Raze On.

 

This year Raze On was held at the University of Charleston June 12-14.  We were honored to have Allen Landers (the Winston Man) as a speaker. Yes (former Road Rules contestant and Raze On emcee veteran), Sam Allen (one of the original founders of the Truth campaign), Dr. Peter DeBeneditis. (Who helped us find and dissect tobacco messages in movies and magazines), Christina Mickey (who taught us the ins and outs of the clean indoor air fight) and Coalition for Tobacco-Free Kids representatives Holly Aprea and Liesl Bradford. 

 

Teen Advisory Council election was held where 4 candidates were elected. Congratulations to the candidates and thank you to all who ran.  Big News, the new website is up and running to visit go to: http://www.razewv.com/

                      

 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