Local Prescription Drug “Take-Back Day" - April 28th, 2012

Prevention is Everyone's Business! Be part of the solution—keep kids safe by preventing Rx drug abuse. Bring your unused medications for free and anonymous disposal on: Saturday, April 28th from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Local Collection Sites Ashland Police Department—20 Highland Street Bridgewater Police Department—311 Mayhew Turnpike, Bridgewater Public Safety Building Bristol Police Department—230 Lake Street Lincoln Police Department - 148 Main Street New Hampton Police Department—24 Intervale Drive, Intersection of Main Street and Route 104. Plymouth Police Department—334 Main Street Wentworth Police Department—18 Turner Road, At the Transfer Station Woodstock Police Department—165 Lost River Road

CONVERGENCE Art Event:  

Community Invitation

Tapply Thompson Community Center

Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader….about PREVENTION?

April 10th - 5:30 – 8:00 PM

RSVP on Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/events/398283786852223/   

8th ANNUAL STATE SUICIDE PREVENTION CONFERENCE

Friday, November 4th, 2011

SERESC Conference Center, Bedford, NH

Please Click Here To Download the Registration Form

Artlinks Beyond the Bell

A program offered through Friends of the Arts located in the Silver Cultural Arts Center. The program bridges the arts and prevention of risk by bringing artists and musicians to local after-school programs to engage young people in enrichment and prevention messages. The program culminates in a performance or show for parents and community members put on by the kids. Prevention materials are on-hand for parents as well.

If you are a school or youth group interested in this program, please call 603-536-1182 or visit the website!

Business Competency Game (Trivia)

It's the end of Phase 1 (Personal Development) and entering Phase 2 (Business Skills Development).  This trivia game is made as a review of what the Youth has learned in the first phase and an introduction into the second phase.

CADY's Annual Prevention Summit - June 9th, 2011

The Annual Prevention Summit is hosted by CADY each spring to recognize community accomplishments in preventing and reducing youth alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use, spotlight youth development initiatives, and express appreciation to coalition partners.  Past Summit presenters have included: Dr. Robert Brooks and Dover Youth to Youth.

It is at the Summit that the Youth Leadership, Community Partner, and John W. True Awards are presented.

Campus Compact

New Hampshire Honors Three at PSU for Community Service

Three members of the Plymouth State University and town of Plymouth community have been recognized by the Campus Compact for New Hampshire for their efforts in civic involvement and volunteering. The three received 2009 awards at an event in Nashua. PSU President Sara Jayne Steen said the awards illustrate the recipients’ longtime commitment to service to the community.  “These awards recognize those who give of themselves for others. The recipients have transformed both people’s lives and their wider communities,” Steen said.

Frank Cocchiarella - President’s Good Steward Award
For a member of the faculty, administration or staff member who has contributed his or her professional expertise in service to the wider community and who has significantly advanced public service on the campus.  Cocchiarella has dedicated many years of service to the PSU Professional, Administrative and Technical Staff Senate, served as Spring Fling Clean-up Coordinator & volunteer, and was the first recipient of the Patricia Storer PAT (Professional, Administrative, and Technical Staff) Award for his dedication to improving quality of life in the local community and at Plymouth State University. Off-campus, he is the Vice President of the Waterville Valley Region Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, serves on the WVRCC fundraising committee, and coordinates the annual golf tournament. 

Jess Chisholm - President’s Leadership Award
For an individual student or student organization that has made outstanding contributions to community service, service learning, and/or civic engagement efforts on their campus.  This award is for a student or student organization that has made service an integral part of their college experience as evidenced through their contribution to the community.  Chisholm has been involved in service activities through PSU Volunteers and the Nicaragua Club. This month, she and a small group of PSU students return to Managua to continue work with a local non-profit that organizes local health and education projects.  She contributes hours of time to the PSU Campus in various roles. She also volunteers at the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center.

Communities for Alcohol and Drug-free Youth (CADY, Inc.) – President’s Community Partner Award Recipients
For a non-profit organization that has enhanced the quality of life in the community in meaningful and measurable ways and engaged in the development of sustained, reciprocal partnerships with a college or university.  CADY is a local coalition dedicated to working with schools and communities to prevent and reduce youth alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use and to promote healthy environments and promising futures for area teens. CADY is instrumental to youth in the Plymouth community, providing year-round programs aimed at creating safe, enriching environments for youth to grow and enhance their skills. In addition to the many community partnerships CADY maintains, CADY has hosted numerous Plymouth State University work-study students, volunteers and interns over the years. Director Deb Naro and the CADY staff provide guidance and encouragement as well as developing projects geared toward youths’ interests, majors, and strengths.  Founded in 1997, Campus Compact for New Hampshire is a statewide consortium of college and university presidents and private sector partners who are united in their commitment to the civic purposes of higher education. Their mission is to be a catalyst to integrate community service and civic responsibility throughout the academic and student life goals of its member institutions.

