QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER October-December 2015

Quarterly Newsletter

October-December 2015

MISSION: TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH INITIATIVES AND EDUCATION

Red Ribbon Week Celebrate Red Ribbon Week throughout the county! Read about planned activities and efforts that you could be a part of.

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Clayton County Fair 5C had a booth at the Clayton County Fair. Surveys were conducted and will be shared as they are finalized. Check out the sneak peek on social availability!

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IPFS Update

Underage drinking and underage binge drinking is the focus of the IPFS grant. Follow 5C’s progress as we continue to address both issues in Clayton County.

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Calendar & Volunteer Stay up-to-date with our quarterly calendar of events. Also, 5C always is on the lookout for innovative individuals. Contact us for more information.

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Community Activity Calendar Looking for something fun to do? Check out our calendars for something in your area.

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Red Ribbon Photo Contest Schools or communities can enter the national contest for a chance to win and IPad and $1000 for your school!

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DFC Update 5C was awarded the DFC grant for the Clayton Ridge School District. This five year opportunity will focus on youth alcohol and tobacco use within the school district.

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Newsletter Highlights

October 23rd – 31st

2015

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What is Red Ribbon Week? It is an ideal way for people and communities to unite and take a visible stand against drugs. Show your personal commitment to a drug-free lifestyle through the symbol of the Red Ribbon Week Campaign, October 23 - 31st. The mission of the Red Ribbon Campaign® is to present a unified and visible commitment towards the creation of a DRUG - FREE AMERICA.

Why Support the National Theme? A theme unifies each year’s campaign and helps to broadcast one message creating a tipping point to change behavior. The 2015 theme is “Respect Yourself”.

Local Support – Each school district has activities planned for students to remind them to be drug-free and make healthy choices. If you have a child or know of one in school, ask them what they are doing. You can help support by wearing a red ribbon or shirt during Red Ribbon Week.

5C Efforts – 5C offered an opportunity for local businesses in Elkader, Guttenberg, Garnavillo, and Monona to show their support of Red Ribbon Week as sponsors. Their contribution will help raise awareness in the communities and sponsor high school youth to attend the Risky Business Conference in Ames the coming April. Look for the list of sponsors on our Facebook page closer to Red Ribbon Week.

RED RIBBON WEEK SUPPORT

Celebrated October 23rd – 31st nationally

Promote a Drug-Free Lifestyle

Wear a Red Ribbon or Shirt

Share the Message with Others!

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON RED RIBBON WEEK:

www.redribbon.org

Thank you to everyone that helped and stopped by the 5C booth at the Clayton County Fair. It was a great opportunity

for 5C to build awareness of their efforts and those of the county. We conducted

a survey asking people’s opinions on alcohol. Here is a sneak peak of one of

the questions/results.

Red Ribbon Week October 23rd through 31st

Clayton County Fair

Pictured at the Red Ribbon Proclamation were the Board of Supervisors, 5C members, Clayton County

Sheriff’s Office, Substance Abuse Services for Clayton County, Central and Clayton Ridge

Students. (MFL was not able to participate due to no school that day.)

Adam Sadewasser and Tracy Yelden at the 5C Booth

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NEWS IN THE FIELD

Marijuana Impact in Colorado “The Legalization of Marijuana in Colorado The Impact” is a report developed by Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. It provides data gathered before and after legalization to give readers an opportunity to learn about the impact.

Click HERE for drug facts on marijuana.

Sparking Connections Sparking engagement and increasing interaction can be a trying process for people who work with groups of youth. Join the Mason City Youth Task Force for lunch and learn some of the tips and processes of positive youth development that can give a boost to your efforts!

Dates are November 3rd or 4th. Click HERE for more information.

FAST FACTS

8 Years Old The average age of first use for alcohol is eight

years old.

25 Years Old The brain is fully developed at age 25.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

For facts on alcohol, click HERE.

COMMUNITY READINESS STAGE

Clayton County was assessed on how prepared or ready they were to address underage drinking and underage binge drinking. Here are the results.

STEP OVERVIEW

IPFS grant will run from February 2015 to September 2019 and address underage drinking and underage binge drinking in Clayton County.

Assessment - 5C completed a Community Assessment Workbook that includes data on consequences, consumption, promotion, retail access, social availability, community norms, and individual factors. Based on the data, five areas were prioritized as highest need to address: social availability, community norms, individual factors, promotion, and retail access, respectively. The results are available upon request. 5C plans to publish a summary in the coming months.

Capacity – 5C continues to share information and build awareness surrounding underage alcohol use. If you would like a presentation or more information about alcohol use, please contact us for more information.

