Community coalition Birch Bay-Blaine Thrives has opened a survey intended to help the organization improve the wellbeing of youth in the Blaine school district area. The survey will accept responses through Tuesday, September 30.
The coalition is asking anyone who is high school age or older and lives or works in the Blaine school district area to complete the survey. Responses will provide Thrives direction on projects most needed in the community and grant funding it should target.
Results will be anonymous and compiled as a group. The 25-question survey is estimated to take about 15 minutes, and questions may be skipped if preferred, according to Thrives.
Survey questions allow community members to share their perspectives on school and community strengths, youth concerns, parent and community concerns, family support and substance use.
The coalition plans to present the data to the community in October, said BBB Thrives grant coordinator Geof Morgan. It will unofficially leave the survey open until late October and update any data changes.
Thrives was established in 2018 to improve social environments in Blaine, Birch Bay and Point Roberts, according to its website. The group meets monthly to discuss improving the wellbeing of youth in an attempt to improve academic success, decrease drug use and lower depression rates.
The organization is a community prevention coalition supported by Whatcom County Health and Community Services, the federal Drug-Free Communities Program, Blaine school district and BBB Thrives coalition members.
The survey is available at bit.ly/4lWmUFy. For more information on BBB Thrives, visit bbb-thrives.org.
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