Welcome New Grantees

Congratulations to the following organizations who have been funded for programs starting July 1, 2009.

Accomack County Public Schools
Alternatives, Inc.
American Lung Association
Boys & Girls Club of Southeast Virginia
Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Neck
Boys & Girls Club of the Virginia Peninsula
C. Waldo Scott Center for HOPE
Chesapeake Community Services Board
Eastern Community Services Board
Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board
Historic Triangle Substance Abuse Coalition
Life Changing Development Corporation
Medical Home Plus
Middle-Peninsula Community Services Board
Newport News Office on Children Youth & Families
Norfolk Office of Youth Development
Pathways-VA, Inc.
Portsmouth Public Schools
Southside Area Health Education Center
Southside Community Services Board
The UP Center
Three Rivers Health District
Western Tidewater Community Services Board
William A Hunton YMCA
YMCA of Southampton Roads

A Return to the BLOG

Greetings. Let the BLOGGING begin. I am in the process of gathering some information to add to the Southeast BLOG. If you have any information you would like to share about your organization, program, related topics, etc., please send it to me for posting.

I plan on updating the BLOG weekly, so please visit often.

Judy Link
Grants Program Administrator
Southeast Region

More products trying to appeal to young women

http://snus-news.blogspot.com/2008/10/virginia-slims-purse-pack-available-1st.html

What's coming next??

Dissolvable tobacco offered as smoking bans proliferate; critics say it looks like candy.

Sen. Miller Visits Newport News Boys & Girls Club

Thank you Sen. Miller for taking time from his busy schedule to visit the Newport News Boys & Girls Club. After a tour of the club, Sen. Miller, Marty Kilgore (VTSF Executive Director) and Steve Kast (Executive Director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Virginia Peninsula) took time to watch the Positive Action Program in progress. VTSF was delighted to arrange the visit and to share the work being done by our grantees in the community. 8/11/08

Alicia Keys asks cigarette maker to stop branding show

Kudos for Alicia Keys!!!

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/31/keys.cigarettes.ap/index.html

2nd Annual Statewide Parent Education Conference

Virginia Statewide Parent Education Coalition (VSPEC)
2nd Annual Statewide Parent Education Conference

Parent Education in Virginia ~ We’re All in This Together
Monday, September 15, 2008

TIME: 8:30am-4:30pm (8:30am Registration & Sign In)
** Continental Breakfast and Lunch Provided **

PLACE: Holiday Inn Select Richmond- Koger South Conference Center
10800 Midlothian Turnpike, Richmond, VA 23225

COST: $25.00 Registration Fee (The registration fee will remain the same as last year. This includes all food and conference materials.)

REGISTRATION FORM: The registration form and tentative agenda is available on the Rural Virginia United Coalition web site at www.rvuc.com