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