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Kathy Steiner, GHS Health Teacher; Art Romano, Deputy Dir. of GEMS; Lt. Kraig Gray of Greenwich Police and Ginger Katz of Courage to Speak Foundation whose son died of a heroin overdose on teens and alcohol, marijuana, prescription drugs and heroin in an article targeting parents. Continue Reading →
One of the boy’s friends dialed 911 from his cell phone and personnel from both GEMS and Greenwich Police responded. The boy was not wearing a helmet and was taken to Stamford Hospital ER and then transferred to Yale-New Haven Hospital. Continue Reading →
Quick thinking Officer Jason Lyman applied a tourniquet to the leg of a landscaper who had lost his foot in a tractor accident and retrieved severed parts. In the same month, Lyman performed CPR on a subject who had gone into cardiac arrest, and the patient is now recovering with a positive prognosis. Continue Reading →
In Greenwich, resources abound for teenagers. The annual Wellness fair at GHS allowed students to connect with organizations like: Liberation Programs, Venus Clinic, GEMS, The Center for Sexual Assault Crisis Counseling and Education, Volunteer Square and a dozen others. Continue Reading →