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The mission of the American Lung Association is to prevent lung disease and promote lung health.
1-877-966-8784 or 304-599-6981.
Last updated 9/22/2004
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REMINDERS Don’t forget to order your student journals at least one week before your program is scheduled to start. You can place your journal order online at the same time you request your $50 mini-grant! Another way of getting incentives is community donations. Explain to local businesses that you are trying to help teens stop smoking, and you will get anything from pizza to sodas donated. This is an excellent way of forming education/community partnerships. STIPENDS The West Virginia Department of Education’s continued support of the N-O-T program is allowing us to once again provide the $250 stipend for N-O-T classes and $100 stipends for ATS classes. Please remember that stipends are only awarded after all evaluation materials have been returned, unlike the $50 mini-grants that are provided before you begin your sessions. Mini-Grants$50 mini-grants are available to get your groups started. The mini-grant can be used to purchase pencils, stress balls and most importantly, food! We have heard many times, “If you feed them, they will come!” Applying for the mini-grant is easy click HERE. N-O-T Stipends Another positive incentive are the $250 stipends, which are available for facilitators after all evaluation materials have been returned to ALAWV. Student JournalsProgram expenses are kept to a minimum since we provide all required handouts for students in this “journal.” Blank pages are provided for the students to write in. ATS Stipends Thanks to a generous grant from the Department of Education Office Of Healthy schools we now have $100 stipends available for facilitators who use the ATS program in their schools. You can find all these resources and more at our web site click here à N-O-T Free Technical Assistance! Points of contacts are:
Tony Richards, Program Manager Not On Tobacco (N-O-T) American Lung Association of West Virginia 415 Dickinson Street, PO Box 3980 Charleston, WV 25339-3980 (304) 342-6600; 1-800-LUNG-USA tony@alawv.org / www.alawv.org Regional Tobacco Prevention Specialist The RESA Tobacco Prevention Program serves as the regional liaison with the school districts to provide training, technical assistance, and staff development to teachers and staff in the areas of tobacco prevention, education and cessation. Available programs include Life Skills Training, Raze/TATU (Teens Against Tobacco) N-O-T (Not On Tobacco-a research-based cessation program for teens), related youth programs which include tobacco prevention initiatives, tobacco policy considerations and community tobacco prevention coalitions and groups. The Tobacco Prevention Specialist can assist with developing alternatives to suspension programs, youth empowerment and prevention activities. The primary focus is to provide training and technical assistance on any implementation activities as well as provide assistance to County Safe and Drug Free Schools Coordinators.
Community Development Specialists are trained professionals who work locally in their communities to enhance West Virginia’s prevention system. They provide individuals, families, agencies, organizations, and other groups with technical assistance and training to build capacity for sustainable community-based prevention efforts. To find your Community Development Specialist click here. Newsletter Updates If you know of something happening with the N-O-T program that you feel other facilitators would benefit from, please call Tony (304)342-6600 or email tony@alawv.org. The newsletter will be published once a month. If you are interested in our programs and would like more information, or would like to schedule a visit, please call our office. American Lung Associationà www.alawv.org Not On Tobacco (N-O-T) à www.alawv.org/N-O-T.htm Not Hooked à http://www.nothooked.org/ Teens Against Tobacco Use (TATU) à http://www.alawv.org/teens_against_tobacco_use.htm West Virginia Prevention Resource Center (WVPRC) à http://www.prevnet.org/ RAZE à www.razewv.com Tobacco News à www.tobacco.org National Spit Tobacco Education Program à www.nstep.org
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