Van Buren County Youth Leadership
Council (YLC) and the SAFE Coalition will hold “It’s a Colorful World” – Color
Run & Town Hall Meeting with parents, students, law enforcement, community
members and health professionals to discuss underage drinking, vaping, and CBD
Oil/Marijuana prevention. Everyone is invited to attend!
WHO: The Roundtable Presenter will be Kitty Bogle, CPS,
Sieda Community Action
WHAT: It’s a Colorful World will include the
following:
Color
Run/Walk from 5:00-6:00 pm
Free Will
Donation Dinner cooked by the Van Buren County Cattleman at 6:00
pm
A
Colorful Future for Van Buren County Youth presentation from 6:15-7:15
pm
WHEN: Wednesday,
April 10, 2019. Dinner will be served at 6:00 pm with the program beginning at
6:15pm
WHERE: Roberts Memorial Center- Keosauqua
ADDITIONAL INFO: Pre-register
for the Color Run/Walk for $10 and Event T-shirts are available for an extra $10
with pre-registration by March 26th with Amanda Payne at 319-293-8701. You can join the Color Run/Walk on April 10,
2019 for $10 at the door.
Underage
drinking is a pressing public health concern that affects the health and
well-being of our nation’s youth, their families and our community. On the 2016
Iowa Youth Survey 11th grade students reported that 27% did have at
least one drink of alcohol in the past 30 days and that 83% of them believe it
would be easy to very easy to get alcohol in the Van Buren County area. Underage drinking contributes to a range of costly
health and social problems, including traffic fatalities, suicide, physical and
sexual assault, brain impairment, alcohol dependence, academic problems and
alcohol and drug poisoning. In 2013, underage drinking cost citizens of the
United States $56.9 billion, according to data from the Underage Drinking
Enforcement Training Center. These costs include medical care, work loss and
pain & suffering associated with underage drinking.
For
additional information about the event please contact the Van Buren County SAFE
Coalition at 319-293-3334 ext. 1017 or email at safe.coalition@van-burencsd.org
or Amanda Payne at 319-293-8701.
For more
information about the national 2019 Town Hall Meeting initiative, which is expected
to involve more than 2,000 communities, please visit: https://blog.samhsa.gov/2019/01/14/samhsa-launches-the-2019-communities-talk-town-hall-meetings-to-prevent-underage-drinking
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