This annual family friendly event features a fast road race with a 5K run, 2 mile walk, as well as a fun run for our Kids! Halloween is right around the corner and costumes are encouraged with prizes! Community vendors and fun activities are on site to add to the festivities!
Race Highlights:
. Free T-Shirt to the first 250 to register or by 10/16
· Custom Medals for all Finishers
· Costume Contest: Prizes for the Best Adult, Youth, and Dog Costume! All dogs must be friendly and remain on leashes.
· Family Games, Crafts, and Activities to Enjoy!
· DJ Gil from the Music Score for a Great vibe!
Our services include support for family crises, school truancy, substance abuse, and youth crime; programs for positive youth development, bullying prevention, and mentoring; and diversion options for at-risk youth committing first offenses, functioning as a Juvenile Review Board (JRB).
HKYFS runs events throughout the year. The goal is to have fun and raise money while supporting a variety of needs in the Haddam-Killingworth community.
Last year 18 adults mentored Haddam and Killingworth 3rd-8th graders.
Last year HKYFS redirected $188,000 in grant funding to benefit HK Youth and their families.
Last year, 104 children received holiday gifts through our Holiday Giving Program
Offering everyone unique ways to share ideas on how we can effectively solve problems and make our community a better place for us all to live.
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Providing help to children of all ages through innovative programs addressing a range of challenges.
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Programs that offer help to those in need, and give members of the community the opportunity to help those less fortunate.
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Counseling services for families, young people, and individuals of all ages, available to Haddam and Killingworth residents regardless of their financial situation.
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Tomorrow is GIRL TALK II 🥰
💗 girls grades 4-7 and female caregiver
💗 6-7:30PM at the Old Middle School Higganum
💗 Register: www.hkyfs.org/event
It`s not too late to sign up to join Miss Faith for an awesome evening of connection, laughter, and an opportunity to keep communication open with your daughter.
Be prepared to create together, laugh together, enjoy dinner together, and come home with a great gift bag of goodies.
NOTE: If you attended part 1 last Spring- this is a perfect pairing! If not- this will be great for the follow-up program that dives deeper into puberty and more!
📣📣📣 Did you know that between 2010-2022 we`ve seen a 135% increase in major depression in teens girls and 161% increase in teen boys?
We are partnering with RSD17 and administrators from all schools K-12 to springboard a conversation around youth mental health/well-being and today`s digital age.
📣 November 13
🕐 6:30-8:15PM
⚫️ HKIMS Auditorium
www.hkyfs.org/event/ to register for childcare
appropriate for ages 11+ with a caregiver
Mark your calendar, sign up for childcare, and join us. We will watch this award-winning film, engage with a panel of leaders from the schools and community, and talk about next steps and resources.
Join us for Girls Talk II, a special evening for girls in grades 4-7 and their moms or female caregivers! 💖 This interactive workshop is all about connecting through sisterhood, conversation, and creativity while exploring whole wellness and fostering healthy relationships.
🍽️ Dinner, engaging activities, and a surprise gift for each pair are included—get ready for a night of fun and bonding!
📅 Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2024
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
📍 Where: Old MS Gym, 57 Little City Rd., Higganum
💲 Fee: $30 per pair
(This is a stand-alone program—no need to have attended the first Girls Talk event!)
🔗 Register here:
https://hkyfs.org/event/girl-talk-ii
We are getting EXCITED! Here`s to getting in those training runs, enjoying this amazing Fall weather, and gearing up for this awesome community race and family event!
Price increase is in just a few days!
Join us October 27 at 10AM for a gorgeous 5K, 2 mile walk, or Kids Run! Medals, Tshirts, Live Music with @schoolofrockmadison Games/Activities/Face Painting for kids, Costume Contests, cool prizes, and Food Truck with organic apple and pumpkin fritters!
This promises to be a great day for a great cause!
💊 Drug Take Back Day is Just Two Weeks Away—Plus Free Narcan Training! 💊
Mark your calendars! In two weeks, you can safely dispose of your unused or expired medications during National Drug Take Back Day and participate in free Narcan Training, where you`ll also get to take home Narcan after completing the training.
🗓 Date: Saturday, October 26
🕒 Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
📍 Location: Killingworth Family Pharmacy & Nutmeg Pharmacy
Narcan Training Times & Locations:
🕚 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM at Killingworth Pharmacy
🕧 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM at Nutmeg Pharmacy
✔️ Safe medication disposal—no questions asked
✔️ Free Narcan Training
✔️ Take-home Narcan for those who complete the training
Spread the word and be part of this important community initiative! 🚮💊
HKYFS is one of 100 YSBs serving 142 towns across Connecticut. A stand-alone nonprofit agency, we are part of the delivery system for youth and family services within the Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF).
As a Youth Service Bureau (YSB), our job is to: assess the needs of youth and the availability of resources to meet them; develop resources to improve services and fill gaps, and to encourage the creation of innovative programs; conduct programs to increase the public’s knowledge and understanding of youth needs; advocate for youth groups whose needs
are not being met and for individuals having difficulties obtaining services; maintain confidentiality when reporting youth data to the State Department of Education, providing the data they need for evaluations and grants.
The work of HKYFS encompasses counseling services and support; direct prevention services; case management referral and follow-up services; resource support; coordination of services working with other local providers of health, social, and educational services.
