Sumner County Community Drug Action Team - Caolition Growth - The Grant to Reduce Underage Drinking

1. Growing a Coalition: Heart & Hands heart hands

2. Presented by: The sumner county community drug action team the grant to reduce underage drinking

3. “Coalition Growth is something we are proud of… Something we smile at sometimes in the office.” Grant Staff: Marcia Bartelson, CMCA/Grant Coordinator Dusti Fansler, Strategy/Grant Coordinator

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5. As a Key Leader/Sector Representative,I will serve in this Advisory Position with other members in the Coalition to promote the idea that:Underage Alcohol and Drug Use is a Local Problem that Local Citizens can Solve through Concerted & Dedicated Action. Commitment -- from the 2010 SCCDAT Commitment Letters, and the 2007 Surgeon General’s Call to Action heart

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7. Wait For It Because Timing is Everything. Sometimes you have to wait for things to happen. It can be frustrating. If we get ahead of it, in this kind of work, we’re not going to have the kind of change we want. I would say that we didn’t know this when we started, but we’ve learned it along the way. heart

8. At the Core Simply stated: We have the right people, in the right places, moving our work along. hands

9. Community How Big is our Coalition? We are building our Coalition through a Membership Drive. We have sign-up cards, and can now contact our members with Newsletters and other media pieces from the Grant. Those who sign-up become “Card-Carrying Members of SCCDAT!” hands

10. Policy Change: Immediate Intervention Program for Juveniles MIP Diversion Program Endorsed with the signed support of the SCCDAT Executive Board Partners: Sumner County Attorney’s Office, Court Services, Sumner Mental Health Center and Mirror Inc. Adolescent Alcohol & Drug Information School Programs developed for this change in policy. Parent Component. Addresses Social Access and Social Hosting Laws. hands

11. The Bigger Picture I believe we are part of a national movement where the court is more involved in the health and education of youth. These new programs have stepped up to the plate and said we want to be part of the intervention in the youth’s life. heart

12. Education SCCDAT partnered with the Cowley County Community College design students, who created a brochure on Social Hosting as a final class project. No charge to the Coalition – instructor graded the students on their work. Distributed to registered voters of Sumner County. hands

13. Break the Rules Lesson Learned: Not doing things as they’ve always been done. Strengthening Families doesn’t have to be hosted by a church. (Our Mental Health Center hosts classes.) Botvin Life Skills doesn’t have to be taught by school counselors, or even school teachers. When you start looking for new partners, you realize they’re everywhere. You’ll find them in unexpected places and they’ll make the best implementers. They’ll do it better than you thought it could be done! heart

14. Outside the box Southwestern College Nursing Students will teach Botvin Life Skills to the 3rd, 6th, 7th & 8th Grades in one of our larger school districts. Southwestern College, located in Cowley County, will partner with USD #358 Oxford and SCCDAT to implement this science and evidence-based program. (We met the director of the SC Nursing Program at a Health Fair in Oxford, and that’s where this great partnership was formed! … Who knew?) SC Nursing Students will facilitate the classes, earning community service hours needed for their degree-completion. SCCDAT and USD #358 will host a Graduation Party celebrating the Life Skills Graduates! hands

15. Humility We Can’t Take Credit! We have Excellent Trainers for our Programs! Our teachers give us positive feedback on the Lions Quest & Life Skills programs. Students & Teachers embrace these curriculums! heart

16. Extraordinary Support Let us brag on Dr. Julie Dolley: Argonia Superintendent Elementary School Principal &Botvin Life Skills Facilitator :) heart

17. Healthy Families 18 Families have graduated from the Strengthening Families Program since March, 2010. Two sites have scheduled Fall classes to begin in upcoming months. We are working with 5 Sites to continue hosting the program, and continue training new facilitators to offer the program in other communities across Sumner County. hands

18. Encouragement The Strengthening Families Committee at Oxford First Baptist Church appointed one of their deacons as their “Prayer Warrior” for the Strengthening Families Program. His sole job is to pray for the families, facilitators, and church members who are participating and helping with Strengthening Families. He attends all planning meetings and each of the seven nights of classes, in constant prayer. heart

19. Mission We try to bring all our efforts back to Youth. There’s No Better Way for this message on Underage Drinking to be delivered to young people, than through young people. heart

20. Priceless Lions Quest When youth ‘Get it,’ it’s rewarding. To see them take that to the next level, and assert their ideas in their communities – it doesn’t get any better than that. Service Learning Projects in USD #509 South Haven hands

21. Youth Leadership Ashley Shanlyn Lacy McKenzie Hannah Meghan heart In this work, each small step gets you closer to the overall goal... Freshmen signed-up creating a Youth Task Force. Youth became involved in the Watch Party and the enthusiasm built. For the first time, Sumner County attended theKansas Youth Leadership Summit; writing an action plan to support S.A.D.D. and like organizations across the county. The work of these young people continues…

22. Volunteers The documentary “Your Kids Are Drinking” was the message shared with our community. “Success for me was having a Watch Party with over 300 people attending, and we hardly had to be at the podium!” heart

23. Say it Louder hands Our entire Coalition came together to plan the Watch Party. The Wellington Recreation Center took charge of setting everything up for us, local businesses donated door prizes, and our Youth Task Force was brave enough to speak in a commercial to promote the event. County School Districts aired this commercial to promote youth attendance at the Watch Party. In Belle Plaine, police officers stopped each vehicle as it left school and gave students hand-outs to promote the event.

24. Turn up the Volume On a night when track, school band, and a Chamber event presented conflicts, we still had 325 community membersattend the Watch Party! The Wellington Daily News reporter realized the momentum behind the Watch Party and wrote a very touching article. We were published! The newsletter from the National Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free Foundation highlighted the Watch Party. Hundreds of Parents & Youth signed on as new Coalition Members! hands

25. Give it away Sometimes the uncomfortable part of leadership: Involve more people, and Let Go.That’s how true growth occurs. You’ll see people take things into their own hands, get others involved, and do things straight from the heart. You’ll have better results than if you did it all yourself. heart

26. Heart & Effort …We see this when school districts take the programs offered by the Grant and make them their own, and give them their own identity. …When Strengthening Families sites create an environment that is more positive and encouraging than you could have hoped for. …When media pieces are delivered by others, and you see them in surprise places you never would have thought to use them. heart

27. Heart & Effort … When a high school teacher hands a student a scholarship application and he is inspired to write a song about Sobriety then brave enough to perform it before his peers at his high school Prom and in front of an entire community at the Watch Party on Underage Drinking. heart

28. *You have been listening to : Jeremy Edwards’ recording of Superhero. heart

29. And, when we’ve gotten youth together to talk about underage drinking… The questions weren’t prescribed, the camera was just rolling, and the conversation unfolded naturally. The results were heartwarming. See for yourselves! heart

30. Honesty

31. We hope you are encouraged and inspired by our growth and accomplishments. Sincerely, The Sumner County Community Drug Action Team The Grant to Reduce Underage Drinking