The Van Buren County SAFE Coalition is continually looking
for community members who are interested in making Van Buren County a SAFE
place to live.
The Van Buren
County SAFE Coalition came together originally in 1993, after the floods, as a
way to get community members together to work on a specific issue. This
group was organized to assist with flood efforts and clean-up after the
flood. The group met sporadically over the next few years. It was
not until December of 2002 that the group became organized. There were 11
members at the first organized meeting, and the group has now grown to
over 60 members.
The coalition is
currently working on strategies to address tobacco prevention, Rx and OTC
medication abuse, underage drinking and underage binge drinking in Van Buren
County with Community Partnership Funds, Community Grants, and the Iowa
Partnership for Success Funds. This work requires input from all areas of the
community. If you are a parent, business owner, concerned citizen, faith based
representative, young adult, youth worker, youth, or anyone else who wants to
make a difference, the coalition needs you. Your input is valuable and we want to hear from you.
If you are
interested in finding out more about the coalition or think that you would like
to get involved the coalition would love to have you join!
Coalition meetings are held on
the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 4:30 pm at the VBCH Community
Services Center Conference Room in Keosauqua. Light refreshments will be
available at 4:15 pm. There is a
conference line if you cannot be there in person, but would like to call in and
participate in the meeting.
Next Meeting:
November 20th at 4:30 pm
VBCH Community Services Center Conference Room
If you are interested in joining but not able to attend or
call in to the meeting, please contact us at 319-293-3334 ext. 1017 or via
email at safe.coalition@van-burencsd.org
and you can be added to our member list.
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