Thank you again for your participation in our Strategic Planning Meeting last month. Based on the your votes from that meeting, three strategies were selected for implementation in Hermosa in 2008-2009:
*Alcohol-prevention workshops aimed at adults and children in the Hermosa community
*A social norms campaign, increasing concern around underage drinking and bringing awareness to alcohol-related laws and policies
*A youth pocket-guide that includes alcohol-prevention resources and healthy alternatives to alcohol
These strategies, along with the needs assessment data we used to select them (which we reviewed at our meeting), as well as the goals and objectives for the coming year are included in the abridged Strategic Planning document, which is posted on our Google Docs site. (To acces this site, see the archived posting from March titled "HHAPC Documents on Google Docs.") We encourage you to review the Strategic Plan before our next meeting, where we will discuss the Plan and develop an Action Plan and Timeline for implementing these strategies.
The tentative date for the Action Plan Meeting is Thursday, July 17th from 10:00am-12:00pm.
We will confirm this date as soon as possible. Thank you!
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Thank you!!!
Thank you to everyone that participated in the Strategic Planning Meeting yesterday. I will be emailing out the presentation and the "intervening variables" handout to everyone who attended. I will also post them on our Google Documents site.
In addition, I will post a meeting summary to this blog very soon.
Thanks again!
In addition, I will post a meeting summary to this blog very soon.
Thanks again!
Friday, May 2, 2008
Reminder: Coalition Meeting May 8th
Just a reminder that it's May already! That means its time for our larger meeting with the Healthy Hermosa Coalition. Its happening this Thursday, May 8th from 10:00am-11:30am.
See you there!
See you there!
Strategic Planning Meeting
The Healthy Hermosa Alcohol Prevention Strategic Planning Meeting will be held:
Wednesday, March 21st
10:00am-12:00pm
GAP Center
2100 N. Kildare
Please RSVP by posting a comment here or
email me at sbarr@themiraclecenter.org
Wednesday, March 21st
10:00am-12:00pm
GAP Center
2100 N. Kildare
Please RSVP by posting a comment here or
email me at sbarr@themiraclecenter.org
Friday, April 18, 2008
Pick a Date for the HHAPC Strategic Planning Meeting!
This past Wednesday, at the Healthy Hermosa Coalition Meeting, we had a brief overview of the preliminary results of the underage drinking Needs Assessment, and had a good discussion about what some of the major causes might be. Members also gave good ideas of how we might best combat these problems, including parent workshops, and a pocket-size guide for teens.
We will continue our discussion at our Strategic Planning Meeting in May. At this meeting, we will become more familiar with the intervening variables (or causes) of underage drinking in Hermosa: Retail Access, Social Access, Community Norms, and Promotion, as well as others. We will go over our findings for Hermosa in each of these areas, and compare them to the State of Illinois' data.
Finally, we will vote on what we feel is the most immediate cause of underage drinking in Hermosa, and come up with strategies we want to implement in the 2008-2009 school year.
Right now, we are trying to find a meeting time that will accomodate the greatest number of people. If you wish to participate and you did not receive an email from the Meeting Wizard, please post a comment here and I will be sure to send it out to you.
Finally, we are also gearing up for the Healthy Hermosa Health & Resource Fair to be held on June 27, 2008 at the Gap Center. I will be posting a flyer to the blog once it is finalized.
We will continue our discussion at our Strategic Planning Meeting in May. At this meeting, we will become more familiar with the intervening variables (or causes) of underage drinking in Hermosa: Retail Access, Social Access, Community Norms, and Promotion, as well as others. We will go over our findings for Hermosa in each of these areas, and compare them to the State of Illinois' data.
Finally, we will vote on what we feel is the most immediate cause of underage drinking in Hermosa, and come up with strategies we want to implement in the 2008-2009 school year.
Right now, we are trying to find a meeting time that will accomodate the greatest number of people. If you wish to participate and you did not receive an email from the Meeting Wizard, please post a comment here and I will be sure to send it out to you.
Finally, we are also gearing up for the Healthy Hermosa Health & Resource Fair to be held on June 27, 2008 at the Gap Center. I will be posting a flyer to the blog once it is finalized.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Needs Assessment of Underage Drinking in Hermosa, Draft for Review
The 1st Draft of the Needs Assessment on Underage Drinking in Hermosa is now available for your review. It is posted at our Google Docs website. The instructions for how to access the site are in the March Archive. I can also email it to you, if you would like to post a comment here or email me.
The Assessment is currently in spreadsheet format, as required by the Illinois Department of Human Services. It is organized by "intervening variables," which are reasons why underage drinking may be occurring in Hermosa (e.g. Promotion of alcohol, Community Norms, etc.) Eventually, this spreadsheet will be reorgainzed into an easy-to-read handout or booklet that can be distributed to your agency and the community. We hope to have that available by early summer.
We will be discussing the Assessment at our Coalition Meeting this Wednesday. If you have any comments or questions, please feel free to post them here or to email me.
Thank you for all your help in gathering and providing the data that went into the Needs Assessment. This will be a truly great resource for Hermosa!
The Assessment is currently in spreadsheet format, as required by the Illinois Department of Human Services. It is organized by "intervening variables," which are reasons why underage drinking may be occurring in Hermosa (e.g. Promotion of alcohol, Community Norms, etc.) Eventually, this spreadsheet will be reorgainzed into an easy-to-read handout or booklet that can be distributed to your agency and the community. We hope to have that available by early summer.
We will be discussing the Assessment at our Coalition Meeting this Wednesday. If you have any comments or questions, please feel free to post them here or to email me.
Thank you for all your help in gathering and providing the data that went into the Needs Assessment. This will be a truly great resource for Hermosa!
Friday, April 11, 2008
Tonight, TMC Youth Theater Company Performance!
Tonight, The Miracle Center's Youth Theater Company, sponsored by After School Matters, will perform Pirates & Genies at the GAP Center, 2100 N. Kildare, at 5:30pm. The cost for the event is $3 for adults and $2 for youth under 18. 100% of the proceeds go to benefit the Children's Memorial and Shriner's Hospital. We hope you will join us!
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