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In the Nick of Time – June 2025 Update
Hi everyone!
We are committed to providing all of our donors and sponsors with updates to keep you aware of how we are growing In the NICK of Time and working to fulfill our mission.
To that end, we want to provide you with a further organizational update from what we shared 3 months ago in March.
Since that time, we’ve continued to build out our organization’s website and social media platforms.
Prior to our annual fundraiser golf tournament on August 11th, we plan to:
Our community involvement: since our March 2025 update, we’ve continued to get out in our communities and connect with other organizations.
Future Involvement:
● We’ve been invited to present at the CIAC Teen Summit in January 2026. This summit is a virtual meeting with students from many high schools across CT. The event is coordinated and run by student organizations. It’s a real honor that we’ve been asked to participate.
● We are also in the early stages of investigating opportunities to host or co-sponsor meaningful events to spread awareness and education around mental health and addiction. Initial discussions to support an in-person teen summit are in the works. Such an event takes a tremendous amount of planning, commitment, and resources– but the benefits realized by the attendees may change behaviors and lives for the better.
● Identifying opportunities to share our message specifically with parent groups.
● Identifying other organizations to align our messaging with to further support our mission.
● Preparing written materials for In the NICK of Time to share at in-person events
Lastly:
● We are preparing for this year’s 2nd Annual Nick Tshonas Memorial Golf Tournament which will be held Monday, August 11th at Topstone Golf Course in South Windsor, CT.
● Once again, the tournament sold out quickly! We’re sincerely sorry to all of you who have inquired that we are not able to accommodate for this year. And we thank you all for your continued support.
Many of you have asked about supporting this year’s fundraiser. We appreciate any type of raffle prize, gift basket, sports tickets, sponsorship or donation. We also have sponsorships for tee box signs where you can share a company logo or special message for any donation of $100 or more. Here is the link: https://www.itnot.org/golf--sponsorships.html
We also have a special 26 for 26 donation pledge in place on our website for those who want a way to remember Nick for his birthday. August 10th will be his 26th birthday. Here is the link if you are interested: https://www.itnot.org/donate.html
Your generosity has helped us to build our organization and has allowed us to do significant work in our communities to support our mission.
Thank you again for your support of In the Nick of Time – it matters!
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In the Nick of Time – March 2025 Update
It’s been about 6 months since our inaugural Nick Tshonas Memorial Golf Tournament to benefit In the NICK of Time. We can’t thank you enough for your support!
Since that time, we’ve begun to build out our organization in several ways: furthering our website capabilities, developing informational materials, expanding our networking efforts, and becoming visible by telling Nick’s story in our communities.
To date we have focused on supporting our mission to reduce the stigma surrounding depression, mental health issues and addiction:
● Invited and spoke with students in health classes at four high schools.
● Invited and spoke with the Bryant University Men’s basketball team – unofficially dubbed as the official NCAA team of ITNOT (please root on the Bulldogs - America East Conference Champions and headed into March Madness!).
● Invited and participated as featured guests on two podcasts.
● Invited and participated by Kyle Cares as only one of nine featured breakout speakers at their 2025 Rhode Island Scholastic Teen Mental Health Summit at RI College – 300 HS attendees from 30+ schools. https://kylecaresinc.org/
● Invited to become a member organization of the Governor’s Prevention Partnership. ITNOT interviewed in February and will be featured in their 2025 multi-media campaign to spread their message. We will also be part of future speaking engagements. https://gppct.org/
● Recently accepted into the DOJ’s CT US Attorney’s HEAT Program (Heroin Education Action Team). This provides ITNOT with speaking opportunities, partnering with members of the DEA’s Fentanyl Task Force, to speak to and educate CT high school students about the opioid epidemic and the impact of fentanyl on our young people. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ct/heat
In addition:
● In the NICK of Time has been featured in two stories by WPRI-12 Providence. The feature linked below has been nominated for a local news Emmy Award in Rhode Island: https://youtu.be/jElI_h3oARY
● Invited and will speak to ~200 Central MA high school students at pre-prom assembly in May.
● Additional speaking opportunities are being lined up as we continue to network with local, state, and other organizations.
● Identifying opportunities to share our message specifically with parent groups.
● Investing in the buildout of our website to be able to share more information regarding our community activities as well as building out the proper platform to house and share resources for young adults and parents.
● Once the website platform is upgraded to support resources properly, we’ll invest and build out our social media accounts to share information and updates on ITNOT’s activities – more to follow!
Lastly:
● We are preparing for this year’s 2nd Annual Nick Tshonas Memorial Golf Tournament which will be held Monday, August 11th at Topstone Golf Course in South Windsor, CT. We hope to see many of you back there again this year! More to follow…
● We are also in the early stages of investigating opportunities to host or co-sponsor meaningful events to spread awareness and education around mental health and addiction.
● One such significant event would be for the teenagers/young people of Northern CT/Western Massachusetts. We are doing significant networking to identify if there are any events like the teen summit event hosted by the Kyle Cares Foundation that we participated in earlier this year. Such an event takes a tremendous amount of planning, commitment, resources, and money to put host – but the benefits realized by the attendees may change behaviors and lives for the better.
Your generosity has helped us to build our organization and has already allowed us to do significant work in our communities to support our mission.
Thank you again for your support of In the Nick of Time – it matters!
Hi everyone!
We are committed to providing all of our donors and sponsors with updates to keep you aware of how we are growing In the NICK of Time and working to fulfill our mission.
To that end, we want to provide you with a further organizational update from what we shared 3 months ago in March.
Since that time, we’ve continued to build out our organization’s website and social media platforms.
