Photo Sharing

Send in your digitial pictures from your programs to share on the BLOG and to use for our Annual Conference in September. Send me any shots you have of programs in session or group shots from a graduation.

Your smiling faces will help to inspire others in their tobacco prevention efforts.

Office on Smoking and Health

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES/RFPs

Small Innovative Grants Program. The American Legacy Foundation is accepting Letters of Intent for the Small Innovative Grants Program. This program supports projects that advance creative, promising solutions based on sound principles of tobacco control to remedy the harm caused by tobacco use in America. The deadline is Friday, May 23, 2008, 5:00pm eastern time. For guidelines and application instructions, visit: http://www.americanlegacy.org/1710.aspx.

Strategic Alliances for Health Communities Grants. Strategic Alliance for Health Communities focuses on the chronic disease risk factors of physical inactivity, poor nutrition, and tobacco use, and population-based responses such as policy, systems, and environmental changes. Closing date for applications is June 24, 2008. For more information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=LRJJ9MT8TQhhCYZTRLjLyN6pyLsPpkzB12sMRLyTXkwnpwndn2nM!1480235049?oppId=17562&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW

If you have trouble accessing these web sites, you can copy the address and paste it in your browser.

April is Cancer Awareness Month

Love, honor, and remember your loved one this month and celebrate National Cancer Awareness Month. Cancer is the #1 most devastating killer in the United States. This year alone approximately 565,650 will die from the disease. With this startling statisitc, there is a need to increase awareness of early detection methods and ways to help live a healthier lifestyle which can help prevent cancer and reduce recurrence risk.

National Foundation for Cancer Research encourages you to be proactive this April in the fight against cancer and take the critical steps toward early detection and prevention—it could save your life.

For tips on how you can reduce your risk of cancer, click HERE.

Three Rivers Health District concludes END Program

Eighth grade students from Teen Life classes at Page Middle School in Gloucester County recently completed the Ending Nicotine Dependence (END) program. The students in this photo have prepared healthy snacks as part of the Nutrition module in the END program.

5th Annual Community Builders Network of Virginia

Mark you calendars for the 5th Annual Community Builders Network of Virginia conference on August 21-23, 2008, at the Omni Richmond Hotel. Please visit the web site at www.networkva.org as updated information will be posted.

This conference is designed to provide a framework for organizations to expand the delivery of effective prevention strategies throughout Virginia. Mark the web site on your Favorites as registration information will be released at a later date.

Mid-week Humor

Training Opportunities

The VTSF 2008 Training Schedule is now available and 21 workshops will be offered. The trainings are open to anyone in the prevention field. A minimum of 15 registrants are required for a workshop to be held so sign up as soon as you can. If there are not enough registrants to hold the workshop, cancellation will be made from 1 to 2 weeks prior to the workshop date.

Each workshop registration fee is $25 which includes a continental breakfast and lunch. Payment can be made in the form of check, purchase order or inter-agency transfer. Please send your payment with a copy of your registration form to:

Charlie McLaughlin
Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation
701 E. Franklin St. Ste 501
Richmond Va 23219.

You can register by clicking on the direct link:
http://www.vtsf.org/registration/upcoming-programs.asp

Or visit our web site
www.vtsf.org
Click on Programs then Training Opportunities.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Judy Link
757-886-2882