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The mission of the American Lung Association is to prevent lung disease and promote lung health.
1-877-966-8784 or 304-599-6981.
Last updated 9/22/2004
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Facilitator training will be conducted at Regional Raze Ons. The Trainings for the Raze Ons are scheduled: RESA 1- February 26 RESA 5- March 19 RESA 2- Completed RESA 6- April 2 RESA 3- To Be Announced RESA 7- April 9 & April 16 RESA 4- Completed RESA 8- To Be Announced
WEBSITE! The new Raze website is almost completed! This is great news for all of us. After waiting for months the final touches, clichés, and problems are being worked on. The website is going to make it easier for Adult Advisors to track their crews and commotions, it will be easier for the youth to register, evaluate commotions, and log in crew members. We are very excited about the website. We do not have a launch date set, but keep your eyes and ears open cause it’s coming soon to a computer near you.
Operation Right Choice (ORC) - A grant funded, youth empowered program in Cabell County. Operation Right Choice focuses on youth 11 – 17, and helps to lay the foundation for making right decisions concerning education, substance abuse, teen sexuality, under age drinking, youth violence, and healthy lifestyles. To visit the website go to http://www.huntingtonhousing.com. Below are some of the latest projects the ORC has been involved in.
Project Towards No Drug Abuse – Students continue to meet each Thursday evening for a two hour class dealing with the issues of substance abuse. In January, ORC students conducted a “Talk Show” where students took on the roles of people who are addicted to drugs or friends or family members of drug addicts and showed how those drugs have affected their lives and relationships. The youth did such a good job they want to do the play again for their parents. Tobacco Prevention Workshop – ORC students hosted an all day RAZE tobacco prevention workshop on Saturday, January 29th with over 50 middle school students attending from the region. These students were trained in how to use various tools to inform and educate others about the dangers of tobacco use.
Students are doing great things around our state. Pictured are students from Roane County participating in the Black Walnut Parade.
American Lung Association ACTION ALERT
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. 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
Newsletter Updates If you know of something happening with the T.A.T.U. program that you feel other facilitators would benefit from, please call Patty (304)342-6600 or 800-LUNG_USA or email patty@alawv.org.
If you are interested in our programs and would like more information, or would like to schedule a visit, please call our office.
American Lung Associationà www.alawv.org Not On Tobacco (N-O-T) à www.alawv.org/N-O-T.htm Not Hooked à http://www.nothooked.org/ Teens Against Tobacco Use (TATU) à http://www.alawv.org/teens_against_tobacco_use.htm West Virginia Prevention Resource Center (WVPRC) à http://www.prevnet.org/ RAZE à www.razewv.com Tobacco News à www.tobacco.org National Spit Tobacco Education Program à www.nstep.org
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