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GASP

Submitted by aliciasc1 on Sat, 2008-02-02 04:02.


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GASP (Girls Advocating for Smoke-free Pregnancies) is a youth-led initiative led by a couple of young ladies from the anti-smoking group TRU. Our focus is on teen mothers, but we reach out to all people. We strive to lower the number of teen mothers that use tobacco during pregnancy or around children. Children all over the world face health obstacles because of their parent's smoking habits. This is totally unfair to the innocent children, so we work with their parents.

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Started On:2007Ended On:continuous
People Involved:8People Impacted:Hundreds
Money Raised:$0  

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Related Cause: Smoking

Category: Public Health

Tags: Teen Pregnancy anti-smoking TRU

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GASP visits Hawthorne High School for a huge event! KBD (Kick Butts Day) April 2nd

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Global Youth Health, Education, Leadership Program: Preventing youth from tobacco and promoting healthy lifestyles

Submitted by meghanpasricha on Sun, 2008-01-06 17:34.


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As Founder/President of Global Youth H.E.L.P. Inc (Health Education Leadership Program) I conduct tobacco awareness educational programs, train youth peer leaders, and provide educational and sports supplies to improve the physical and emotional wellbeing of disadvantaged youth in the US and in developing countries. Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable deaths and the most difficult addiction to overcome. Most smokers start before they turn 18 and tobacco consumption rates are rising among American youth including college students. According to the WHO, by 2030 smoking related deaths will rise to 10 million a year, and 70% of those deaths will be in developing countries. My goal is to protect children from second hand smoke and prevent and reduce tobacco consumption among youth around the world. Through presentations and advocacy workshops, more than 10,000 young people have been educated about the hazards of tobacco use. Tobacco education presentations have been conducted in the US, India, Mexico, West Indies, and Finland. Leadership training programs have been conducted for girls in foster care and for village children in India. Other projects include, building a library and donating school uniforms, books, sports equipment, tooth brushes and toothpaste to children living in villages and slums in India While focusing on health, I work with youth leaders and volunteers to educate young people about the hazards of tobacco use to prevent them from starting. I initially selected this very important health issue, because as an asthma suffer I had great difficulty breathing in smoking restaurants and public places. As a sophomore in highschool I founded the Anti-Tobacco Action Club (ATAC) and mobilized youth support for the successful passage of Delaware’s Indoor Smoking Ban. For the past six years I have trained youth peer leaders, spoken at national and international conferences, and conducted educational workshops at schools and at colleges. As tobacco is a ‘gate-way drug’ it can lead to use of other addictive products, through Global Youth H.E.L.P. programs I focus on building self-esteem, making healthy life-choices, and training young people to become health advocates and leaders in their communities.

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Started On:2001Ended On:
People Involved:33People Impacted:10,000 plus young people educated; countless adults and children in state of Delaware benefiting from a smokefree delaware
Money Raised:25,000  

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Category: Public Health

Tags: empowerment advocacy global health self-esteem building youth leadership sports equipment anti-smoking second-hand smoke tobacco prevention uniforms oral hygiene

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Updates coming soon!

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Market B-Free Radio

Submitted by DSclub_WI_Chippewa on Fri, 2007-05-25 18:49.


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A few of us and some other middle school students worked on two radio ads in collaboration with one of our local radio stations. We came up with, recorded and will soon be playing on the air two anti-smoking radio ads.Our group of seven students worked really hard writing and producing these ads. We hope to impact a lot of our community members to quite and/or never start smoking.This was an awesome dedicated experience!

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Started On:04.12.07Ended On:05.24.07
People Involved:9People Impacted:??
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Related Cause: Smoking

Category: Health & Medicine

Tags: fun DS Clubs smoking anti-tobacco radio anti-smoking

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Want to physically represent an alcohol statistic? Get your entire school involved and provide them with a visual that they won’t forget.

Step 1

Get permission from you school. Ask your principal of you can run an event in your school that has to do with alcohol abuse. They will probably love the idea, especially if it’s around spring break or prom season.

Step 2

Find your stat. Find a statistic that you want to use for your day. For example, A CAIP (Community Alcohol Information Program) statistic shows that each day, 71 people are killed in alcohol related car accidents. Maybe you can try and get 71 people to dress in all black one day, or cover 71 lockers with black construction paper…You get the idea. Be creative! Of course, it all depends on what statistic you decide to use. Let’s say you find a stat that says 10 people die each day in car accidents (please note: this is NOT a real statistic). Because this is a smaller number, you can extend your “day” to a “week”, and have 10 additional people come in each day/10 additional lockers covered each day of the week. Do whatever works best for you and your school.

Step 3

Recruit classmates. Try and get people to help you out. If you are having people wear all black, or are covering their locker, ask them first, and see if they will help you out. You could also ask them to each find a statistic about alcohol that they could write on their black shirt or black locker.

Step 4

Organize before the big day. Make sure you have any material you might need. Make sure all of the people who are participating know exactly what their duty is, and remind them of what other people are doing, so they are in on the “big picture”.

Step 5

“Don’t Be A Statistic Day.” It’s the big day (or the beginning of the big week…). Come in early and ask your participants to come in early too. Run over with them one more time what the day represents, and make sure that they know some information because people may ask them about it. If you want, you could even have your participants hand out small fact sheets.

Step 6

See the results. Get feedback from people. See what they thought, what parts impacted them the most, and see how your participants felt all day. Share this info with the rest of your school.

Step 7

Thank everyone who helped you out. Make sure they know that they were a huge part in making your day a success!

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