STIPENDS:

         

May 27, 2005 is the deadline for stipend request.  We must have your stipend request by then to process it. Also, the 27th is the last day that you can register crews, register and evaluate commotions on the website for the pages will be turned off on May 28.  That means that you will not be able to do anything on the Raze website until the new website it up, which will be announced at State Raze.  So, get your stipend requests in and anything on the website completed.

 

Upcoming Training: Freedom From Smoking

 

There will be a Freedom From Smoking Training on June 29-30 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Parkersburg. If you would like to attend this training or if you want more information please contact Rose-Ann Prince at 342-6600.                         

 

American Lung Association ACTION ALERT

 

With the Legislation in session it is necessary that we all know what is going on. The ALAWV “action Alert” is a way that you can be notified when an alert has been issued.

 If you want to be on that system to receive important updates and action alerts, you must sign up to get on that list.  Go to Lung Association's website at www.alawv.org, click on WV Lung Alert icon and sign up. It is going to be a busy session and your involvement and support are needed to make it a successful session!

 

West Virginia Tobacco Educational Materials Clearinghouse:

 

The Tobacco Preventive Program Clearinghouse was formed in January 2001 with a grant between the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Public Health, Office of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Division of Tobacco Prevention, and the West Virginia Library Commission.

 

Free educational materials are distributed through tobacco prevention specialists, and other health care personnel, and interested agencies and their staffs.

 

On request, the clearinghouse can make a faxable materials order form available with a complete listing of our available items, other info, etc. Also, a sample packet of info can be sent to you if you are really interested in what is available for your particular needs.  There are restrictions of the quantity of materials that can be ordered at one time.

 

Our new coordinator there at the Library Commission is Melody Kelly and her e-mail is:  kelley@wvlc.lib.wv.us. You can also call the Library at 800-642-9021 Ext. 8.

 

Incentives 

  

Mini-Grants

Need help getting started?  The T.A.T.U. program offers $100.00 mini-grants to program facilitators.  Just complete and submit a mini-grant form on-line or call us for more information.

 

TIPS Manuals

You can now order your TIPS Manuals on-line.  Simply complete the TIPS Manual Order Form and submit electronically.  We will process your request upon receipt.

 

Please visit us online at www.alawv.org and click on the T.A.T.U. logo to order your mini-grants and TIPS manuals.

  

Free Technical Assistance! Points of contacts are:

 

T.A.T.U. Program Manager Patty Hughes, American Lung Association of WV

Patty@alawv.org ; www.alawv.org, (304) 342-6600 or 1-800-LUNG-USA

 

 

Regional Tobacco Prevention Specialists

 

           RESA I: Lori McGraw,

           (304) 256-4712 x331

 

            RESA II: Sue Niestroy-Wilson,

            (304) 529-6205

 

            RESA III: Cybele Boehm,

            (304) 766-7655 x114

          

            RESA IV: Cheri Hall,

            (304) 872-6440 x19

           

            RESA V: Gus Nelson,

            (304) 485-6513 x 122

 

RESA VI: Caryn Puskarich,

 (304) 231-3816

 

RESA VII: Adrianne Marsh,

(304) 624-6554 x 238

 

RESA VIII: Donna Kuhn,

(304) 257-2641