Ventura County Friday Night Live

07/12/2019

A counter-advertisement for alcohol created by young people at Oxnard Middle College High School's FNL Chapter. Shout out to Straight Up Ventura County for the coordination and assistance with the editing and animation!

07/12/2019

Another creative video PSA conceptualized by youth at Oxnard Middle College High School created in collaboration with Straight Up Ventura County who supported the animation editing.

07/12/2019

This video PSA created by young people at Oxnard Middle College High School addresses the toll that underage alcohol use can take.

05/14/2019

The FNL/TUPE Awards Night is coming up quick! It's a great night with lots of fun, family, and food! Come check out all of the amazing work that our young people in FNL have completed over the year...read more at:

http://fnlvc.com/fnlawardsnight2019/

05/14/2019

Take a look some of the youth-led Red Ribbon Week activities from across the county...

http://fnlvc.com/youthsummit2018/

05/14/2019

We had an awesome group of young leaders and their adult advisors travel all the way to Santa Clara, CA to attend the statewide FNL Youth Summit!

At this year’s summit, over 600 young people from across the state of California came together to learn about innovative leadership strategies and school and community-based projects they could then take back to their chapters and implement from day one.

05/14/2019

Our amazing FNL Mentors have started their Mentoring sessions and will be working through winter break to provide positive opportunities to their middle school-age proteges...👍

http://fnlvc.com/2019ati/

05/14/2019

Our advisors are starting the year off right!! Check out the info about this year's Advisor Training Institute!

This training is held at the beginning of each school year to give FNL Advisors an opportunity to reconnect with one another, share ideas, and learn about the newest and best practices in working with young people.

05/14/2019

http://fnlvc.com/2018lti/

With this year’s location being in the state’s capitol, the FNL staff were also able to take advantage of their location. On July 26, FNL descended on the capitol building for meetings with state elected officials and their staff members to educated them on the numerous benefits that FNL provide...

08/28/2018

On July 13, sixteen Santa Paula High School students and two teachers collected a total 6,546 cigarette butts in high traffic locations throughout downtown Santa Paula. In a collaborative effort between Ventura County Public Health, Santa Paula High School and Friday Night Live, the students participated in the opportunity as part of their summer school course work.

In about 90 minutes, a total of 5,072 cigarette butts were collected at Veterans Memorial Park, with an additional 1,474 cigarette butts collected on both sides of Main Street, between 7th and 10th Streets.

The collection was conducted as part of a data collection activity to gauge the need for an enhanced smoking policies in the city of Santa Paula.

Many of the students and teachers expressed both shock and disappointment in just how many cigarette butts were collected. Cigarette butt litter is considered toxic waste (http://tobaccofreeca.com/featured-hero/impact/ ) and is a hazard to the health of people, pets, wildlife, and the environment.

Click below for the full article from Ventura County Public Health

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KKo4mXy1M94OLJ7SYIFTWN_TOQMiG5CE/view?usp=sharing