Chemical Awareness

With Guest Speaker Sue Thistle

Sue usually speaks to the Launch Youth about the dangers of Binge drinking.  After a conversation, she explained that the uprising in use is prescription drugs, especially the drug oxycontin.  This meeting was filled with information of the dangers of what is in the medicine cabinet.

Community of Caring

A K-12 character education program operating successfully in SAU #48. The program was adopted through the Joseph P. Kennedy foundation and is in over 2000 schools nation-wide. Community of Caring seeks to promote five core values - respect, responsibility, caring, trust and family - through teacher training, youth forums, parent and community involvement and community service. Between 2000 and 2003, three SAU-wide trainings with national Community of Caring trainers were held at Plymouth State University.

Family Day

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Created by CASA in 2001, "Family Day - A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children" is a national effort to promote family dinners as an effective way to reduce substance abuse among children and teens.

Hectic work schedules, after-school activities and time spent with school friends often interfere with dinnertime. Yet research by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University consistently finds that the more often children eat dinner with their families, the less likely they are to smoke, drink or use illegal drugs.

Family Day 2011

A Day To Eat Dinner with Your Family

Monday, September 26th, 2011

Hectic work schedules, after-school activities and time spent with school friends often interfere with dinnertime. Yet more than a decade of research by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University consistently finds that the more often children eat dinner with their families, the less likely they are to smoke, drink or use illegal drugs.

Family Day – A Day to Eat Dinner with Your ChildrenTM is a national movement launched by CASA in 2001 to remind parents that frequent family Dinners Make A Difference! While there are no silver bullets – substance abuse can strike any family regardless of ethnicity, affluence, age or gender – the parental engagement fostered at the dinner table can be a simple, effective tool to help prevent substance abuse in kids.

Family Day began as a grassroots initiative and has grown to become a nationwide celebration. In fact, in 2010 President Obama, all the Governors and more than 1,000 Mayors and County Executives proclaimed and supported Family Day! “America’s drug problem is not going to be solved in courtrooms or legislative hearing rooms by judges and politicians. It will be solved in living rooms and dining rooms and across kitchen tables – by parents and families,” stated Joseph A. Califano, Jr., CASA Founder and Chairman.

Family Day promotes regular family activities to encourage parent-child communication, reminds us all of the value of parental engagement and encourages parents to make family dinners a regular feature of their lives. How Can YOU Join the Fun?

• Take the Family Day Pledge, promising to have dinner with your family on September 26, 2011 and more frequently throughout the year.

Parental involvement is the most potent weapon in preventing substance abuse among youth!

 To download the above PDF click here.

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Guiding Good Choices

A Family Resiliency Program for Parents of Pre-Teens

Guiding Good Choices is a five-week series for parents of 8 to 14-year-olds that teaches key strategies for families to implement that will specifically reduce a child's risk of getting involved with alcohol or drugs.  Learn how to communicate expectations, standards and love that will guide the important choices our children make in the teen years.

Talking early and often will make a difference in the teen years.

This engaging and interactive series offers positive, common sense strategies for dealing with both the everyday issues of parenting today’s youth—friends, junk food, internet and stress, as well as serious issues such as substance abuse prevention. You will learn how the “little things” –talking one-on-one, setting boundaries, offering guidance, and modeling positive behavior—make a BIG difference in helping your teen be healthy and successful.

Who Should Attend?  Parents and Caregivers of 8-14 year olds

Series Includes:

• Parenting Workshops open to parents and caregivers
• Pizza dinner generously dontated by coalition partners
• Fun incentives

COST IS FREE!

For more information, please contact the CADY office at 603-536-9793.

Help CADY Map a Winning Plan! - May 18th, 2011

KAPER (Kids and Parents Enriching Relationships)

New Hampton School provides the setting for the annual Kids and Parents Enriching Relationships (KAPER) Conference. This conference brings seventh grade students and their parents together for a day focused on building communication skills and positive relationships to reduce risk factors and highlight protective factors during the critical formative years. The conference features a wide variety of interactive breakout sessions ranging from mask making, team building, physical fitness activities, art, dance, communication skills, and information and awareness on teen and family issues.

