About
OUR MISSION
Vive18 exists to save lives and challenge culture. Young people shouldn’t feel left out for making healthy choices. By helping youth make educated decisions about drugs, we challenge all students to rewrite social norms around drug use while protecting their friends and their future.
The Issue
Many youth today are feeling anxious, lonely, and an array of mental health issues. Some see drugs as coping mechanism and a way to fit in, or act like an adult. Health authorities say we’re in a youth vaping epidemic and in serious danger with…
- Vaping and Nicotine
- Marijuana / THC / Cannabis
- Fentanyl and Counterfit Pills
- Alcohol and Prescription Drugs
That’s why Vive18 designs engaging, relevant, easy-to-implement programs to make a REAL difference in students’ lives. No more scare tactics, or “just say no” nonsense.
What We Do
Vive18 is a drug prevention platform that provides engaging education and programming to save students lives and create a safer environment to grow. Our holistic approach includes school assemblies, SEL curriculum, student run /peer-led clubs, social content and strategic partnerships.
Partners include schools, coalitions, counselors, parents, human services, greek life, first year orientation, and various types of prevention professionals and health promoters.
impacting students in 27 states & counting
Vive 18 is...
- Positive
- Non-judgemental
- Evidence Based
- Relevant & Engaging
Vive 18 is NOT...
- Scary
- Shameful
- Outdated
- Or boooooring!
FAQ's
This program started when Jake White was a college student at the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh. He wanted a safe place to make friends, have fun and feel good on the weekends, so he started hosting parties without any drugs or alcohol. Thus Party.0 (party-point-oh) was born. Within one semester, hundreds of students attended his signature “sober parties,” he attracted nationally known sponsors and news coverage from across the US, and students began requesting his programs while schools wanted him to share the story. Today, Vive18 is our educational brand for educators, and Party.0 is our peer-led event program for students.
Vive means “to live” in 7 different languages. To make it simple, we want to keep kids alive… not just surviving, but TRULY living their best life! That’s achieved by utilizing your body and mind to its best abilities, without drugs. We created this in 2018, so that’s where the number comes from.