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Partnership for a Tobacco Free Cerro Gordo County
Meeting Summary December 15, 2009
Location: North Iowa Area Community College – Activity Center
Attendees: Katelyn Sheldon, Jay Pedelty, Penny Bennett, Donna Orton, Penny McCaslin, Liz Conley, Michele Appelgate, Brandi Evers, Callie Odegaard, Tammy Bryant.
1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Summary Scribe: Tammy appointed Penny Bennett.
3. Great American Smoke Out (GASO):
- Tammy was sick – Penny McCaslin did an excellent job!
- Was also Home For The Holidays – was a great partnership and turn out!
- At Southbridge Mall – Venture, Clear Lake, Newman & Mason City kids participated – 20 to 25 total.
- Had EPA Display, table with information, kids did posters and walked around mall and outside at stoplight. Kids did a great job interacting and engaging people. Also had the smoker and kid display to show second hand smoke.
- Emphasis was on Smoke-Free Home and Car Pledge.
- Partners that helped out: American Cancer Society, Prairie Ridge & Youth Task Force. BSN Student University of Iowa.
- Colonial Inn – Ventura, Whiskey Creek – Mason City & McDonald’s all had over 100 Smoke-Free Home & Car placemats that they put out that day and continued until all was gone!!
- Letters to the Editor & Guest Editorials: done by Tammy and Michele Appelgate (CGDPH). American Cancer Society also did a quarter page ad and editorial in the Globe.
- Had great media coverage. Check out CGDPH website for photos and more information.
Next big event will be Kick Butt Days (KBD) the end of March – Maybe at NIACC
4. PIO-Media Update - Michele
- Michele distributed handouts with information that is being used on Channel 4 re: candy & fruit flavored cigarettes. Slides will change each quarter.
- Radio ads: ran same ads that produced last year, just changed tag line at end to promote Smoke-Free Home and Car Pledge. Spent half budget of $1100 on ads. Hoping to use other half around KBD in March (if still there – budget cuts).
- Fox 47 TV has offered free PSA. Do on Smoke-Free Home and Car Pledge.
- JEL Coalition is now on Twitter and Face book. Katie Sheldon is doing a Face Book page: Cerro Gordo County JEL, 16 people so far!
5. JEL Happenings
- Youth JEL Summit Summary: Katie Sheldon attend the summit where they spoke about: how to talk to the legislature, to the media, how to plan big street marketing events, spoke about chewing tobacco & mouth cancer and Victor Denoble spoke.
- Regional Summit Summary: Katie mentioned there were fewer students who attended – 11 total. They organized a carnival at one of Spencer’s malls and sold tickets to different games. People who attend the carnival could win cool prizes: JEL Backpacks, T-Shirts, Buttons, etc.
- Ventura, MCHS, Clear Lake and Newman students put in a lot of time on the GASO event.
- All schools are planning to do events at basketball games.
6. Smoke Free Violations - Tammy
- NONE – have had 3 complaints this year.
- State level began with 100 to 200 complaints and are down to 15 to 20 now!
- Call the state with a complaint: 1-888-944-2247 or website: www.iowasmokefreeair.gov
7. Schedule for quarter meetings is as follows:
- March 16, 2010 - @ NIACC
- June 15, 2010
8. Grant update:
- CGDPH – Overall tobacco budget has to cut 5% of budget!!
9. Group Update:
10. Latest Tobacco News:
- Katie Sheldon read a hate letter that was received at the State Level! Katie was able to respond to the author.
- Michigan going tobacco free.
- Tobacco Free Kids Website: (www.tobaccofreekids.org) Broken Promise to Our Children – 1998 State Tobacco Settlement 11 Years Later! (not living up to tobacco settlement)
- Tammy passed out several handouts about how spending or not spending settlement money.
- That adult and youth cigarette use has leveled out.
- Youth smokeless tobacco (chew) is on the rise! Cheaper and easier to get away with!
- New JEL Logo: Big X (means Cross-out Lies!) with JEL in new font!
- Have new pens, window clings, tattoos, shirts, etc.
Meeting adjourned.
Penny M. Bennett - Scribe |
