Awareness 

"The highlight of our AIDS and Alcohol Awareness Week ... 
    unanimous praise ... an outstanding, very talented and 
    captivating performance. A well deserved A+ recommendation."
        University of California, Riverside, Wellness Coordinator

  "Susie, I am still reeling from your presentation. Both personally 
   and thinking of all the ways you can reach our students and 
   faculty. As someone just said to me - there is such a gap between 
   who our students really are and how the faculty perceives them."
        Patricia Smith, HSACCC (Human Services Association of 
        California Community Colleges) - Riverside Community College

Schedule LEGACY OF HOPE^® for

·      Freshmen Orientation;

·      All Hall Residence Program;

·      Athletic Departments - NCAA- approved;
Alcohol and Drug Education, Stress Management;

·      Student Health Events;

·      Psychology, Counseling and Education Departments;

·      Women Organizations: CAREs and NOW;

·      Greek Speaker;

·      Religious Affiliations;

·      SADD, Circle K;

·      Alcohol and Drug Awareness, BACCHUS & Gamma;

·      Recovery Events and more.

Using dance and drama, Susie portrays 8 mesmerizing, real-life characters. The message is profound in its ability to emotionally impact young adult and adult audiences, pulling them into the message about what motivates our choices, the consequences and healing the emotional wounds that interfere with healthy and successful lives. Susie Vanderlip has an exceptional ability to understand and communicate about emotions and the part they play in decision-making. She conveys insights and revelations to every audience through the perceptive and unprecedented entertainment in Legacy of Hope^®.

You are guaranteed to be able to "hear a pin drop" in this program. Audiences grasp critical messages about healthy choice, character, values, emotional intelligence, empowered leadership, successful living and profound insights into the dangerous obstacles in today's world...

·      How damaging excessive drinking and drug use can be on a user's friends, intimate relationships, and family as well as themselves. "No one uses in a vacuum," says Vanderlip.

·      How to reach out for help for depression and suicidal thoughts.

·      How sexual irresponsibility, STD's and AIDS can actually be rooted in childhood loss or abuse, young adult stressors, anxiety and loneliness; or chronic low self- esteem.

·      How grief can look like anger, apathy or hopelessness; how it impacts every area of one's life; and that healing and hope ARE possible.

·      How effective leadership and high achievement require empathy, emotional wisdom, a commitment to serving others, and responsible approaches to stress and life balance.

Plus more reality messages critical to productivity and achieving our dreams in life.
In addition, Susie's new book,
52 Ways to Protect Your Teen - Guiding Teens to Good Choices and Success
continues the learning long after she leaves. This book is an easy-to-read guide for every young adult seeking to grasp the impact of their adolescence on their adult lives. Also a great guide for parents, grandparents, educators, therapists, caring adults and teens as well.

Assessment

  "Outstanding vehicle to introduce studies on the dysfunctional 
    family.  Students will understand not only the psychology of 
    addiction but the terrible toll they take on lives and families. 
    Many students related quite personally." 
             Palomar College, Drug Prevention Programs Coordinator

After Legacy of Hope^®  programs, many organizations and colleges administer the Legacy Survey of Hope to students.

Assessing the needs and wants of your student body for counseling and support programs is essential in thwarting future problems - from drunk driving episodes to date rape, addiction, college drop-outs and more.

Find out who wants more information to tackle a drug or alcohol problem, a relationship issue, a child of alcoholic issue, a grief or anger management concern. Reach the many college students that are caring with them depression, excess stress, even suicidal thoughts, family problems, extreme  pressure to succeed. Help the young adult who is enraged and ready to explode in violence against a friend, a sibling or an innocent bystander. Reach the suffering youth who is tormented by worthlessness, abandoned by a parent, abused by a drunk, unable to focus on his/her education, running away through excessive parting and sexual obsession.  

Also recruit those WHO WANTS TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION!

Provide options for young adults to become involved in peer education programs like Bacchus and Gamma, mentoring and community service.

Check out Susie's College Brochure.

Agreement
"Susie has the ability to establish rapport, a very positive    
  attitude, and ability to motivate others to reach their  
  potential."       
         University of the Pacific, Health Educator Coordinator

Share the message of Legacy of Hope^® at programs for parents and community.

Invite community leaders, school superintendents, mental health professionals, faith-based groups, law enforcement, juvenile justice, PTOs, school administrators and parents. This is a powerful opportunity to build consensus and cooperation between your college/university and your community.

Legacy of Hope^® has the extraordinary capacity to create a common understanding and mutual empathy across cultural, gender, age, religious, and economic boundaries.

Create a moment in time when everyone will together choose not to deny, ignore or minimize serious social and emotional issues that can devour our youth and families. Instead, create mutual buy-in to campus and community solutions.

Action

  "A creative artistry which separates it from the typical    
   statistics-based lecture. I can easily recommend her for future 
   NCAA Wellness Speaker Grants."
       San Jose State University, Division of Intercollegiate 
              Athletics, NCAA Wellness Coordinator

De-Stress for Success Workshop^® aka Thrive, Don't Just Survive

Everyone today lives with a daily dose of extreme stress.
In stress management workshops, students and faculty are utterly amazed to experience a "quiet mind" and awed by relief from performance anxiety, peer and parent pressures.  Parents, employees, healthcare professionals all find this participatory workshop a tremendous boost to morale, hope and personal ability to address their stress.

The results from this well-being workshop include:

·      Improved attitude - from victimization to empowerment

·      Empathetic listening

·      Respectful communication

·      Ability to handle difficult people

·      Relief from the anxiety and stress that destroy relationships

·      Resilience to the unexpected twists and turns of life

·      Defuses burnout

·      Engages our creative, joyful side

·      Results in achieving our potential while keeping our sanity!

Legacy of Hope^® gets results.

1.   IDENTIFIES those who need emotional support and healing;

2.   RECRUITS them into counseling and support groups as they reach out and ask for help;

3.   GENERATES parent and community agreement that emotional problems interfere with academic achievement. Create mutual commitment to provide mental health resources and address the impact of alcohol, drugs, abuse and neglect on students and their families;

4.   IMPROVES parent-young adult communication

5.   PROVIDES statistics for use in obtaining future grant funding.

 Check out Susie's College Brochure or Contact Susie now to book a 
   program for your college or university