chance)
Western CT Coalition
The Center For Empowerment And Education
CIFC Health
Danbury Public Schools

01/10/2025

Danbury High School’s Freshman Forum is just 3 days away! 🙌🏾

The 1 hour event will have amazing speakers, community table information, door prizes, and homework credit for DHS students.
Monday 1/13/25 at 6pm sharp.

Please share this post and like our page Stand Together Make A Difference DanburyStand Together Make A Difference Danbury to get all of the updates and news about upcoming events!!

Hope to see you there! ✨

01/09/2025

Danbury High School’s Freshman Forum is just 4 days away! 🙌🏾

The 1 hour event will have amazing speakers, community table information, door prizes, and homework credit for DHS students.

Monday 1/13/25 at 6pm sharp.

Please share this post and like our page Stand Together Make A Difference DanburyStand Together Make A Difference Danbury to get all of the updates and news about upcoming events!!

Hope to see you there! ✨

01/08/2025

Danbury High School’s Freshman Forum is just 5 days away! 🙌🏾

The 1 hour event will have amazing speakers, community table information, door prizes, and homework credit for DHS students.

Monday 1/13/25 at 6pm sharp.

Please share this post and like our page Stand Together Make A Difference Danbury to get all of the updates and news about upcoming events!!

Hope to see you there! ✨

01/06/2025

Hope to see you there!