The KAPER Conference is sponsored by SAU 4 – Newfound Area School District, Newfound Memorial Middle School and CADY.  Contact 603-744-5555.

LIFE (Living Intelligently for Life)

The name of the local SADD chapters (Students Against Destructive Decisions) operating at two local high schools: Lin-Wood and Newfound Regional. Students attend leadership training and host a variety of chem-free year round events for their peers and their parents that focus on clean fun and healthy lifestyles.

CADY Mini Golf Tournament

Proceeds to benefit The LAUNCH Youth Entreprenneurship Program!

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Hobo Hills Adventure Golf, Lincoln, NH

Photos taken at the event:

THANK YOU!

To our Community for Caring About Kids!

CADY wishes to extend our deep appreciation to the many sponsors, contributors, players and volunteers who made our first MINI GOLF Tournament such a big success!

BBQ SPONSOR

Sodexo Campus Services

TEAMS/SPONSORS

The LAUNCH/ Dr. Kelley White
The Tyler Family
The Naro Family
SAU 48—“The Bobcats”
Woodlands Credit Union
Speare Memorial Hospital
Mid-State “Green Hallway”
Plymouth Wingmen/Town of Plymouth
Northway Bank
Whole Village Child Care Center
Plymouth Regional High School
OSSIPPE
PSU Panthers One/Tim Keefe
PSU Panthers TOO!
Stark Electric
PainCare
Blue Wave Tai Kwon Do Of Warren

HOLE SPONSORS

AllState Insurance–Sharon Thorne
Blaine Law Office
Bristol Rotary Club
Community Guaranty Savings Bank
Conklin & Reynolds P.A.
DEKAL
Granite State Credit Union
Joe Santamaria Construction
Laconia Savings Bank
Mid-State Health Center
Mount Prospect Academy
The Newfound Voice
P.L.A.Y.
PainCare
The Record Enterprise
R.P. Williams and Sons Building Supplies & Materials
SAU #48
Speare Memorial Hospital
Stark Electric
Woodlands Credit Union
State of NH Bureau of Liquor Enforcement

CONTRIBUTORS

Ciara Borghesi
John Clark
Clay’s Chocolate Shop
Finishing Touches by Mark
Franklin Savings Bank
George’s Seafood
Hannaford of Plymouth
The Clothesline
The Readery
Susan Lessard
Doug Moorhead
Off the Hanger
Pat’s Seafood & Pizzaria
Julie Perry
Tenney Mountain Pizza
Tapply Thompson Community Center
The Homestead
The Common Man Family of Restaurants
Thornton Central School
Doug Williams
Woodstock Police Department

PLAYERS

Sponsorship Opportunities

$100 Hole or Hazard Sponsor— includes your business name on 2 signs at one hole or hazard, listing as a sponsor on the CADY web site, in the CADY eConnection newsletter, and in pre- nad post-event press releases.  Sponsorships are also available for Food and Supplies.

To secure a sponsorship or register a team, please send registration form and payment to:

CADY
94 HIghland Street
Plymouth, NH 03264

Please make checks payable to: CADY, Inc.

Team Registration

Schedule

2:00 pm Registration
3:00 pm Shotgun Start
5:00 pm Cookout & Prizes

Six-Player Teams

Play in one of four categories:

1. Intergenerational
2. Adults Only
3. Youth Only
4. Workplace

Entrance Fee

• $120 per team of six— includes: golf, goodie bag, cookout, prizes and a whole lotta fun!
• This a family oriented event with special activities and fun "hazards" scattered throughout the course!
• Limited to 18 Teams
• Registration for teams is available on a "first-come first-served" basis.
• Payment must be made at time of team registration to reserve your spot.

Sponsorship or Team Questions?

Contact: Deb Naro: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Claire Moorhead: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Or call us at: 603-536-9793.