Prior to our annual fundraiser golf tournament on August 11th, we plan to:
- Release our updated website which will include information and resources for mental health issues, addiction, fentanyl awareness and treatment.
- Release our expansion into social media platforms with our Facebook and Instagram accounts to share information, inspirational messages and advertise events and other educational organizations. More to follow…
Our community involvement: since our March 2025 update, we’ve continued to get out in our communities and connect with other organizations.
- Invited and spoke to the entire junior and senior classes at Oakmont HS in Central Mass at their pre-prom assembly. It was a very well received session as we provided an hour-long presentation to 350 students to share Nick’s story along with information to help form their choices at the point of decision.
- Invited and spoke with three additional HS classes.
- Invited and will be speaking at the Ellington Concert Series on Thurs June 26th. The concert series is sponsored by the Ellington Opioid Committee. The event takes place from 6-8pm at 72 Maple St, Ellington, CT.
Future Involvement:
● We’ve been invited to present at the CIAC Teen Summit in January 2026. This summit is a virtual meeting with students from many high schools across CT. The event is coordinated and run by student organizations. It’s a real honor that we’ve been asked to participate.
● We are also in the early stages of investigating opportunities to host or co-sponsor meaningful events to spread awareness and education around mental health and addiction. Initial discussions to support an in-person teen summit are in the works. Such an event takes a tremendous amount of planning, commitment, and resources– but the benefits realized by the attendees may change behaviors and lives for the better.
● Identifying opportunities to share our message specifically with parent groups.
● Identifying other organizations to align our messaging with to further support our mission.
● Preparing written materials for In the NICK of Time to share at in-person events
Lastly:
● We are preparing for this year’s 2nd Annual Nick Tshonas Memorial Golf Tournament which will be held Monday, August 11th at Topstone Golf Course in South Windsor, CT.
● Once again, the tournament sold out quickly! We’re sincerely sorry to all of you who have inquired that we are not able to accommodate for this year. And we thank you all for your continued support.
Many of you have asked about supporting this year’s fundraiser. We appreciate any type of raffle prize, gift basket, sports tickets, sponsorship or donation. We also have sponsorships for tee box signs where you can share a company logo or special message for any donation of $100 or more. Here is the link: https://www.itnot.org/golf--sponsorships.html
We also have a special 26 for 26 donation pledge in place on our website for those who want a way to remember Nick for his birthday. August 10th will be his 26th birthday. Here is the link if you are interested: https://www.itnot.org/donate.html
Your generosity has helped us to build our organization and has allowed us to do significant work in our communities to support our mission.
Thank you again for your support of In the Nick of Time – it matters!
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In the Nick of Time – March 2025 Update
It’s been about 6 months since our inaugural Nick Tshonas Memorial Golf Tournament to benefit In the NICK of Time. We can’t thank you enough for your support!
Since that time, we’ve begun to build out our organization in several ways: furthering our website capabilities, developing informational materials, expanding our networking efforts, and becoming visible by telling Nick’s story in our communities.
To date we have focused on supporting our mission to reduce the stigma surrounding depression, mental health issues and addiction:
● Invited and spoke with students in health classes at four high schools.
● Invited and spoke with the Bryant University Men’s basketball team – unofficially dubbed as the official NCAA team of ITNOT (please root on the Bulldogs - America East Conference Champions and headed into March Madness!).
● Invited and participated as featured guests on two podcasts.
● Invited and participated by Kyle Cares as only one of nine featured breakout speakers at their 2025 Rhode Island Scholastic Teen Mental Health Summit at RI College – 300 HS attendees from 30+ schools. https://kylecaresinc.org/
● Invited to become a member organization of the Governor’s Prevention Partnership. ITNOT interviewed in February and will be featured in their 2025 multi-media campaign to spread their message. We will also be part of future speaking engagements. https://gppct.org/
● Recently accepted into the DOJ’s CT US Attorney’s HEAT Program (Heroin Education Action Team). This provides ITNOT with speaking opportunities, partnering with members of the DEA’s Fentanyl Task Force, to speak to and educate CT high school students about the opioid epidemic and the impact of fentanyl on our young people. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ct/heat
In addition:
● In the NICK of Time has been featured in two stories by WPRI-12 Providence. The feature linked below has been nominated for a local news Emmy Award in Rhode Island: https://youtu.be/jElI_h3oARY
● Invited and will speak to ~200 Central MA high school students at pre-prom assembly in May.
● Additional speaking opportunities are being lined up as we continue to network with local, state, and other organizations.
● Identifying opportunities to share our message specifically with parent groups.
● Investing in the buildout of our website to be able to share more information regarding our community activities as well as building out the proper platform to house and share resources for young adults and parents.
● Once the website platform is upgraded to support resources properly, we’ll invest and build out our social media accounts to share information and updates on ITNOT’s activities – more to follow!
Lastly:
● We are preparing for this year’s 2nd Annual Nick Tshonas Memorial Golf Tournament which will be held Monday, August 11th at Topstone Golf Course in South Windsor, CT. We hope to see many of you back there again this year! More to follow…
● We are also in the early stages of investigating opportunities to host or co-sponsor meaningful events to spread awareness and education around mental health and addiction.
● One such significant event would be for the teenagers/young people of Northern CT/Western Massachusetts. We are doing significant networking to identify if there are any events like the teen summit event hosted by the Kyle Cares Foundation that we participated in earlier this year. Such an event takes a tremendous amount of planning, commitment, resources, and money to put host – but the benefits realized by the attendees may change behaviors and lives for the better.
Your generosity has helped us to build our organization and has already allowed us to do significant work in our communities to support our mission.
Thank you again for your support of In the Nick of Time – it matters!
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