Substance Use Prevention Coalition May Meeting
[May 09, 2025]
The Substance Use Prevention Coalition (SUPC) held a virtual
meeting on May 8 led by Grace Irvin of Chestnut Health Systems. The
mission of the SUPC is “to promote awareness of substance use disorder,
prevent youth substance use, and improve access to resources.” March and
April’s meeting entailed discussion of capacity and recruiting more
members. Current members brainstormed area organizations, businesses,
and individuals to recruit who would support SUPC goals and attend SUPC
monthly meetings at Lincoln Memorial Hospital or join online.
The May SUPC meeting involved identifying individuals within previously
identified organizations and businesses to contact with invitations to
join SUPC. Entities such as Rotary Club, YMCA, School Resource Officers,
libraries, PTA and PTO, churches, factories, small businesses, and
others were identified.
Partner Updates
Hope on Fifth is having a fundraiser at Spirited Republic on May 12 from
7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
The youth substance use prevention education curriculum “Too Good for
Drugs” just concluded at Lincoln Junior High School. It will resume in
the spring at Logan and Mason public schools.
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May 12-16 is National Youth Prevention Week. Prevention specialists are
planning activities at area schools including spirit week, chalk
drawings, and intercom announcements at local schools.
Prevention specialists will host one more vaping campaign lunch table at
high schools in order to assess the anti-vaping campaign. The Illinois
Youth Survey data was just released. Developers of the high school
texting campaign, which just concluded its pilot year, discussed
organizing a geocache during the summer.
The next ROSC meeting is May 15 at 2:15 p.m. at Mason City Public
Library and via Zoom. The next Community Health Collaborative meeting is
June 5 at 8:30 a.m. at Lincoln Memorial Hospital and via MS Teams. The
next SUPC meeting will be on June 12 at 9 a.m. at Lincoln Memorial
Hospital and via Zoom.
[Stephanie Hall]
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