Welcome to Influence the Choice, our community's youth wellness promotion coalition.  We work to prevent and reduce youth substance abuse, and to promote mental, physical and social wellness for Eastside youth.  We are a community-based, grass-roots organization dedicated to reflecting our community's priorities for healthy youths through strategic planning, data collection and resource networking.  

Learn about the Healthy Youth Survey. View the Action Forum for Youth PowerPoint.
Visit the Issaquah School District HYS webpage.

Help ITC In FIVE Minutes.  Take our 2019 Community Perception Survey!!

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Thank you to Issaquah Newport Way Storage for providing us with a six-month donation of storage space for ITC's Hidden In Plain Sight exhibit and meeting supplies in our efforts to prevent and reduce youth substance abuse.  We are MOST GRATEFUL for your support!!

How Can I Help?
You can help promote healthy choices for young people in our community.  Influence the Choice is now accepting donations.  For additional information about ITC's non-profit status, click here. To donate, click the Donate button.

Youth Mental Health First Aid - June 3 and 4
THIS CLASS IS CLOSED - FULLY REGISTERED

Back by popular demand!! Influence the Choice, Friends of Youth and St. Michael's & All Angels Episcopal Church are offering a FREE eight-hour Youth Mental Health First Aid class on Monday, June 3 and Tuesday, June 4, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. each day, at St. Michael's & All Angels Episcopal Church in downtown Issaquah.  The class teaches adults how to help a young person experiencing a mental health challenge, and is specifically helpful for those who work with youth, who encounter youth frequently in their work, for parents and for those who want to promote mental wellness among youth in our community.  Please join us!  

Calendar

May 23         Action Forum for Youth             Holiday Inn        7:00 a.m.
June 3/4       Youth Mental Health First Aid   St. Michael's**   9:00 a.m.
June 3          ITC Meeting                                Eagle Room*      5:30 p.m.
                  NO INFLUENCE THE CHOICE MEETING IN JULY 

*The Eagle Room is located on the first floor of the Issaquah Police Station, 130 E. Sunset Way, Issaquah.
**St. Michael's & All Angels Episcopal Church is located at 325 SE Darst Street, Issaquah