by Katie Specht | Oct 4, 2019 | Program News
Did you Make Someone Smile Today? October 4th is National Smile Day and what better way to spend your day than spreading happiness and cheer? Mifflin County Communities That Care challenges you to celebrate National Smile Day by simply making another smile. MC...
by Katie Specht | Oct 4, 2019 | Include on Front Page, Program News
Graphic Design Winners 1st Place: Breathe Winner: Ethan Kauffman 2nd Place: Juuling Winner: Joseph Peachey 3rd Place: Don't Let Them Drown Winner: Kenzie McCarter Radio AD Winners 1st Place: Juuling by Joseph Peachey...
by Katie Specht | Jul 18, 2019 | Include on Front Page, Program News
Congratulations! Above are the winners for The Communities That Care Positive Message Campaign. Commissioner’s Kevin Kodish, Steve Dunkle and Rob Postal presented the awards to the winners and congratulated them on a job well done. The winner’s are Joseph...
by Katie Specht | Jul 1, 2019 | Include on Front Page, Program News
Mifflin County Communities That Care want to thank Wilderness Lodge for their support in the Parent’s Who Host Lose the Most Campaign. The Wilderness Lodge dedicated a night for their staff to wear Mifflin County Communities That Care t-shirts to support the...
by Katie Specht | Jul 1, 2019 | Include on Front Page, Program News
Mifflin County High School media students had the opportunity to review the 2017 Pennsylvania Youth Survey (PAYS) data and create radio PSA, video PSA and graphic designs for the Communities That Care Positive Message Campaign. In the picture above, you see two...
by Katie Specht | Jun 3, 2019 | Program News
Did you hear about the Botvin LifeSkills Training program? The 7th grade students at the Mifflin County Middle School completed the Botvin LifeSkills Training program during the 2018-2019 school year. Click on the link above to learn more about the Botvin LifeSkills...
by Katie Specht | May 13, 2019 | Include on Front Page, Program News, Uncategorized
Thank you Students! Mifflin County High School students, Courtney Rhodes and Alonnah Sheaffer wrote an article in The Tyrian, the Mifflin County High School student newspaper about the statistics from the most recent Pennsylvania Youth Survey (PAYS) and how Mifflin...
by Katie Specht | May 9, 2019 | Include on Front Page, Program News
On Wednesday, May 1st a Make and Take Tie-Dye event was held at the Mifflin County High School where over 500 t-shirts were tie-dyed by students, teachers, local agencies and community members. The most recent Pennsylvania Youth Survey showed our youth ranked higher...
by Katie Specht | Apr 30, 2019 | Include on Front Page, Program News
Support National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day! Locally, 6, 8, 10 and 12th grade students participate in the PA Youth Survey every two years. Our most recent data, from 2017, showed that our youth rank higher than the state average in the area of social and...
by Aleta Kammerer | Jul 17, 2018 | Prevention Articles, Uncategorized
As reported in the Altoona Mirror: Agencies collaborate to fight opioid crisis LOCAL NEWS JUL 9, 2018 KATHY DIVIRGILIUS LEWISTOWN — This is not the first time Mifflin County has had a problem with opioid use. In the early 2000s, the county faced a heroin epidemic...
