GeorgetownCARES Coalition Committee – Perley School, 10/18/2018, 10:30-11:30am

Submitted on October 4, 2018 - 3:40pm
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Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 10:30am
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GeorgetownCARES Coalition Committee – Perley School

 

GeorgetownCARES

Coalition Committee

Town Hall

Georgetown, MA 01833

(978) 352-5755

 

Pamela Lundquist, Chair

Police Chief Donald Cudmore

                Fire Chief Fred Mitchell

School Superintendent Carol Jacobs

Douglas Dawes, Georgetown Selectman

 

GeorgetownCARES Coalition Committee

(formerly the Substance Abuse Advisory Panel)

Meeting AGENDA

Thursday, October 18, 2018

10:30-11:30 am - The Perley School Conference Room

 

CORRESPONDENCE

  • Approve Meeting Minutes for 9/20/2018

 

AUDIENCES

  • Public Comment

 

NEW BUSINESS: 

  • Approval of invoice for COAAST presentation on 11/8/18 for $1000 from  (VOTE).  
  • Budget Review
  • Discussion about GeorgetownCARES’ role in supporting a new Community Youth Center, application for ECAB Mini-Grant.
  • FlySense update

 

OLD BUSINESS: 

Action Plan Discussion 2018-2019 to include

  • Choice of 1, 2 or 3 Developmental Assets to focus efforts on building, based on the results of our 2017 Attitudes & Behavior Survey, to work on this year. 
  • Communications Strategy for COAAST, a theatrical presentation re the Opioid crisis (more people are now dying of opioid overdoses than of breast cancer) by COAAST https://www.coaast.org/- Creating Outreach About Addiction Support Together.  

 

NEXT MEETINGS 

Steering Committee Meetings, Thursdays, 10:30-11:30am – The Perley School

November 15th, 2018

December 13th, 2018

January 17th, 2019

February 14th, 2019

March 21st, 2019

April 18th, 2019

May 16th, 2019

June 20th, 2019

 

Community Meetings, Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30pm – GMHS, the Library or Perley

November 13th, 2018 - COAAST

January 15th, 2019 (?)

March 19th, 2019 – Hidden in Plain Sight

May 14th, 2019 (?)

 

ADJOURNMENT

 

Mission Statement

The GeorgetownCARES Coalition Committee (GCCC) is a community health and safety initiative seeking to encourage Georgetown citizens of all ages to make safe, healthy and responsible decisions about substance-use. Our mission is to promote substance abuse prevention strategies, education and resources aimed at making Georgetown the healthiest community it can be.