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

Community Builders Network of Virginia Conference

Community Builders Network of Virginia
5th Annual Statewide Conference
August 21-23, 2008

The Community Builders Network of Virginia is conducting their 5th Annual Conference at the OMNI Richmond Hotel. Many interesting and helpful topics will be addressed such as:

• Building Youth Leaders
• The How & Why of Program Evaluation
• Impact on Violence on Children & Youth
• Speakers such as Dr. Ted Miller and Dr. Steve Ridini

Take advantage of this education opportunity and visit the link below.

http://www.123signup.com/calendar?Org=NetworkVA

A new wrinkle in smoking enforcement...

Here is an interesting article - ENJOY!!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080512/od_nm/smoking_dc;_ylt=AjMsSxVz.Ftrb_EXYx.g0cztiBIF

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.