From the Homer News:

....The theme of the run and ride, resiliency, refers to a new concept in coping with adverse life experiences like breast cancer. R.E.C. Room peer educators Lilli Johnson and Jonas Noomah have been working with the Promoting Health Among Teens, or PHAT, program. PHAT was part of a grant to test the effectiveness of peer-to-peer education. The R.E.C. Room recently received a TUPP, or Teen Unintended Pregnancy Prevention, state grant that will continue peer education, this time in the schools.

Through the R.E.C. Room, Johnson and Noomah have become advocates and teachers of resiliency. Noomah and other PHAT members have even written a guide to teaching resiliency to teens, still in a rough draft.

Johnson describes resiliency as “the ability to keep going with your life even though you’ve gone through tough times and trying to create a more positive path for yourself.”

“It’s hard,” she said. “But if you talk about it, you’re already resilient.”

To read more of the story about the Aug. 30 run, go to: http://homernews.com/homer-new...new-focus-resiliency