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VCC Steering Team Monthly Meeting Mission To reduce substance abuse among youth, and over time, adults by addressing the factors that serve to increase the risk of substance abuse and the factors that serve to minimize the risk of substance abuse. Vision A safe, supportive, and healthy community for the children and families of the Valley.
July 6, 2010
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: Quarry Lodge Present: Jerome Godson, Ed Gage, Claire Jones, Abbie Peterson, Julie McCready, Donna Peterson, Linda Watson, Amy Pfister, Annette Butikofer, Jenny Stolka, Randy Wiedenhoff, Ben McCready and Marilyn Zweibahmer.
A. Financial Reports
1. VCC ~ Melissa- Melissa was not here to present the budgets for the VCC, but sent along the account balances. Balances are as follows: Mentoring- $11,892.84, SODA- $4,148.44, General Account- $5,058.99 which still includes the Elgin Home Money and Turkey River Classic- $5,968.40.
2. DFC/STOP grants ~ Helping Services- Linda presented DFC and STOP budgets. DFC is on track with spending with only 3 months left. STOP has some catching up to do with only 40% spent and should be 75%.
B. Youth Subgroup/SODA report
-Movie Theater Ad- Annette presented a proposed the SODA movie theater ad. Some suggestions were to use pictures of people with alcohol that we not representing a good time. Annette stated that she has had trouble finding pictures of people with alcohol having a bad time. Was discussed to change to it from a negative to a positive “If you want to be at your best, then come be our guest”, with pictures of athletics and SODA activities. - SODA is offering a Yoga class on Saturday July 10 in the morning at the Young Center.
- Annette has had some parents asking when the youth center will be open and how many days it can be open. It could be open every day but there needs to chaperones for the kids attending. With the upcoming 6th graders coming to the youth center, hopefully some parents will volunteer to chaperone a night at the youth center. If the parents of the every student took one Saturday night a year we would be filled up for 5 years. Chaperoning is a minimal job, just watch the kids and make sure they don’t break anything. - SODA Leadership Team will be going to Ewalu and then will plan out SODA events and activities for the year.
- SODA would like magnets for their lockers; Magnets were approved if they come out of SODA’s account.
C. Initiative Update- Initiative reporting will now be presented in this form; it is called Strategic Planning Framework (SPF). This is how our grants are set up and how we report on them. The Steering Team will be receiving training on SPF. - Assessment
-Community Needs Assessment-Tri Ethnic Survey- 2 Volunteers Needed- Tri Ethnic survey is calling 5-6 key community members in the Valley and asking a series of questions, that are then scored. Need to brainstorm a list of 5-6 people that are knowledgeable about what happens in the community, but are not directly involved with the VCC. Amy, Julie and Randy are interested in learning more.
- Capacity Building
-Recruitment Presentations- Clermont Young Women’s Club Aug. 10 @ 7:00-
-Planning
- Family Dinner Initiative- Committee had a 2 hour work session and completed a radio ad and display board.
- Ordinance Committee Update- Committee decided that they will not pursue the minimum bar entry age of 21 ordinance due to lack of law enforcement in the communities. The committee will be pursing mandatory beverage server training for all liquor license holders, proposed to be enforced by the cities. Committee will create a proposal to present at Clermont, Elgin, and Wadena city council meetings. Proposal will also be sent to all liquor license holders in the Valley.
- Parent Network e-newsletter- Committee will be creating a monthly e-newsletter that will be sent to all parents that have pledged on the parent network. -Implementing
- Mentoring Media Campaign-currently running radio and newspaper ads and billboard display. - SODA movie theater- currently running in Elkader
-Evaluation
-Alcohol and Athlete Initiative Evaluation-Received evaluations from all High School softball and baseball teams. Most athletes felt it was good information to receive and the presentations should continue, the athletes also stated that they received new knowledge.
- Parents Who Host Evaluation- Currently receiving evaluations from the community on effectiveness of the campaign.
-Sustainability - SAFE Recertification- was submitted, but need to resubmit with additional information.
- Individuals needed to review current sustainability Plan-If you are interested in reviewing the plan please let Jenny know. D. All VCC Meeting in July Ideas and Organizers- Ideas for the All VCC meeting: A previous meeting idea was that Cathy Molumby led the meeting and outline the Valley’s weakness and strengths, idea about summer activities such as activities on the river and alcohol. It was suggested to have the Fayette County Game Warden come to speak about laws of the river, also have law enforcement/fire department and a Paramedic to talk about drinking and being on the river. Randy will make the connection with a paramedic. Donna and Julie will work on food for the meeting.
E. Turkey River Classic- Aug. 21, 2010-Raffle Tickets are for sale, $5 for 6 tickets. Raffle prizes are: Phoenix Grill, STIHL Trimmer, ipod Touch and Childs John Deere Gator will be in the VCC office if you would like to take a look at them. Also there are is still room for teams to sign up for the golf tournament let Abbie know if you would like raffle tickets and Ruth Friederich know if you would like to sign a team up at medfred@alpinecom.net
F. Health and Safety Fair, Thursday July 29, 3-7pm at West Union Fair Grounds, Volunteers- Julie, Donna, Pastor Godson, Amy and a few SODA members volunteered to take a shift at the fair. G. VCC Fund Development 1. Needed VCC Fund Development Director- looking for someone to take on this position. If you or someone you know would be interested in organizing fundraisers, looking up potential grants on the internet, please call the office. With this position, there will be a great deal of support from staff and other coalition members. This can be a group of people as well.
2. RADA fundraising, IGIVE- These are both ongoing fundraiser. If you want to order anything from RADA for that special someone for the holidays take a look at RADA Fundraiser Website and help the VCC, log-on to www.HelpOurFundraiser.com using our group’s information: Internet Ordering #: 501507 Password: valley. IGIVE is a fundraiser that donates money to the VCC when you purchase items online. Go to www.igive.com/vccsoda to sign up and download the tool bar to start earning money for the VCC. Idea was brought up that IGIVE information is on a note card size so people can put it by their computer. Need to do a campaign to the local businesses, when they are ordering office supplies online. Next Meeting Tuesday August 3, 2010 at 5:00pm Quarry Lodge
Four Core Measures: Age of Onset of a substance, Past 30 day use, Perception of Harm, and Perception of Parental Disapproval
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