Smokeless Tobacco Curriculum comes with Stipend!

The Prevention Resource Center is offering a curriculum called "Spotlight on Smokeless" to Ag and Health teachers in rural schools. We provide the teacher's lesson guides and a workbook for each student and the teacher presents 5 sessions to either 5 classes or 100 students. Here's the great part (besides helping our students say "no" to spit-tobacco) this program comes with a $150 stipend upon completion. Let us know if you are interested in bringing this program to your school. holly.mcfarland@arcadatx.org

Red Ribbon Week Pics from Jim Ned

Kids excited about the Red Ribbons!
Media Awareness (KTXS)
Drug-free activity books

Jim Ned Stuco Sponsored this event

Great American Smokeout

Every Year the Great American Smokeout encourages smokers (and dippers) to quit their disgusting/unhealthy/expensive/burdensome habit. This year the big day is November 19. There are a few websites you may want to promote in your area for the smokeout: http://www.greatamericansmokeout.com/

http://www.mylastdip.com/

or you can encourage smoker's to call 1-877-YES-QUIT...they may even be eligible for free nicotine therapy!

PREVENTION:

Here are some interesting Anti-Tobacco media images that may be useful if you are getting some print or web material together.

SPOTLIGHT:

The Merkel High School Badgers Against Tobacco group organized a week-long event for Tobacco-Free Kids day in March 2009. Check-out this picture of one of their activities that is on the homepage of The Texas School Safety Center's website!

Speaking of Texas Tobacco-Free Kids Day (Kick Butts Day)...it's never too early to start planning. For 2010, Kick Butts Day will be on March 24. Here are some websites to get you started in the planning process for annual event.

http://www.txssc.txstate.edu/

www.kickbuttsday.org

www.tobaccofreekids.org

Be sure to check out that first link for the Texas School Safety Center b/c there are free Teen Summit Weekend Regional Trainings that you could go to this winter!

Red Ribbon Week 2009

Red Ribbon Week 2009 was busy for PRC2 as well as for school counselors, student council sponsors and others who planned, organized, and executed their creative ideas to promote drug-free schools and communities. Here is a picture from the Red Ribbon Week Rally held in Austin on Oct. 15th.

Here are some Awesome Red Ribbon Theme Day Ideas we collected from the different schools we work with...jot these down for next year to implement into your Red Ribbon Festivities:

-Give drugs the boot (Wear Boots)

-Doing Drugs is Nerdy (dress nerdy)

-Sport a drug-free lifestyle (wear college/pro/school jerseys)

-Use your head, don't use drugs (crazy hair of hats)

-Turn your back on drugs (wear clothes backward)

-Give drugs the slip (wear slippers)

-I may be crazy but I don't do drugs (crazy clothes/hair)

-Sock it to Drugs (crazy socks)

-Na-cho ordinary Red Ribbon Week (Fiesta themed dress or party)

-Join our drug-free team (wear favorite team clothes)

-My future is bright without drugs (neon colors or career day dress)

-Drugs and I don't match (mis-match clothes)

-Lei off Drugs (Hawaiin theme)

The PRC gave drug, alcohol and tobacco presentations to schools in our area and also helped with Red Ribbon booths and school carnivals, here are some pictures of Door Prize winners at Cooper High School.

BOO at the ZOO

Over 8,000 people attended this year's Boo at the Zoo at the Abilene Zoological Gardens. The PRC had a Ninja Turtle themed booth and gave out posters, stickers and candy from Pizza boxes in true Ninja Turtle fashion. Our booth was awarded "horrible-mention" (honorable mention). Happy Halloween!

Cooper Cougar at Head Start Fair

The Cooper Cougar was loving our Happy Bunny Stickers at the Head Start Fair.

Abilene Head Start Resource Fair

Head Start and Early Head Start of AISD hosted their annual Community Resource Fair on October 15th. This is a GREAT event...the organizers of this fair went ALL OUT! The mascots from the local High Schools and Universities were there...the Hot Rods of the Police Department were there and tons of other booths, volunteers, and donations made this a really festive event. Thanks for letting us be a part!

Fall Prevention Provider Meeting

There are 11 Prevention Resource Centers in Texas, funded by DSHS, to do the important work of creating and supporting prevention efforts in our regions. Twice a year we get together for some professional development, training, brainstorming and encouragement. Here are is a pictures from our "booth" at the fall meeting. Please ignore the oil painting...hotel art mounted to the wall...