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Walk to Wellness
October 16, 2010
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1-800-273-TALK
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Londonderry
Family Safety Day9/25/10Noon to 4:00 PM Matthew Thornton Elementary School |
It Takes a CommunityThe Upper Room is looking for new and gently used infant and child Halloween costumes! Please drop off costumes at The Upper Room between 9/13 and 10/15. The Upper Room36 Tsienneto Road Derry, NH 03038 |
TrainingActive Parenting Leader Training WorkshopMonday, October 11th 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM FlyerThe Upper Room36 Tsienneto Road Derry, NH 03038 603.437.8477 Recovery Coach AcademyOctober 11-15th Camp Spofford Retreat & Conference Center Spofford, NH FlyerFOR-NH & FOR-VT |
20 Internet Acronyms All Parents Should Know
POS = Parents over Shoulders PIR = Parents In Room P911 = Parents Alert PAW = Parents Are Watching PAL = Parents Are Listening ASL = Age/Sex/Location MORF = Male or Female SORG = Straight or Gay LMIRL = Lets Meet In Real Life KPC = Keeping Parents Clueless TD2M = Talk Dirty To Me IWSN = I Want Sex Now NIFOC = Nude In Front of Computer GYPO = Get Your Pants Off ADR = Address WYCM = Will You Call Me KFU = Kisses For You MOOS = Member of Opposite Sex MOSS = Member of Same Sex NALOPKT = Not A Lot Of People Know This
Source: DEA Get Smart About Drugs
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Staff
Sue Centner
Director
Paula Galvin,
Assistant Director
Kaitlyn Clarke,
Youth Coordinator
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Community Alliance for Teen Safety is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. Our mission is to promote safe habits for all youth by increasing awareness of high-risk behaviors, encouraging healthy choices, and fostering community alliances in Chester, Derry, Hampstead, Londonderry, Salem and Windham.
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Dear Friend of the CATS Community,
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September is Recovery Month. President Obama's Proclamation for National Drug Addiction and Recovery Month calls on us to "spread the word that substance abuse is preventable, that addiction is treatable, and that recovery is possible." Please visit the national resources for recovery by clicking on "September is Recovery Month" above.
CATS is supporting the Derry Police Department's DEA Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, September 25th at Hood Common Plaza. Click on the article below to learn more.
Save the date for Saturday, October 16th - it is the 15th Annual CATS Walk! This year's theme is focused on wellness. Form a team or come as an individual and join the fun beginning at McGregor Park in Derry.
As always, please contact CATS with any questions, comments or suggestions. We invite your involvement!
See you at Derryfest on September 18th! This year we have a favor to ask..we could use a few people to help set up and take down our table and materials...basic lugging and lifting! Please contact the office if you are interested in helping out.
Best regards.
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Prescription Drug Take-Back
On September 25, 2010, DEA will coordinate a collaborative effort
with state and local law enforcement agencies to remove potentially
dangerous controlled substances from our nation's medicine cabinets. The National Take-Back
Day provides an opportunity for the public to surrender expired,
unwanted, or unused pharmaceutical controlled substances and other
medications for destruction.
This one-day effort is intended to bring national
focus to the issue of increasing pharmaceutical controlled substance
abuse. The program is anonymous. Prescription and over the counter solid dosage medications, i.e. tablets and capsules accepted.Intra-venous solutions, injectables, and needles will not be accepted. Illicit substances such as marijuana or methamphetamine are not a part of this initiative. Remove or cross out personal information with marker.
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NAMI Fall Family-to-Family Courses
Begin Across the Country
As children nationwide return to school and homework, new
fall NAMI Family-to-Family classes are open for registration in local communities
across the country.
Family-to-Family
is a free, 12-week course led by trained family members who are experienced in
caring for a loved one with a serious mental illness such as major depression,
posttraumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.
Each year, NAMI offers
approximately 800 Family-to-Family classes in 49 states at a number of locations,
including Veterans Administration facilities. The course is available in English
and Spanish.
