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Good Afternoon,
Once again we find ourselves with a lot of great information to share. In this edition, we have info on the following items. Please scroll down and check out what interests you. Hopefully it all does, but we know people are very busy.
- It's Red Ribbon Week
- WE ARE COMMITTED TO A SAFE AND DRUG-FREE RAYMOND
- Welcome Christine!
- Congrats to our Summit Award recipients
- Trunk or Treat
- Hannaford is hiring - are you the person they need?
- Bullying Prevention Month - October
- 68 Pounds!!
- Parent/Adult info regarding alcohol and marijuana
- Our next RCFY meeting is November 10th, 9 - 10:30 am
Have a great night,
Celeste Clark, Executive Director, RCFY
Red Ribbon Week – this week, October 23 - 31st. This is a time to put on a red ribbon and show your personal commitment for a healthy, drug-free lifestyle. It is an ideal way for people and communities to unite and take a visible stand against drugs. Each school is participating! If you would like a bowl of ribbons to display at your location, please contact our office.
T-shirts have been delivered to the schools!
Each school is helping us to kick off our 'WE ARE COMMITTED TO A SAFE AND DRUG-FREE COMMUNITY' campaign. T-shirts have been provided to each student and staff member at LRES, IHGMS and RHS.
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Yard signs – Do you have one? Contact our office to display a sign in your neighborhood or location. They are FREE and show our community that we are all working together to support our young people. Take a picture of your sign, and share on social media with the hashtag: #DrugFreeRaymond.
New Staff – Welcome Mrs. Christine Bostaph to her new position, Program Coordinator. Christine has been a team member in several capacities over the past several years. We are very excited to announce that she is moving into a full time position working with our Youth Action teams at the middle and high school as well as our various, and sometimes numerous, programs and activities. Her e-mail is cbostaph@rcyf.org.
Congratulations to our Community Partner and Leader Award Winners from the Summit!
 Our Community Partner is Hannaford (Chosen prior to their very generous donation) – They have been a partner of RCFY since we started back in 2002 and continue to support our efforts and work in such events as Sticker Shock, our DEA Drug Take-Back events, and by providing muffins for our monthly meetings.
 Community Leader is Pastor Kevin McBride for being a supporter, offering space for our events for many years, and most recently, being on our Heroin Drug Task Force. He is helping to lead the efforts of our "We Are Committed to a Safe and Drug-Free Community" campaign.
 Youth Leader is Tim Carta. He is very involved in RCFY, is one of our go-to youth members for events, ideas, and advocate for peer-led prevention efforts. He was also a summer intern for RCFY this past summer, and is overall a great young leader.
News & Information:
Trunk or Treat is this Saturday, October 29th, from 6–8 pm, at the Raymond Shopping plaza. We look forward to seeing you there. Stop by and say hello! Sponsored by New Life Church. If you are interested in sponsoring a trunk, or want more details, please visit www.newliferaymond.org or click on the poster below.
Hannaford is having a job fair! They are always looking for positive, energetic people to join their team. If you, or someone you know, is looking for work in our great community, and with an organization that is community minded stop by. Tell them RCFY sent you. You can also visit their website directly and apply now.
The dates are:
Wednesday 11/2: 4:00pm – 6:30pm, and
Saturday 11/12: 10:30am – 12:30pm
October is ALSO National Bullying Prevention Month! The Drug Free Action Alliance has some excellent information about this to read and share: Know! To Recognize and Respond to Bullying
Thank you to everyone who participated in our Got Drugs event at Hannaford this past Saturday. The DEA Deputy Administrator states that NH is 'Ground Zero' for Opioid Crisis. We collected 68 pounds of medication for safe disposal! As a reminder, our Raymond Police Station has a permanent medication take-back box, located directly inside the door. It is FREE and is open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.
10 Tips for Parents Who Use Marijuana (or Alcohol) brought to you by Prevention Plus Wellness, LLC.
And... last but not least...
Our next RCFY meeting is on November 10th, 9 – 10:30 am, at Lamprey Health Care. Ginger from Granite Pathways will be joining us to tell us more about the new RAP program, connecting individuals to treatment services. We look forward to seeing you there!
The Raymond Coalition For Youth empowers the community to promote positive youth development and reduce youth substance use, and suicide risk.
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