Planning – 5C will be selecting strategies to focus their efforts over the next four years. Coalition meetings in November and December will be instrumental to choosing which strategies to implement.

Implementation & Evaluation – These steps will happen early 2016.

Stage 1: No Awareness

Stage 2: Resistance/Denial

Stage 3: Vague Awareness

Stage 4: Preplanning

Stage 5: Preparation

Stage 6: Initiation

Stage 7: Stabilization

Stage 8: Confirmation/Expansion

Stage 9: Community Ownership

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Contact Tracy Yelden, IPFS Coordinator

245-1546 or tyelden@sas4cc.com

Iowa Partnerships for Success (IPFS) Update

The SPF Process (Strategic Prevention Framework) is an innovative approach to map an organization’s steps for assessing the needs and resources, maintaining and building capacity, planning how to make change, implementing the planned change, and evaluating each step of the way. Sustainability and cultural competency are two concepts that need to be addressed throughout the process.

Underage Drinking

Underage Binge Drinking

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DECEMBER

National Impaired Driving Prevention Month

5C Monthly Coalition Meeting (December 16th)

DFC Meeting (Early December - TBD)

OCTOBER

National Substance Abuse Prevention Month

Bullying Prevention Month

Red Ribbon Week (October 23rd-31st)

5C Monthly Coalition Meeting (October 21st)

DFC Meeting (October 21st)

Officer Nomination throughout October

NOVEMBER

Great American Smokeout (November 19th)

5C Monthly Coalition Meeting (TBD)

Election of Officers at 5C Meeting

Upcoming Dates

Do you like to help others?

Community Education?

Marketing?

Fundraising?

Recruiting?

5C could use your help!

Contact us for more information about our coalition, how you can help, and how we can help you!

www.facebook.com/ClaytonCountyCCC

Drug Take Back Day

Was a Success!

The seventeen member law enforcement agencies of the Northeast Iowa Drug Task Force again participated in the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on September 26th. Over six hundred eighty-six pounds of medications were collected at twenty sites throughout Northeast Iowa. Thirty-five pounds were accepted by Elkader Police at their site.

The Task Force would like to thank the public for disposing of their unneeded medications in an environmentally responsible fashion. Prescription drug abuse is a growing epidemic in America and efforts such as the Take-Back event help keep drugs out of the hands of those who would abuse or misuse them.

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NEWS IN THE FIELD

Marijuana: Perceived Harm vs. Use As perceived harm from marijuana drops, use goes up. Click on the image above to see statistics. Or click HERE to read more.

Drugged Driving Alcohol is a drug like any other you may think of. Click on the image above to see statistics. Or click HERE to read more.

Clayton County Events

School Activity Calendar:

Central

Clayton Ridge

Ed-Co

MFL Mar Mac

Starmont

Do you know of another calendar we could add? Please let us know.

LOOKING FOR SOMETHING FUN TO DO?

Youth Connection

ENTER NOW

THROUGH NOVEMBER

3RD 2015! IF YOU

ENTER, LET US KNOW

AND WE WILL HELP

SPREAD THE WORD

TO VOTE FOR YOUR

PICTURE!

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DFC (Drug Free Communities) Update

We are excited to announce that 5C, with the fiscal partner

Substance Abuse Service for Clayton County, has received

a Drug Free Communities (DFC) Grant in the amount of

$125,000 for the Clayton Ridge School District!

With the help of community leaders in the Clayton Ridge

District, 5C applied for the DFC Grant to address youth

alcohol and tobacco use within the district. Rates for past

30-day use in alcohol and tobacco have been consistently

higher than any other drug at Clayton Ridge. This grant

will help address this issue over the next five years.

5C and Substance Abuse Services for Clayton County will

hire a Project Coordinator to oversee and coordinate

efforts in the Clayton Ridge District. 5C and community

members in the school district will support the coordinator

by focusing their efforts on issues surrounding alcohol and

tobacco use in order to reduce the use of both substances.

By focusing efforts on alcohol and tobacco, other drug use

areas will also be indirectly addressed. Community

support and input is needed to make the most of this great

opportunity.

Please join us for our first DFC meeting on

Wednesday, October 21st, 2015 from 3:30-

4:30pm at the Clayton Ridge High School

Study Hall Room.

If you cannot make it to this meeting, another will be held

early December. If you would like to know when the next

DFC meeting is, please contact Tracy at SASCC (245-1546)

or follow us on Facebook

(www.facebook.com/ClaytonCountyCCC)

We are also looking for a DFC Coordinator to hire. All resumes must be received by October 29th. Contact Merry at SASCC if you have questions.