CADY's 2nd Annual Mini Golf Tournament

CADY’s 2nd Annual Mini Golf Tournament was recently held at Hobo Hills Adventure Golf in Lincoln. Thanks to the generosity of Hobo Hills, and MANY area businesses and community members, the tournament was a tremendous success! Just under 100 golfers and a fleet of volunteers showed up for an afternoon of mini golf, good food and lots of fun. As a means of ensuring participation by all ages, teams could enter in one of four categories: Youth Only, Adult Only, Family/Intergenerational, and Workplace. There were a number of entries in each division and the competition was stiff and the laughter was contagious as teams navigated their way around the holes and hazards! (see list of winners below)

While it was a fun-filled day, those who gathered to participate were also contributing to the continuance of a valuable program. All proceeds from the Mini Golf event are being dedicated to the very popular LAUNCH Youth Entrepreneurship Program. The LAUNCH provides the protective factors that are essential to positive youth development, health, and wellness. The Launch has educated, empowered and engaged over 180 youth in year-round skill building by CADY staff and community experts and paid summer employment provided by Alex Ray and the Common Man Inn since its development in 2005. The LAUNCH is also supported by grants through the NH Electric Co-Op Foundation and NH Charitable Foundation.

Such community-wide participation truly does exemplify that “Prevention is Everyone’s Business.” For more information about the LAUNCH Youth Entrepreneurship Program, or youth substance abuse prevention please click here.

To download this flyer in PDF format click here. 

To download this flyer in PDF format click here. 

To download this flyer in PDF format click here. 

Local Prescription Drug “Take-Back Day" - April 30th, 2011

Prevention is Everyone's Business! Bring your unused medications for free and anonymous disposal on: Saturday, April 30th from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Local Collection Sites Alexandria Transfer Station—Smith River Road (Sponsored by Alexandria Police Department) Ashland Police Department—20 Highland Street Bristol Police Department—230 Lake Street New Hampton Fire Station—48 Route 104 (Sponsored by New Hampton Police Department) Plymouth Police Department—334 Main Street Woodstock Police Department—165 Lost River Road

National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month

September, 2010

September is recognized as "National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month (Recovery Month)."  Millions of people who once suffered from a substance use disorder, as well as their family and friends, have seen their lives improve through treatment and recovery. A substance use disorder is when a person is dependent on alcohol and/or drugs - including prescription drugs. Now in its 20th year, Recovery Month continues to celebrate recovery and continue to help those who continue to suffer.

The 2009 Recover Month theme, "Join the Voices for Recovery: Together We Learn, Together We Heal," emphasizes the need to use all available resources, in our communities and on the Internet, to educate people about the disease and to help those with substance use disorders, and those close to them to get support. In 2007, 23.2 million people aged 12 and older needed treatment for a substance use disorder, yet only 3.9 million received treatment in some form.

Parents Dare To Be You

Family Empowerment Series

Enjoy raising pre-schoolers who thrive! The fun and creative ideas in this family series promote the physical, social, and emotional well being of children 2-5 years old - and their parents - while enhancing family relationships.

Who Should Attend?  Parents and Children (2 to 5 years old)

Series Includes:

• Workshops open to parents and caregivers
• Children’s Program (ages 2-5)
• Fun, Interactive Activities and Incentives

COST IS FREE!

For more information, please contact the CADY office at 603-536-9793.

Preventing Pill Abuse

Local Rx Take-Back Day

Saturday, October 29, 2011, from 10 am to 2 pm @ the Ashland Police Department -- 20 Highland Street

Contributor: Deb Naro

Plymouth Police Department - 334 Main Street and the Woodstock Police Department - 165 Lost River Road along with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs.  The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.  Bring your medications for disposal to the locations listed above.

In addition to the list provided above, community members can find a nearby collection site by visiting www.dea.gov, clicking on “Got Drugs?” and entering their zip code.

Last April, Americans turned in 376,593 pounds—188 tons—of prescription drugs at nearly 5,400 sites operated by the DEA and more than 3,000 state and local law enforcement partners. Over 200 pounds of prescription and over-the-counter medicines were collected by local Police Departments during the April 2011 Take-Back Day. This initiative addresses a vital public safety and health issue.  Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs.  Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including home medicine cabinets. In addition, Americans are now advised that their usual methods for disposing of unused medicines—flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash—both pose potential safety, environmental, and health hazards.

Four days after the first Take-Back event in September 2010, Congress passed the Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010, which amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow an “ultimate user” of controlled substance medications to dispose of them by delivering them to entities authorized by the Attorney General to accept them.  The Act also allows the Attorney General to authorize long-term care facilities to dispose of their residents’ controlled substances in certain instances.  DEA has begun drafting regulations to implement the Act, a process that can take as long as 24 months.  Until new regulations are in place, local law enforcement agencies like the Plymouth, Ashland, and Woodstock Police Departments and the DEA will continue to hold prescription drug take-back events every few months.

