Prescription drug abuse has increased in recent years, especially among youth. The ONDCP released a Super Bowl ad back in January highlighting this topic as part of their Anti-Drug advertising campaign.

CAAT would like to share that this evening (April 28) our local Channel 4 will have a segment on prescription drug abuse by kids at 10 p.m. MT.

Tune in and drop us a line with your comments on this use in our community.

You may already know that Red Ribbon Week (RRW) is a nation-wide initiative of prevention and education about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. You may already know that RRW is the most far-reaching and well-known drug prevention event in America. What you may have missed is the official proclamations of RRW in our local community.

The first was at the October 9 Adams 50 School Board Meeting.
The second was at the October 22 Westminster City Council Meeting.

Click the link below for the official Westminster City Council agenda memorandum:
http://www.ci.westminster.co.us/gov/council/agenda/Current/ag102207/6d.htm

You can watch the YouTube video of the proclamations below:



Click here to view the official CAAT YouTube video channel. We hope to add more videos of CAAT events in the near future!

This year's conference application form is now available to download from the Youth Conference section of our website. Please keep in mind that those eligible to attend include District 50 students who are enrolled in MIddle and High School (Grades 6-12), and other schools by invitation.

Eleaner Scott, CAAT Board Vice-Chair, recently wrote to the editor of the Westminster Window regarding a recent string of articles regarding investing in youth. Click here to view a PDF of the letter published in today's issue.

Two versions of our Spring 2007 newsletter have been added to the Newsletters section.

One version is for parents of Middle School Students and the other is geared towards parents of High School Students.

Enjoy!

Now you can have the latest news and information from CAAT delivered right to your email inbox.

All you need to do is "enter your email address" into the box at the right of this page. Then you will receive an email when new content has been released.

It couldn't be easier!

Please vote for Westminster Area Community Awareness Action Team Youth Conference - one of three finalists in Arvada - Westminster - Wheat Ridge area of YourHub.com.   The nonprofit with the most votes will receive a $1000 grant.  Vote by Thursday, May 3, 2007.



TO VOTE:
1). Go to: www.Yourhub.com 
2). You will need to register as a "your hub user" if you are NOT currently registered:
A). Select the community where you live from the drop down menu at the left part of the page.
B). In the red dot on the top left of your community's homepage, click "register."
C). Enter your name and a few other details, and click the "submit" button.
3). Go back to home page of yourhub.com
4). To Vote: Scroll down right side to: Promotion  Community Giving 2007
5). Click "click here" in article (takes a little time to load)
6). Scroll down to community of "Arvada - Westminster - Wheat Ridge"
7). Select Westminster Area Community Awareness Action Team Youth Conference in "circle" to cast your vote.
8). In addition, then you can click into Westminster Area...to read the article.   And you can click into "results" to see the vote.
9). If you can, please ask others to vote also; you have to be 18 years old to register on the site and to vote.

Please visit the Just Say No Carnival page for the details.

An interactive calendar of all upcoming CAAT events has just been added. This calendar is very user friendly and includes many options such as an easy printer view, an RSS feed, many time views (day, week, month, year), search-ability, and subscription options to synchronize your computer's calendar program to our calendar. Click here and take a few minutes to play around with the new calendar.