January’s Offline Happenings!
DecemberJanuaryJ January 1 – 31, 2012
Crime Stoppers Month
Anti-Violence Month
National Mentoring MonthJanuary 5, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Siouxland CARES Advisory Board/SPF SIG Committee
Siouxland Chamber of Commerce, 101 Pierce Street
Sioux City, Iowa January 9, 7:00 p.m.
Sioux City Mayor’s Youth Commission Executive Council
Siouxland Chamber of Commerce, 101 Pierce Street
Sioux City, Iowa
January 16, 7:00 p.m.
Sioux City Mayor’s Youth Commission
New Member Orientation
City Hall
Sioux City, IowaJanuary 25, 2012
Legislative Day
Sioux City Mayor’s Youth Commission/Sioux City Chamber of Commerce
Des Moines, IowaSave the Date!!
March 14, 2012
Siouxland CARES 25th Anniversary Celebration
Sioux City Convention Center
MYTH OR FACT?!
MYTH: Talk to me about drugs – that’s a bigger issue than alcohol.
FACT: Both drugs and alcohol are serious problems among teens. Alcohol kills young people just like cocaine, heroin and other serious illegal drugs. Also, according to recent studies, nearly one-half (47%) of persons who began drinking before age 14 were alcohol dependent at some point in their lifetime.
Source: drugfree.org/checkyourself.com
Become a Mentor
To be a mentor, you don’t need special skills, just an ability to listen and to offer friendship, guidance and encouragement to a young person. And you’ll be amazed by how much you’ll get out of the experience.
Mentoring happens in a number of settings:
- The community.
- Schools.
- The faith-based community.
- Business.
- Through the Internet.
For more information about these settings, as well as additional mentoring resources, visit mentoring.org.
Thank Your Mentor Day
January 26
As a highlight of National Mentoring Month 2012, Thank Your Mentor Day™ will be celebrated January 26. On that day, many Americans will reach out to thank or honor those individuals who encouraged and guided them, and had a lasting, positive impact on their lives. Thank Your Mentor Day promotes “Four Ways to Honor Your Mentor”:
- Contact your mentor directly to express your appreciation;
- Pass on what you received by becoming a mentor to a young person in your community;
- Make a financial contribution to a local mentoring program; and,
- Write a tribute to your mentor for posting on the “Who Mentored You?” website.
Thank Your Mentor Day™ is an initiative of the Harvard School of Public Health.
Source: nationalmentoringmonth.org
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SIOUXLAND FACT.
Siouxland CARES has 14 agencies listed in its Evaluation and Referral Guide. Go to www.siouxlandcares.org and click on the Downloadable Resources tab.
Crime Stoppers Hotline
Call 712-258-TIPS
Bullying Information
Contact the Boys Town National Hot Line
1-800-448-3000
Tri-State Curfew
The following curfew is now in effect in Sioux City, Sergeant Bluff, and Woodbury County, Iowa, North Sioux City, South Dakota, South Sioux City, Nebraska, and Dakota County, Nebraska. Please enforce these times in your home.
10:00 p.m. for minors under the age of 14
11:00 p.m. for minors ages 14 and 15
Midnight for minors ages 16 and 17
About Siouxland CARES.
Siouxland CARES (Community-wide Awareness, Resources, Education and Support) About Substance Abuse is a community coalition comprised of 345 volunteers. Volunteers for Siouxland CARES (representing 12 community systems) and staff contributed 10,532 hours in 2010 to CARES programs and services. The mission of CARES is to improve the quality of life in Siouxland by eliminating the abuse of alcohol and other drugs and related violence.
The Anti-Drug is Communication.
Ask Who? Ask What? Ask Where?
It’s not pestering, it’s parenting!
Trustworthiness: Think it. Be it.
Respect: Give it. Get it.
Responsibility: Take it. Teach It.
Fairness: Share it. Practice it.
Caring: Show it. Receive it.
Citizenship: Have it. Honor it.
Make Your Character Count in Siouxland!!
beSomebody
Congratulations to Ben Linden, Alex Linden, Sam Zeman, Mike White, and Joe Kipp, Bishop Heelan students, for winning the beSomebody YouTube competition. Check out their winning entry named Team Linden (Lose the Mask) by going to http://www.youtube.com/user/SiouxlandCares
Find out more about the beSomebody campaign by connecting to the Siouxland CARES website at www.siouxlandcares.org or beSomebody.us or Like us on beSomebody Facebook page.
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