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, September 20, 2018

10:00-11:00 am - The Perley School Conference Room

CORRESPONDENCE

• Approve Meeting Minutes for 8/13/2018

AUDIENCES

• Public Comment

NEW BUSINESS: 

• Approval of invoice for Fly Sense devices from Soter Technologies for $7500 (VOTE).  
• Budget Review
• Approval of payment for half the cost of the presentation of COAAST on 11/13/18, $1000, with the Georgetown PTA paying the other half. (VOTE)
• Discussion about GeorgetownCARES’ role in supporting a new Community Youth Center, application for ECAB Mini-Grant.

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. 
• Discussion about goals, structure & outreach of 5 Community Meetings planned. 
• Potential Speaker Events, including “Hidden in Plain Sight,” Diane Knight re vaping & tobacco, and 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

October 18^th, 2018 3:30-4:30pm 

November 15^th, 2018

December 13^th, 2018

January 17^th, 2019

February 14^th, 2019

March 21^st, 2019

April 18^th, 2019

May 16^th, 2019

June 20^th, 2019

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

September 25^th, 2018 

November 13^th, 2018

January 15^th, 2019

March 19^th, 2019

May 14^th, 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.