Encompass

05/08/2026

Thanks to Northborough Media Connection for creating this video for us!

Please consider signing up for one our focus groups! We need your help to make sure that our programming is effective and meaningful!

05/07/2026

If you missed it last night, we had an awesome conversation about spring celebrations and the Social Host Law!

Thank you to Detective Stephen Sullivan from the Northborough Police Department and Attorney Fernando Figueroa from Eden Rafferty Law for taking time out of their busy schedules to explain the Social Host Law and the consequences that can follow if an adult or minor provides alcohol to other minors. These situations have a lot of nuance, and both of our experts did an amazing job breaking them down for us!

If you have any questions following this presentation about starting the conversation about alcohol and other drugs with your child, please reach out! Visit our website at www.encompasscoalition.org to learn about conversations guides, and the 5 goals you should have in mind when starting this conversation with your child. If you need help, please feel free to contact us!

If you'd like to watch the presentation, you can view it any time here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY1um28egI0

May 6, 2026

05/06/2026

Are you a parent of a middle or high school aged child in Northborough or Southborough? We need your help!!

Please consider taking the time to participate in one of our parent & caregiver focus groups this May! The goal of Encompass is to provide the most data-driven and community-informed prevention programming possible to Northborough & Southborough.

In order to do that, we need input from real families about how they perceive substance use and health behaviors in the community! This is an opportunity for parents to help shape the future of drug and alcohol prevention for kids, but also to voice any concerns they may have now that are happening in real time!

You can sign up for one of four focus groups here:
https://trendline.questionpro.com/EncompassFG2026

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].

04/23/2026

Believe it or not, the school year is beginning to wind down! With May on the horizon, we have prom, graduation, and warm weather to look forward to!

Our community has SO much to celebrate, so join us on May 6th to learn how to celebrate safely! Detective Stephen Sullivan and Attorney Richard Rafferty will join us to speak about the Social Host Law and how parents and caregivers, and sometimes minors, are responsible for underage drinking.

This event will be recorded and livestreamed. All parents and caregivers are welcome, even if your child isn't a junior or senior in high school! This is an important law that many people don't understand. Join us to make sure that you do!

Questions? Concerns? Reach out to Encompass at [email protected].

04/22/2026

Reach out to Becky if you're interested in joining her youth strength training classes for free!

04/09/2026

Encompass is excited to be included in the second annual Wellness Fair with the Northborough Health and Human Services Department! Come say hi, hang out, and learn about the many resources that are offered to our amazing community!

04/06/2026

It's National Public Health Week and this year's theme is Ready, Set, Action!

Ready, Set, Action! is all about the advancements that public health has made over the last few hundred years, and trust us, there's been a lot! From clean water to food safety, scientific advancements in public health have been keeping us safe for a long time.

Human behavior and health education is a field that has been undergoing a lot of advancements, especially in the last few decades! It wasn't until recently that substance use prevention education became its own field of research. Now, we have data showing what campaigns work, and how we can provide youth with the tools they need to make healthy decisions. And this important research is still going on today!

Scroll through this timeline to see how substance use prevention education for kids has changed since the 1980s and what the big names, like the CDC, are doing today!

03/30/2026

Take a minute to sign up and join us next week to learn from a licensed mental health professional about depression in teenagers, how to approach it and what it looks like when depression is co-occurring with substance use! This is a great opportunity to learn more about an issue that a lot of parents and caregivers are dealing with!

Another event coming your way!

Encompass is bringing you a great workshop from Families for Depression Awareness! Register using this QR code or using the link below to attend this workshop, where you'll learn important skills to recognize depression in teenagers!

If you have any questions, please reach out!

Registration link: https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fus06web.zoom.us%2fmeeting%2fregister%2fAg23YtVBTyqDdQ97zPXbFg&c=E,1,so1NULGATTwta1s4iL820FbBoDlPMFHKsxtuQiby0roy1WxpLfmfSBv4D0U5OyqNEA14MO6JRZ09la8aIYGC53S4x49eZd16PilmgmI-bHU,&typo=1

03/30/2026

BP Training Strength and Wellness has officially kicked off the LIZZ project! We are so excited to see the positive impact this program has on the kids that are participating and getting the opportunity to push themselves!

Thank you to BP Training Strength and Wellness for organizing and hosting this awesome program and providing teens in Northborough and Southborough with a healthy activity!

🚨 IT’S GO TIME 🚨

LIZZ Project classes are ready to begin!!

If you signed up — check your email 📩

I’m so pumped for this group 🔥
We’re going to have fun, push ourselves, and build STRONG bodies and STRONG minds 💪🧠

Let’s get after it 👊

03/23/2026

Another event coming your way!

Encompass is bringing you a great workshop from Families for Depression Awareness! Register using this QR code or using the link below to attend this workshop, where you'll learn important skills to recognize depression in teenagers!

If you have any questions, please reach out!

Registration link: https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fus06web.zoom.us%2fmeeting%2fregister%2fAg23YtVBTyqDdQ97zPXbFg&c=E,1,so1NULGATTwta1s4iL820FbBoDlPMFHKsxtuQiby0roy1WxpLfmfSBv4D0U5OyqNEA14MO6JRZ09la8aIYGC53S4x49eZd16PilmgmI-bHU,&typo=1