November 13th-21st What is it? Every year, the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness sponsors the Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. During this week, agencies and organizations across the country come together Read More …
Healthy coping strategies, like mindfulness, can help us to build resilience in response to challenging circumstances and events. When we learn to cope in healthy ways, we are less likely to turn to drugs to deal with life’s challenges. Take Read More …
The Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth has awarded a three-year $150,000 grant to Bacon Street Youth and Family Services (commonly referred to as Bacon Street) to deliver “Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth 10-14” (SFP 10-14) to communities on Read More …
This year, World Mental Health Day is Sunday, October 10th. What is World Mental Health Day, you ask? It is a day that follows Mental Health Illness Awareness Week with the purpose of uniting the entire globe for one cause; Read More …
Two popular community events—the Kiwanis Shrimp Feast in Williamsburg and Priority Automotive Charities, which hosts the the Priority Toyota Charity Bowl in Norfolk—have chosen Bacon Street Youth and Family Services as a beneficiary of the events’ proceeds. The Kiwanis Club Read More …
Most of us are all too familiar with the extended bouts of isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our kids are feeling it, too. They’re separated from their peers in online school. Sports and extracurriculars have been cancelled. Parents have Read More …
The colder months are already difficult for people who struggle with seasonal depression. However, also being in recovery amidst the isolating environment of the current pandemic presents additional stress. Here’s how you can cope. Seasonal Affective Disorder causes depression resulting Read More …
The world we live in right now is a stressful and chaotic one, especially for teenagers who are still trying to figure themselves out. Many are attempting to piece back lives that were flipped upside down. Parenting these teenagers is Read More …
One of my favorite songs from the musical “Dear Evan Hansen” is sung from the perspective of several different parents who are trying to navigate their way through the teenage years with their kids, and struggling with all that means. Read More …
Substance use treatment for adolescents is central to the work that Bacon Street Youth and Family Service does. This is the core of what we’ve done since 1971. What is important to understand is that substance use generally has an Read More …