April’s Offline Happenings!
Alcohol Awareness Month
Child Abuse Prevention Month
April 1, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Mayor’s Youth Commission Executive Council
Siouxland Chamber of Commerce, 101 Pierce Street
Sioux City, Iowa
April 1, 4:00 p.m.
Child Abuse Prevention Month Proclamation
City Hall, 405 6th Street
Sioux City, Iowa
April 4, 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Siouxland CARES Advisory Board/SPF SIG Committee
Siouxland Chamber of Commerce, 101 Pierce Street
Sioux City, Iowa
April 4, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
SP400 Criminal, Negligence or Accident
Working together toward the correct conclusion in Child Death and Severe Trauma Cases
To register: http://servicetraining.hs.iastate.edu/ or contact
Mary Jo Beckman at mbeckma@dhs.state.ia.us or call
515.281.4351
Sioux City Convention Center, 801 Fourth Street
Sioux City, Iowa
April 5, 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Protecting Families Spring Conference
To register: Mercy Medical Center’s Education Department (712) 279-2507 or email schlessr@mercyhealth.com
Sioux City Convention Center, 801 Fourth Street
Sioux City, Iowa
April 5, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
2nd Annual Addiction Medicine Conference
To register: Contact Jackson Recovery Centers, cstinger@jacksonrecovery.com or 712-234-2308
St. Luke’s Auditorium
Sioux City, Iowa
April 13, 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Held on Saturdays: May 11, June 15, July 20, Aug 24, Sept 14, Oct 19, Dec 7
Boot Camp for New Dads
Leiter Room, Mercy Medical Center, Sioux City, Iowa
Pre-registration required by e-mailing schlessr@mercyhealth.com or call 712-279-2507
April 15, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Mayor’s Youth Commission Meeting
City Hall, 405 6th Street
Sioux City, Iowa
April 17, 7:00 p.m.
Sioux City Police Department Town Hall Meeting
Sioux City Museum, 607 4th Street
Sioux City, Iowa
Siouxland CARES wishes to give special thanks to our five-year employee, Gay Larson. Gay has resigned to take a full time position with the Valley Presbyterian Church in Green Valley, Arizona. Gay was a wonderful and dedicated employee. We will truly miss her. Thanks, Gay! Best wishes always!
FACT: Addiction can happen at any age. Even unborn babies can get addicted because of their mother’s drug use.
Source: www.relevancyinc.com
Alcohol use by young people is extremely dangerous—both to themselves and to society, and is directly associated with traffic fatalities, violence, suicide, educational failure, alcohol overdose, unsafe sex and other problem behaviors.
Did you know?
- Annually, over 6,500 people under the age of 21 die from alcohol-related injuries and thousands more are injured.
- Alcohol is the number one drug of choice for America’s young people, and is more likely to kill young people than all illegal drugs combined.
- Each day, 7,000 kids in the United States under the age of 16 take their first drink.
- Those who begin drinking before age 15 are four times more likely to develop alcoholism than those who begin at age 21.
- More than 1,700 college students in the U.S. are killed each year—about 4.65 a day—as a result of alcohol-related injuries.
- 25% of U.S. children are exposed to alcohol-use disorders in their family.
- Underage alcohol use costs the nation an estimated $62 billion annually.
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
- Be a nurturing parent. Help a friend, neighbor or relative by offering a helping hand.
- Most adults want very much to be good parents, but parenting is often a difficult task. Asking for help is a sign of good sense.
- No matter how tired you get…no matter how angry you are…no matter how frustrated you feel…DO NOT SHAKE THE BABY!
Eckerd Provides Family Safety Risk Program in Iowa
In Iowa, Eckerd is contracted with the Department of Human Services to provide the Family Safety Risk Program Services, better known as FSRP. Through this contract, Eckerd provides services to families that have come to the attention of the Department of Human Services due to child neglect or abuse. Many of the families it serves are displaced, meaning that children have been removed from the care of their parent(s) due to abuse or other safety risks. Eckerd works with the family and provides services for reunification. Such services include, but are not limited to, supervised visitations of parent/caregiver and child(ren), parenting skills, life skills, budgeting, assist in finding informal supports through linking them with community supports and services, and providing ongoing assessments to ensure safety of parties while establishing or accomplishing permanency. Eckerd’s goal is to empower parents so they are able to provide a safe and structured environment for their children within their own home.
Siouxland Fact
Prom Dates 2013:
Bishop Heelan April 20
East May 4
North May 4
West May 11
Akron-Westfield May 4
Dakota Valley April 27
Elk Point Jefferson April 20
Gehlen Catholic April 13
Hinton April 20
Homer April 20
Kingsley-Pierson April 27
Lawton-Bronson April 20
LeMars Public May 4
Maple Valley April 20
Sergeant Bluff April 27
South Sioux City April 27
Remsen St. Mary’s April 20
Remsen Union April 20
River Valley April 20
West Monona April 6
Westwood Sloan April 20
Whiting April 27
Woodbury Central April 6