Annually since 2011, Rock Solid has made the journey to Yakima to attend the WA. State Prevention Summit. We also meet up with other San Juan County prevention teams: H.O.T.S. Jr (Helping Our Teens Society in FHMS), Dream Team from Lopez Island Prevention Coalition and on occasion, the Orcas Island Prevention Coalition youth. When we return, we are tasked with creating a new prevention project each year to pay forward the skills and knowledge we gleaned during the workshops and activities at the Summit. This award honors the work of our teens willing to show up, step up and stay connected to helping make positive change. Well done Rock Solid, Luke Fincher, Ramona Flierl, Inga-Clarissa Harold, and newest member, Carly Saxe with chaperone Johnny Berg and Team Advisor, Debbi Fincher.

The San Juan Island Prevention Coalition will be well represented at this year’s 2019 Prevention Summit in Yakima! Youth teams, Rock Solid and H.O.T.S. Jr (Helping Out Teens Society) will be attending along with teams from Orcas and Lopez Islands! We are grateful to our community for supporting our youth in gaining new skills in leadership and prevention science. Each year, these youth teams return to implement their newfound skills and apply their gained confidence to help create positive change in their schools and community.

This year, Rock Solid will be awarded the WA. State 2019 Prevention Award of Excellence -Youth Leadership! We are thrilled for them and appreciate all their time and energy given to help their peers to Escape the Vape and support Suicide Prevention efforts on their Middle and High Schools. Watch for more details to come! The Summit is in Yakima, Nov. 4-6, 2019.

Please consider joining the conversation by attending our next Board of Trustees meeting. All welcome and encouraged to attend. Please RSVP for a light lunch, 11:30am. 360-370-7516. Meeting runs 12pm-2pm. We thank our prevention partner, Friday Harbor Presbyterian Church, for allowing us to use their space.

Our mission is to reduce substance abuse in youth and to create a community culture supporting healthy choices and responsible behaviors in youth and adults.

This Saturday, Oct. 26th, 2019, the Drug Enforcement Administration is hosting National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, where you can turn in your unused and unwanted medications, no questions asked. They will also accept any vapor products that you want to get rid of. San Juan County has 5 permanent Drug Take-Back Drop Off Bins, to help reduce the unwanted and unused medications in our homes. The locations in San Juan County include Sheriff’s Offices: San Juan, Lopez and Orcas Islands, Friday Harbor Drug and Ray’s Pharmacy. Did you know? We collect about 600 pounds annually, of unwanted and unused medications, in San Juan County through these efforts. Thank you for helping create a healthier community.

Please join us for our next Board of Trustees meeting on Friday, October 18th. All welcome and encouraged to get involved. We meet at Friday Harbor Presbyterian Church, thanks to their generosity in allowing us to use their space. Please RSVP 360-370-7516  A light lunch is offered at 11:30am and the meeting runs 12pm-2pm.

Need help stopping the habit of vaping? Try these free resources:

Text DITCHJUUL to 887-09 for a FREE Text message program from truthinitiative.org

American Lung Association  lung.org

1-800-QUIT-NOW  BeTobaccoFree.gov

You’re invited to join the conversation with our San Juan Island Prevention Coalition Board of Trustees at our next meeting, Friday, August 23, 2019. This meeting we’ll hear from our Rock Solid Youth team as they report back from their National Youth Leadership Training with CADCA (Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America) in July in Dallas, Tx. Come support our young people working to help create a healthier community. Please RSVP: 360-370-7516

Time: 11:30am light lunch served, 12pm-2pm Meeting

Where: Friday Harbor Presbyterian Church (Thanks to our prevention partner, for sharing your space:)

Please consider joining us for our next Board of Trustees meeting! All welcome and invited! A light lunch provided ay 11:30am, meeting runs 12pm-2pm. Please RSVP 360-370-7516 so we can have enough food for everyone:) Thanks! This meeting, come hear from our youth prevention teams, Rock Solid and H.O.T.S. Jr., as they share their work on Escape the Vape!

Youth and young adults in Washington State can access the following cessation programs, for free:
 Telephone counseling: Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW to quit tobacco and/or vapor products.
 Text message program (vapor products): Text “QUIT” to 202-804-9884 to access text message-
based support for quitting vapor products, courtesy of Truth Initiative®.
 Text message program (tobacco products): Text “TEEN” to 47848 to access SmokefreeTeen.

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