Working Together to
prevent substance misuse and promote healthy families
October 2021 E-Newsletter
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MTAC Partners with Massapequa Elks to
Kick Off Red Ribbon Week
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Red Ribbon Week is our nation’s oldest drug prevention program and is dedicated to people and communities uniting to show their stand against drugs. Red Ribbon Week is scheduled from Saturday, October 23rd to Sunday, October 31st. It’s theme, Drug Free Looks Like Me.™ encourages students, families and community members to live happy, healthy & drug-free lives.
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MTAC has several initiatives to honor this year's theme including MTAC's Biannual Drug Take Back Event, distribution of Massapequa Elks' Drug Awareness Program coloring books in Massapequa Elementary Schools' grades 4 and 5 classrooms and partnering with Massapequa High School's SADD Club to distribute MTAC's new Tote Bags containing parent prevention resources! Please join our coalition's efforts to prevent substance use and promote healthy families across the Massapequas!
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A Message from Massapequa's
Elementary Schools' Social Workers
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MTAC Hosts Massapequa's Biannual
Drug Take Back Day
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Kids and Weed Don't Roll Together!
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Massapequa Takes Action Coalition’s prevention campaign, Kids and Weed Don’t Roll Together, outlines unique and informative facts and education to help parents talk with their kids about how marijuana use affects their brain, health and safety.
In the Massapequas, youth, on average, first use marijuana before the age of 15 (2018 YDS grades 7-12). When marijuana use starts before age 18, approximately 1 in 6 people will become addicted (Centers for Disease Control). Approximately 10 percent of people who use marijuana may develop what is called a marijuana use disorder—problems with their health, school, friendships, family or other conflicts in their life (NIDA).
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Positive Youth Alternatives
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Massapequa Public Library
The Massapequa Public Library continues to provide a variety of virtual youth programming (and adult!) to engage our teens and tweens. Learn more about virtual programs & resources at: massapequalibrary.org
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Teen Graphic Novel Book Club
In October the library's Teen Graphic Novel Club is reading Through the Woods by Emily Carroll, and will be discussing it on Friday, October 29th, at 4:00 p.m. at our Central Avenue building.
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Native American Art & Photography
Teens in grades 6-12 are invited to a virtual program about Native American Art and Photography on Wednesday, November 17th at 7:00 p.m. Jeremy Dennis, a Shinnecock Indian Nation enrolled tribal member, will discuss his work as an artist and photographer and his mission to preserve and present Native American history. We will also talk about the important distinction between cultural appropriation vs. appreciation.
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Since 1997, MTAC has collaborated with Massapequa Public Schools, parents, residents, law enforcement, clergy, private and non-profit agencies, businesses and federal, state and local governments to prevent underage drinking and youth substance use. Working together, we promote a healthy Massapequa.
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