Student Ambassadors Wanted
Middle and High Schoolers Encouraged to Apply
Easton’s Here to Help (EHTH) is a coalition working to promote the health and well-being of our youth and families through prevention, education, and collaboration with a goal of decreasing substance misuse and mental health disorders. We currently have openings for Student Ambassadors in 2024 and beyond!
This is a great resume builder for college applications, and especially for students going into a health, science, law, education, media, or policy related career in the future! Student Ambassadors play an important role in our mission by sharing your lived experiences, unique perspectives and ideas, and helping us shape how we can educate, empower and engage your peers or the youth and families in the community.
Easton’s Here to Help meets every other month via Zoom, but we want to work around your schedule and offer you the opportunity to give us valuable feedback. As a Student Ambassador and representative of your school, you’d work in collaboration with us to bring a health related speaker, event, training, or skill building workshop to the Easton and Redding community. There will also be the opportunity to assist with multimedia and design for those who would like to showcase their creative talents making videos, flyers, or social media graphics.
Student leaders will receive mentorship, support, and guidance from us and school administrators. Learn more about EHTH by checking out the rest of our website. If you are interested, please reach out to Dan Simonelli (Social Services Coordinator for the Town of Easton at dsimonelli@eastonct.gov to share why this role and our mission is important to you or why you’d be a good match for our coalition. We will be selecting 2-3 individuals for 2024, and they are welcome to stay on board for 2025.
Examples of how you could serve in this leadership role, and the choice is up to you:
Design a postcard that will get mailed to households using Canva’s design tools
Act as the liaison between school administrators, DARE reps, Safe Rides Team Leaders, Mental Health First Aid and/or Health Clubs, and the school’s SRO on EHTH initiatives
Attend up to 2 lower school events (ex: Spaghetti Dinner, Open House, or DARE Race) as a representative of EHTH and provide resources, flyers, or pamphlets to students and families looking for information and positive role models for their younger students
Create social media graphics that are: educational, fact or research based, inclusive, empathetic, encouraging, and inspirational (see our Instagram account for examples)
Film or create short video clips around the town of Easton and collaborate on ways to tie them into substance or mental health prevention messages (ex: encouraging messages from students, government or town leaders, mentors, coaches, etc.)
Promote EHTH events such as our upcoming speakers or presentations in your school’s announcements or newspaper, the Patch or Easton Courier, social media, etc.
Volunteer with our local partners to run a food drive, assist with collecting farm or garden fresh food during the summer for “Grow a Row”, and more
We hope you’ll join us, and thank you for your interest in supporting our important efforts!
Sarah Lehberger & Dan Simonelli
Co-Chairs of Easton’s Here to Help