To date, over 130,000 people have successfully graduated from the course.
Family-to-Family
participants: receive
current information on serious mental illnesses learn about medications,
side effects and evidence-based treatments practice problem-solving skills
and communication techniques develop strategies for handling crises and
relapses review local community services and supports focus on
self-care and coping with stress
NH Program Director: Annette Carbonneau
603/225.5359
or Acarbonneau@naminh.org
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Grandparents Hold Key to Keeping Kids Drug Free
Grandparents are an important family resource in
helping today's youth avoid the pitfalls of drug and alcohol use. Since roughly half of all grandparents say they want more
information on how to help prevent their grandchild from using drugs and
alcohol, we've created a free, downloadable guide called Grandparents Hold a Key to Keeping Kids Drug Free.
And research from the Partnership and MetLife Foundation
underscores the vital role grandparents play in the lives of their
grandchildren. Did you know that...
· Nearly half (48 percent) of grandparents say the biggest
reason parents don't teach their kids about the dangers of drugs and alcohol is
that they don't have enough time.
· In contrast, over half (54 percent) of grandparents say
they have personal contact with their oldest grandchild on a monthly basis.
· Over 40 percent of grandparents say they would be
"very comfortable" talking to their grandchild about alcohol or drug
use.
Source: Partnership for a Drug Free America
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Going Back to College Campuses and the Dangers of Alcohol
 Kevin Jennings, Assistant Deputy Secretary
US Department of Education Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools
Last
weekend I was back home in New York and I noticed an abnormal number of late
teens running around my neighborhood. I was at first puzzled but then I
realized who they were: NYU was back in session and these were the incoming
first-year students.
The
first year of college can indeed be an exciting time - but also a dangerous
one. In an excellent piece posted on the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) blog,
my colleague Undersecretary of Education Martha Kanter notes that college students are about one-third
more likely to engage in heavy drinking than their peer s who don't attend
college. Since 1993, this behavior has not changed - in other
words, things aren't getting any better. In fact. Some folks now refer to
the "college effect," i.e. the phenomenon where young people who were not
problem drinkers before college quickly become them during their first year in
college.
It doesn't have to
be this way. There are steps that institutions of higher education can
take to reduce alcohol abuse and change the "culture of drinking" that exists
on too many campuses. For many years OSDFS has funded The Higher Education Center, which helps campuses and communities address problems of alcohol,
other drugs,
and violence
by identifying effective
strategies and programs based upon the best prevention science. The Center is
organizing our biennial National Meeting on Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention in Higher Education, which will be held October 18-20, 2010, in
Maryland. The conference theme is "Promoting Student
Success: Effective AODV Prevention in Tough Times."
It was fun to see the NYU students
running around my neighborhood. My hope for them is that they will end up
at graduation in four years - not in rehab. It's up to those of us
involved in higher education to make sure that the former is the result of
going to college, not the latter.
Source: ED's Safe and Supportive School News (9/2/10)
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Safe Household Disposal of Prescription Medicine
For several years people concerned about environmental pollution, drug abuse and accidental poisonings have provided specific guidance on how to best dispose of medicine based on the particular interest they
represent. Oftentimes, the approach to disposing medicine promoted by various interests contradicted one another.
In 2009, stakeholders representing these interests came together to develop an approach for disposing of medicine that is mutually acceptable. The approach for the disposal of medicine promotes not storing unneeded medicine, not flushing medicine or pouring down the drain, rendering medicine unusable and disposing of unneeded medicine in an appropriate manner as described below:
1. Pour medicine into a sealable plastic bag.
2. If the medicine is a solid, add a small amount of water to dissolve it.
3. Add any undesirable substance (coffee grounds, kitty litter) to the medicine in the plastic bag.
4. Seal the bag and immediately dispose of it the trash for regular pick-up.
5. Use marker to blackout any personal contact information on the empty medicine container prior to disposing of it in the trash.
New Hampshire has a website at www.nh.gov/medsafety for additional information on medicine disposal issues.
Source: NH Department of Environmental Safety
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