Prevention Council Chair Gary Waugh Receives Award
The Western Connecticut Coalition of Prevention Councils presented the Earl Bailey Community Asset Builder Award to Litchfield Prevention Council Chair Gary Waugh at its meeting in September.
The award recognizes Gary and his colleagues on the Prevention Council for their efforts to build a proactive mental health community in Greater Litchfield. It celebrates bringing people and community resources together to facilitate programs that support healthy lifestyles for all of Litchfield’s citizens.
The Litchfield Prevention Council has offered programs on Internet Safety with State Trooper Scott Driscoll, Natural Highs with psychologist Matt Bellace, the Choose Love Movement with Sandy Hook parent Scarlett Lewis, the Free Hugs Project with activist Ken Nwadlke, Jr., and NARCAN Training at the Litchfield Historical Society.
The Council also helped sponsor and participated in the Oct. 19 American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Connecticut Chapter Suicide Prevention walk at White Memorial,
To learn more about the work of the Litchfield Prevention Council, join us at one of our meetings, held on the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Bantam Annex, or reach out through the website contact form.
How Art Improves your Mental Health
This book is a fascinating read on how art impacts and improves our mental health, and the various ways different mediums positively impact different parts of the brain. Read a full review of this wonderful book here:
‘Your Brain on Art’ explores how even bad art makes for good health
San Francisco Chronicle, March 14, 2023
Poster Contest Winners
These are the winning posters
created by Litchfield High School art students
The Litchfield Prevention Council Student Art Poster Contest Rationale: The Litchfield Prevention Council wants to encourage citizens throughout our community to live a healthy, balanced life and to avoid risky behaviors that will endanger that balance. With this goal in mind, we are announcing a series of Art Contests open to all Litchfield High School students. Our goal is to promote positive mindfulness, being kind to ourselves and to those with whom we interact. Our first theme is a celebration of acts of kindness, kindness directed toward self and/or others.