CADY is in strong support of this nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back initiative, and continues to support a year-round take-back program.  Until a permanent collection program can be put in place we will continue to support our local police and work to educate the public on the dangers and risks of prescription drug misuse. We hope that many will take advantage of this valuable opportunity to safely dispose of prescription drugs. Preventing these readily available and potentially deadly drugs from being misused by kids is something each and every one of us can do to help reduce the epidemic of prescription drug abuse that affects our communities.

Misperceptions about prescription drugs and easy access can lead to serious consequences. We know from local teen reports that prescription drugs are easy to get and unfortunately, simple for youth to share. Any kind of prescription drugs can be abused, and interactions and overdoses can be deadly.   For more information on prevention of prescription drug abuse and how to talk to your kids about this dangerous problem, contact CADY at 536-9793 OR www.cadyinc.org

Youth Restorative Justice Benefit Raffle

Proceeds dedicated to the CADY Youth Restorative Justice Program

Serving the Lincoln-Woodstock, Pemi-Baker, and Newfound Regions

	1st PRIZE — Country Flame "Little Rascal" Pellet Stove $2,179 Value | Donated by: The Burning Bush—Warren, NH Features Include: 99% efficiency—Maximum Heating Capacity: 40,500 BTU Heavy Gauge Steel Construction Burn Rate Pellet Fuel: 1.1 lbs—5 lbs per Hour Hopper Size 45 Pounds
	2nd PRIZE — The Balsam's Grand Adventure 2-Day Getaway for Two $920 Value | Donated by: The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel The “Crown Jewel of the North Country” package includes: Two nights lodging for two people (some restrictions apply) Two gourmet meals daily Free use of all facilities— including seasonal recreation (golf/skiing)
	3rd PRIZE — ACER “Mini” Laptop $300 Value | Donated by: The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel This 10.1 inch Acer Netbook Computer Features: 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N450 Processor 1GB DDR2 Memory 250GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM); 802.11 b/g/n wireless 10.1” WSVGA Acer CrystalBrite LED Display, Intel GMA 3150 Graphics

TICKETS $5 EACH OR 5 FOR $20

Drawing on October 22, 2010

During the Main Street Plymouth Halloween Festival—Winners need not be present to win.

TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT :

• The Burning Bush Home Center
• Berry Delicious Bakery
• The Readery Plymouth Chamber of Commerce
• The UPS Store
• RP Williams & Sons Tapply Thompson Community Center
• Work Wear of Central NH
• CADY office

For more details on tickets contact the CADY office at 604-536-9793

Suicide Prevention and Intervention Training

It takes a community to prevent suicide

For Educators, Mental Health, Prevention, and Substance Abuse Treatment Providers.

Educators, mental health, and substance abuse treatment providers are on the front lines of suicide prevention efforts.  Designated a National Best Practice program, Connect training utilizes a unique community-based, public health approach designed to increase the competence of mental health and substance abuse treatment providers in recognizing and responding to individuals who are suicidal or at risk for suicide. Connect Suicide Prevention and Intervention Training for mental health and substance abuse providers includes a review of National Best Practice suicide prevention/intervention policies and procedures specific to the mental health and substance abuse fields, interactive case scenarios and discussion on how to integrate key community services for an effective and comprehensive response.  Here are few highlights of the training; Participants will:

• Learn national best practices for response to suicidal behaviors.
• Review risk and protective factors and warning signs for suicide.
• Develop skills for intervening with clients, students and those at risk and connecting them with appropriate resources.
• Gain strategies for promoting help-seeking behavior and reducing stigmatizing attitudes in their community.
• Review best practices concerning lethal means restriction, safe messaging, communication and media inquiries.
• Learn skills to communicate with parents/guardians/family members or other support persons during crisis situations.
• Strategies for connecting with other health and mental health provider systems.

At this point the training is filled to capacity and a waiting list is being maintained to connect those wishing to access this training with other opportunities.  To register, call CADY at 603-536-9793.

Payment is due the day of the training, checks should be made payable to:

CADY Inc.
94 Highland Street
Plymouth, NH 03264
603-536-9793

Thriving in Middle School - April 15th, 2011

Thriving in Middle School is an uplifting day of motivation and interactive prevention education designed to energize youth and build dialogue around important issues. 

This annual conference for SAU 48 students is held in April and provides a fun and interactive way to dispel myths and learn facts about the dangers of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.