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, underage drinking,
underage binge drinking, suicide prevention, and adult deaths caused by overconsumption of alcohol 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.
Next Meeting:
April 28, 2020
4:30 pm
Online – Zoom Meeting
Contact the office to receive a meeting invitation to join the
meeting.
If you are interested in joining 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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