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Council on Adolescents of Catawba County

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Council on Adolescents of Catawba County

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Our Mission is "to inspire today's youth to be physically and emotionally healthy through education, awareness and advocacy."

The Council provides Healthy Youth Education programs for adolescents ages 10-18 in Catawba County. Our prevention programs educate youth about making healthy choices, bullying, future goals, healthy relationships, internet/social media safety, nutrition, peer pressure, puberty, reproductive health, sexually transmitted infections, sexual violence, teen pregnancy, setting boundaries, and avoiding risky behaviors. We also administer the Lunch Buddy Program, a mentoring initiative that utilizes adult mentors to help students identified as at-risk for dropping out of school. The goal of this program is to provide these students with positive adult role models, increase attendance rates, reduce school drop-out rates, improve grades, and decrease office referrals. The Council offers these programs to schools, community groups, and faith-based organizations. We can also provide parent education workshops. To learn more about our programs, please visit our website or call our office!

10/30/2026

Meet the incredible people who guide our mission! Continuing our Board Member Spotlight series, let's introduce Katie Morton!

✨Katie is an Audit Senior, Martin Starnes and is new on the COA Board!

💜Her favorite thing about the COA is... "Meeting people so passionate about the mission & creating a meaningful impact on our community."

We are so grateful for Katie's leadership, dedication, and passion for mentoring the youth in our community!

Stay tuned to meet more of our amazing board members.

10/29/2026

Join us at the Hickory Crawdads Baseball Club this Sunday for a car dealership softball tournament! We are so grateful for the Hickory Crawdads Baseball Club and for the participating car dealerships and the support they give us and our community!

10/28/2026

Great minds think alike, but amazing coordinators dress alike! 👯‍♀️✨

Our Smart Moms and Dads Coordinators, Bree and Cindy, accidental-twinning today in their matching dresses! 💕

Matching outfits aside, these two are an absolute gift to the Council on Adolescents and every single family they serve. The warmth, dedication, and heart they bring to their work every day make our community so much brighter. We don't know what we'd do without this dynamic duo! 🌟

10/28/2026

🦉Wisdom Wednesday🦉

At the end of each Healthy Youth Education class, students are given a post test and the last question is, What will you remember most about this week?

Here is a quote from an 9th Grade Student

10/27/2026

Join us for an unforgettable evening of impact and community! ✨

We are thrilled to invite you to the 14th Annual Event to Prevent benefiting the Council on Adolescents!

Enjoy a wonderful night out filled with dinner, dancing, and an exciting silent auction.

🗓 When: Saturday, November 21st, 2026 | 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM
📍 Where: Catawba Country Club
🎟 Cost: $80 per person (includes dinner, dancing, silent auction, and 2 complimentary drink vouchers; cash bar also available)

Let’s come together to support the youth in our community!

Reserve your spot today:
📞 Call: 828.322.4591
💻 Visit: https://givebutter.com/ETP2026

10/26/2026

✨Mentor Moment from Bunny✨

We want to give a shout-out to Ben Nobles, longtime Lunch Buddy volunteer and local pastor. Last week, I got a call about a student at Balls Creek who needed a mentor, so I called Ben to ask if he could recommend anyone, and he once again answered the call to serve!

Ben now has four Lunch Buddies this school year, which is going above and beyond. He's really stepped up in the Bandy's district, and he's currently my only mentor serving both Mill Creek and Balls Creek. I'm so grateful for his willingness to show up wherever there's a need. (That said, if you have any friends or coworkers who you think would be willing to make the trip out to Balls Creek or Mill Creek to meet with a student, please send them my way!)

We appreciate all of our amazing Lunch Buddies and the impact they have on the students and the community! Thank you! 💜

10/23/2026

🎈🎂 Join us in wishing a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our incredible Health Education Supervisor, Robin! 🌟

Robin brings so much light, positive energy, and leadership to our team and community. We are beyond grateful to have her on board making a real difference in the lives of adolescents every day.

Help us make her day extra special by dropping your warm birthday wishes in the comments! 👇🎁

10/22/2026

This week is National Teen Driver Safety Week! 🚗💨
Through our Preventing Distracted Driving Initiative, we aim to bring awareness to young drivers about the importance of practicing safe habits behind the wheel and eliminating distractions.
Today, we partnered with Catawba Valley Community College and Redgie The Red Hawk again to host another successful event! 🛑📱 A huge thank you to all of our incredible partnering agencies who make this hands-on programming possible for our local students.
Did you know?
📊 In North Carolina, distraction is a leading factor in youth collisions, with over 17% of all statewide crashes involving a distracted driver.
📊 Research shows that a teen’s crash risk increases with every additional passenger in the vehicle.
📊 Speed and distraction remain among the top preventable causes of teen driver crashes across NC.
Together, we can keep our roads and our young drivers safe. Remind the teens in your life to put the phone down, limit passenger distractions, and ! 💙
DriveSafeNC Preventing Distracted Driving

10/22/2026

Meet the incredible people who guide our mission!

✨Continuing our Board Member Spotlight series, let's introduce Kathryn Abely!

Kathryn is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner @ Unifour Peds and has been on the COA Board for 3 months!

🤍Her favorite thing about the COA is... "I love the philosophy of compassionate education, preventative care, and support that COA embodies, and how it provides the opportunity to further advocate for the physical, mental and emotional health of adolescents in our community outside the community setting."

We are so grateful for Kathryn's leadership, dedication, and passion for mentoring the youth in our community!

Stay tuned to meet more of our amazing board members.

10/21/2026

Address

1120 Fairgrove Church Road
Hickory, NC
28602

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 5pm
Thursday	8:30am - 5pm
Friday	8:30am - 5pm

Telephone

+18283224591

Website

http://www.coacatawba.org/

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