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Sunshine
Prevention Center provides a family-centered approach to
prevention. Working together to build drug-free and
violence-free communities. The mission of Sunshine
Prevention Center is to provide prevention-focused
education and support; to prevent or reduce substance
abuse and violence; to empower youth to make healthy
choices; to enrich creative expression through the arts
and to build connections between families, schools and
communities.
Sunshine
Prevention Center
Working Together To Build Drug-Free and
Violence-Free Communities
The thought that our children were being
faced with so many more challenges (divorce,
violence, substance abuse, peer pressures,
bullies, teasing) was the motivation behind
the founding of Sunshine in 1992. Sunshine
Prevention Center is concerned about the
social and emotional needs of all children
and families. We provide innovative
educational services that offer support and
guidance.
The Sunshine Prevention Center's Mission:
- To provide prevention-focused education
and support
- To prevent or reduce substance abuse and
violence
- To empower youth to make healthy choices
- To enrich creative expression through the
arts
- To build connections between families,
schools and communities
Today Sunshine is a respected leader in the
field of prevention. Our services utilize a
variety of scientifically-based prevention
models and strategies which provide support
and education to families, schools and
communities. All programs are designed to
build self esteem and positive social
skills, however each program has a specific
focus and goal.
Sunshine provides a family-centered approach
to prevention. We believe it is important to
treat the whole family system in the growth
and learning process. A child will thrive
much more when the parent/guardians are
working along side them to strengthen the
family. Sunshine believes that "the arts"
are a form of prevention for the problems
our youth face today. Studies show a child
who has the opportunity to experience dance,
music, theater, puppetry and other forms of
the arts are more likely to turn to positive
forms of recreation than to turn to drugs
and violence. Sunshine continues to develop
programs and services based on the needs of
the community and the families we service.
Sunshine is located in a beautifully
renovated building nestled on 6 acres of
land donated by the Town of Brookhaven
Sunshine is a not-for-profit, town and
county youth agency and is staffed with a
wide-array of professionals who are
experienced in working with children,
adolescents and families.
