Raising cigarette taxes: one of the most effective ways to curb smoking

Elizabeth WoodsMarch 6, 2024

Nebraska Athletics Club hosts Positive Impact Workout with Hope Esperanza and Community Connections

Elizabeth WoodsFebruary 26, 2024

RAISING TOBACCO TAXES: A WIN-WIN-WIN

Tobacco Free Lincoln CoTobacco Free Lincoln CountyFebruary 14, 2024Great American Smokeout, GASO, American Cancer Society, quit smoking, quite vaping, quite chewing tobacco, quitline, tobacco cessation

What Can Our Pillows Tell Us About Thirdhand smoke.

Tobacco Free Lincoln CoTobacco Free Lincoln CountyFebruary 12, 2024erectile dysfunction, limp dick, smoking fires, cigarette butts, fires in Nebraska, Nebraska fires, house fires, prairie fires

Teammates and Community Connections hold information session regarding programs

With it being mentoring month in Nebraska, Teammates and Community Connections held an information meeting this morning at the Craft State Building in North Platte.

Elizabeth WoodsFebruary 12, 2024

Mentoring Month highlights the impacts of mentoring on youth both nationally and locally

“Angela Hipp, the mentoring coordinator for Community Connections in North Platte, explained that mentoring can cause these outcomes because of the positive relationships made between them and their mentors.”

Elizabeth WoodsJanuary 23, 2024

How to Get No-Cost Narcan in Nebraska

Learn how to obtain Narcan at no cost to you!

Meaghan WadeJune 21, 2023

Understanding Opioid Misuse and Overdose

Help with understanding opioid misuse and overdose and how you can help.

SAPSMeaghan WadeJune 21, 2023

National Mentoring Month concludes with an official #ThankYourMentor Day on January 26th 2023!

CC MentoringJanuary 25, 2023

Women and Tobacco

Tobacco Free Lincoln CountyDecember 8, 2022

DOGGY DASH 2022 is September 10th in Cody Park

CC MentoringSeptember 7, 2022

Exposure to thirdhand smoke may cause diabetes

Tobacco Free Lincoln CoTobacco Free Lincoln CountyJune 21, 2022Thirdhand smoke, secondhand smoke, pancreas, diabetes, nicotine, insulin, blood sugar

Community Connections Mentoring Coordinator, Angela Hipp, recognized for Mentoring Practitioner of the Year 2022 by Mentor Nebraska

CC MentoringMay 13, 2022

Community Connections Mentor, Jason Merz, recognized in the 2022 Excellence in Mentoring Awards

Mentor Nebraska hosted their Excellence in Mentoring Awards which recognized individuals for their work mentoring youth in their respected communities. Angela Hipp with Community Connections is the 2022 Mentoring Practitioner of the year. Jason Merz is a mentor in the Community Connection mentoring program who was awarded the 2022 Mentor of the Year Award at the Excellence in Mentoring award ceremony.

CC MentoringMay 13, 2022

E-cigarettes can make depression worse. Youth Tobacco Survey released

Tobacco Free Lincoln CoTobacco Free Lincoln CountyApril 1, 2022e-cigarettes, vapes, vaping, YTS, Youth Tobacco Survey, FDA Food and Drug Administrations, Depression

Exposure to thirdhand Smoke Harms Pregnant Women

Tobacco Free Lincoln CoTobacco Free Lincoln CountyMarch 3, 2022thirdhand smoke, secondhand smoke, pregnancy, fetal health, pregnant women