GRASP Coalition

10/22/2025

🎀 Red Ribbon Week 2025 | October 23–31 🎀
This week, we stand together to say NO to drugs and YES to healthy choices! 💪❤️

📌 Theme: Life is a Puzzle, Solve it being Drug Free.
Let’s raise awareness, spread positivity, and support one another in making safe, drug-free decisions. 🌟

📷 Share how you're celebrating using and tag us!
🧠💬 What’s one way YOU take care of your mind and stay drug-free?

10/20/2025

Daily e-cigarette users are likely to spend up to a hundred dollars per month to maintain their ni****ne addiction.

10/02/2025

Join us for networking, lunch, and education on 10/17/25!

10/01/2025

Last night the GRASP Coalition implemented a "Drugs Over Dinner" substance use prevention initiative at Quincin Pizzeria and Spanish Food in Paulsboro Borough. Our 15 Incorruptible.us youth placed brightly colored stickers encouraging parents to talk with their children about substance use. Thank you to Quincin Pizzeria for having us! If you would like more information about getting involved with the GRASP Coalition please email chris@southwestcouncil.org.

09/17/2025

Thank you to those in attendance at today's GRASP Coalition September monthly meeting held at Living Proof Recovery Center on the campus of RCSJ Gloucester. We had an informative presentation from The Cooperative called "To***co 101" and discussed the goals and direction of the GRASP Coalition. If you are interested in attending a future meeting or having prevention presentations please email chris@southwestcouncil.org.

09/16/2025

05/29/2025

🍽️ Drugs Over Dinner: Because Every Conversation Counts 💬

We're proud to support the Drugs Over Dinner initiative — a powerful effort to prevent substance use through meaningful conversations at home between parents/caretakers and youth. Tonight, we partnered with Picasso's Pizza & Restaurant and stickered 150 takeout bags and 110 pizza boxes. 🏠

This isn’t about lectures. It’s about listening, connecting, and creating a safe space to talk about the pressures and choices young people face today. When families talk openly, prevention becomes a shared priority.

📌 How it works: Set aside time for a meal. Use conversation starters and resources provided by the initiative to open the door to honest, judgment-free dialogue.

Because prevention starts not with punishment, but with presence.

Want to be part of the movement? Learn more and get the conversation going at southwestcouncil.org.

05/06/2025

🚨 Sticker Shock in Action! 🚨
We were proud to bring our youth-led Sticker Shock initiative to Kenny’s Liquors in Gloucester County! 🙌

Thanks to Kenny’s amazing support, our youth placed warning stickers on beer packs to remind adults: Providing alcohol to minors or using a fake ID is illegal and dangerous.

This evidence-based strategy helps reduce underage access to alcohol—and it works! 💪

🎉 Huge thanks to Kenny's Liquors for taking a stand and helping to keep our youth safe and alcohol-free.

04/04/2025

Community Alert: Xylazine Seminar – What You Need to Know🚨

Philadelphia is at the epicenter of a growing public health crisis: Xylazine, also known as “tranq,” is showing up in the street drug supply at alarming rates—and it's putting lives at risk. In Gloucester County are closest point to Philadelphia, where the xylazine epidemic center lies, is about 5-7 miles from West Deptford! Our communities need to be aware of xylazine!

Join us for a free, community seminar to learn:
✔️ What xylazine is and why it’s so dangerous
✔️ How it's impacting our neighborhoods—especially Kensington
✔️ Signs of xylazine-related overdose and wound care
✔️ Harm reduction strategies that save lives
✔️ How YOU can help fight this crisis

📅 Date: Friday, 4/11/25
📍 Location: Seabrook House, 133 Polk Lane, Bridgeton, NJ 08302
🕕 Time: 12pm-2pm (lunch provided)
💬 Q&A and resources available on-site

Whether you're a parent, healthcare worker, educator, or just someone who cares—your awareness can make a difference. This epidemic affects us all. Let’s get informed, stay prepared, and take action.

Please share and bring a friend. Together, we can protect our community. 💙



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02/27/2025

Calling all CAs! If you are going into 9th - 12th grade, looking for volunteer hours, and a fun way to gain leadership experience then look no further! Apply to be a CA!