Bag the Butts is a statewide initiative that engages schools, groups and business in a shared effort of cleaning up our local communities. It also raises awareness about the environmental impact of cigarette litter and educates participants on the risks associated with tobacco use. Breathe NH provides free toolkits to groups hosting a Bag the Butts clean-up event and also shipping label to send collected cigarette litter to be recycled.
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Asthma Care for Kids
This program is helping teachers, parents and coaches to better understand asthma. This workshop is an “Asthma 101” for adults who work with children or young people. This program provides the essentials about how best to manage any child living with asthma.
Breakthrough
Breakthrough Manchester’s unique “students-teaching-students” dual mission provides six years of intensive, tuition-free academic programming to support Manchester students from traditionally marginalized communities on their path to college while inspiring emerging leaders in high school and college to be the next generation of educators and advocates for educational equity.
We do this by:
- Sparking excitement for learning: Motivated students gain the skills and confidence they need to excel in school. At Breakthrough, it’s cool to be smart!
- Creating paths to college: We challenge and prepare students to succeed in rigorous academic programs and aspire to continue their education after high school.
- Promoting careers in education: High school and college students receive training, support, and hands-on experience. They are inspired to become the next generation of educators and leaders in our community through competitive recruitment, research-based training, and coaching from master educators.
All Breakthrough programming, including transportation and meals, is provided tuition-free to students and families and is funded by foundations, businesses, and individuals who believe in our mission. A Breakthrough education offers hope. Breakthrough builds skills and resiliency to get students to college, breaking their family’s cycle of socioeconomic hardships, minimum wage jobs, and language barriers.
Founded in 1991 as Summerbridge, Breakthrough partners with The Derryfield School, Manchester Department of Education, and Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU). Derryfield hosts the Breakthrough program on their campus providing generous in-kind support of benefits, facilities, and administrative needs, as well as legal counsel and governance. The School also serves as Breakthrough’s fiscal sponsor and we fall under their 501(c)(3) umbrella. A partnership agreement was formed with SNHU in 2016 to create our College-Bound program and provide continued support for Breakthrough students during high school years through college matriculation.
Vaping Unveiled, What Everyone Needs to Know
This free program provides youth, teens, parents and educators the opportunity to learn more about the impact of vaping and nicotine addiction on youth, including the latest trends in NH. Learn why teen vaping and nicotine addiction is a public health concern and what you can do to help prevent it. The program also includes resources to help young people quit vaping. Program is currently available is condensed virtual format, and can be modified to meet the needs of the audience.