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Syndemics Workshop |
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| On August 28, 2008 Wahkiakum Community Network hosted a public workshop in Kelso Washington and a Wahkiakum School District in-service workshop on August 29, 2008.Both days were focused on Syndemics – multiple related afflictions, and evidence-based kernels, which are low-cost, powerful, proven strategies that can effectively prevent multiple problems in a community. This event was part of the Network’s strategy to make community level changes to reduce substance abuse and violence in Wahkiakum County and its surrounding communities. |
Drinking & Driving PreventionPledge Drive |
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Wahkiakum Community Network was proud to partner with Wahkiakum School District to launch this project to help our make sure our youth do have a bright future ahead of them. The week before prom 127 students signed the pledge to not drink and drive or ride in a car with someone who has been drinking. Student leaders volunteered all week to host the pledge drive.
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Wahkiakum Bottle Tagging Project |
| In the spring of each year, just before prom Wahkiakum Community Network, Wahkiakum Sheriff’s Office and local youth volunteers collaborate to distribute bottle hangers and stickers to local businesses to help educate the community on the penalties for providing alcohol to minors. Volunteers visit all the different local retailers such as the liquor store, convenient stores, and retail markets over the course of the afternoon and distribute Bottle Hangers and stickers throughout Wahkiakum County. |
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Please protect our Youth
Don't supply Alcohol to Minors
It's a Crime!
RCW 66.44.270
A reminder from the
Wakiakum Community Network
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| This project was modeled after Mothers against Drunk Driving (MADD) Sticker Shock Campaign as an awareness project to inform people about the laws surrounding underage drinking. Stickers and bottle hangers were designed, developed and then placed on packages of alcohol indicating that it is illegal for adults to purchase alcohol for minors. Learn more about MADD www.madd.org |
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Changing the Norm, One Pledge at a Time Pledge Wall Project |
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Making changes in our community must start within ourselves. This was the pledge signed by 136 community members on July 21, 2007 including individual adults, groups of teens, families signing together, community leaders, fair princesses, school administration, business owners, and generations young and old.
Wahkiakum Community Network hosted a prevention booth at the Bald Eagles Day festival in Cathlamet as a way to engage families in the Network’s effort to reduce underage drinking by creating a community pledge wall. The pledge committed participants to become positive role models, influence peers in a positive way, and pledge to obey the law.
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Participants who signed the pledge were offered a free tile imprinted with their hand and signature. All the tiles were collected, glazed and fired by Ruth Doumit Designs, to be framed into an art mural and placed on the east wall of the Doumit Building in downtown Cathlamet as a testament to the community’s commitment to living a healthy lifestyle. |
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2007 Healthy Youth Summit |
On December 12, 2007 thirty-four 7th – 12th grade students from Wahkiakum and Naselle-Grays River School Districts met for the 2007 Healthy Youth Summit in Cathlamet. Students reviewed the 2006 results from the Washington State Healthy Youth Survey taken in both school districts with the goal of the summit to assess the perception of local youth to confirm and validate local Healthy Youth Survey trends in Wahkiakum County.
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Students reviewed trends from six years of data, prioritized risky behaviors, discussed protective factors, and brainstormed major topics of concern. These includeissues such as youth violence, substance abuse, and community laws and norms. |
The event was facilitated by Julia Dilley, an Epidemiologist from Washington State, who presented detailed data from the survey that included statistics regarding risk and protective factors which compared local schools with statewide data. In addition, time was spent recapping accomplishments resulting from the 2005 Healthy Youth Summit that ultimately led the Network to select Community Norms as its primary focus to reducing underage drinking when the youth identified alcohol as their number one concern in 2005.
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