Resiliency and Wellness
Our Community Foundation has been working with partners across our region to help children and youth stay safe and powerful online and resilient in the face of ever increasing challenges of modern life. From the very real and documented negative impacts of social media, including cyberbullying, excessive screen time, and video game addiction, to the increase in isolation, anxiety and depression, worsened by the pandemic (including increased grief and loss), our youth are struggling in ever increasing numbers with mental health challenges.
Explore more of our YouthStrong work with these projects and partners
CyberStrong – Navigating the Internet Safely and Powerfully
In 2018, our Community Foundation awarded a 20th Anniversary Impact Grant to CyberStrong, a pilot project developed as a collaboration between Hilltop Community Resources, Mesa County Valley School District 51, the Mesa County Public Libraries, and Western Colorado Community Foundation. The effort is led and facilitated by Elizabeth Clark, MA, a therapist who specializes in teens and has studied the effects of the internet on children’s development for over a decade. Through community and classroom presentations, and a series of classroom videos on building Neuro Strength (link to full videos), Elizabeth gives teens, families and communities the tools to build “brain resilience” in order to navigate the internet and other challenges safely and powerfully.
Rocky Mountain Public Broadcast Systems
Our Community Foundation partners with Rocky Mountain Public Broadcast Systems to create and produce public servie announcements (PSAs) to help kids and families understand our increasingly online world and stay safe and strong within it.
Common Sense Media is the nation’s leading nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of all kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in the 21st century.
Click here to see a Common Sense Media’s Parents Ultimate Guide to help keep up with the apps, games and websites kids are using.
Click here to learn for 4 quick ways to be a good role model on balanced screen time.
Click here to See Common Sense Media’s tips for helping kids develop good screen time habits.
