Manitoba Addictions Awareness Week

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7th Street Health Access Centre, Brandon
The Centre held an event open to the public with staff available from the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba (AFM) to answer questions and provide handouts.

Brochet School, Brochet
Activities to promote healthy choices included the "Best of Me" puzzle for K-2, a craft project for grades 3-5, art project for grades 5-7, gym night for grades 8-9, and a movie night for students and parents.

Camperville Youth Focus Group, Camperville
The group organized several activities: a slideshow and quiz on binge drinking, a guest speaker who was a victim of drunk driving, videos on marijuana, and a collage about addictions.

Children of the Earth School, Winnipeg
The school had two national aboriginal youth role models kick off the week with a presentation on living a balanced and healthy lifestyle. There were presentations and resources available at noon hour, contests for students to produce their own PSAs, and an interactive workshop by a group from another school on "no smoking".

College Regional Gabrielle Roy, Ile-des-Chenes
The school organized a "Day of the Dead" enactment by 25 students showing the consequences of impaired driving. Other activities included assessing tobacco ads, a mocktail hour, videos, quizzes, the Jeopardy game and trying impaired-vision goggles.

Crocus Plains T.A.D.D., Brandon
T.A.D.D. held a poetry contest on the topic of impaired driving with winners receiving gift certificates to the Shoppers Mall.

Cross Lake Band of Indians, Cross Lake
Kicking off the week was a "sober bear walk" followed by speakers, workshops, a poster contest and a special event to honor the elders.

Dauphin Friendship Centre, Dauphin
There were two sessions on alcohol and drug abuse targeting ages 6-12 and 13-18. The sessions conducted by AFM staff included videos, posters, games and trying vision-impaired goggles.

Eagle Urban Transition Centre, Winnipeg
There were motivational speakers and workshops on addictions, crystal meth, gambling, and prescription drugs with 61 participants. Resources were distributed from the M.A.A.W. school kit and treatment centres.

Ecole Arthur Meighen Middle School, Portage la Prairie
The school held the Healthy Millionaire game with prizes at two noon hours. Students participated in the question of the day, decorated hot dogs with an addictions safety message, and enjoyed sessions with guest speakers.

Gilbert Plains Collegiate (Student Council)
Activities included classroom lessons, posters with questions on drugs and alcohol, a scavenger hunt with prizes for the correct answers, a healthy lunch with mocktails, and a swim party to promote healthy choices.

Grandview School (Student Council ¨C High School), Grandview
Students had a quiz on marijuana, made pledges to not drink and drive, and tried impaired-vision goggles. There were prizes and mocktails served at lunch.

Grosse Isle School, Grosse Isle
To promote "The Best of Me" theme, students had an archery skills demonstration and decorated a hat or scarf which they wore. Other activities were a Hawaiian theme day picnic in the gym with mocktails; a drinking and driving poetry contest; a brown bag contest, and school talent show with prizes.

Hapnot Collegiate Institute, Flin Flon
The Collegiate held their third Amazing Rat Race with prizes for ten teams of two going to different stops run by community agencies in the school. The stops included an impaired- vision obstacle course, name that drug (side effects) and risk taker (gambling).

Harrison Middle School, Brandon
Greg woods performed his drug abuse prevention show for about 200 students. The Manitoba Theatre for Young People performed a play on self-esteem and personal goals to promote healthy choices

Heritage Park Children's Program, Winnipeg
The primary activity was the creation of posters for a door prize draw. Students also played the gambling house advantage game. About 100 attended including parents.

Isaac Beaulieu Memorial School
Students from grades 4-6 participated in presentations by the school's social worker, counselor and resource officer. They created posters, saw videos and shared information.

J. R. Reid School, Brandon
Various sessions were held on drug awareness, grades 7-8; assessing tobacco ads, grades 6-8; Lungs are for Life, grade 4; and gambling, grade 7. The sessions included speakers, handouts and videos.

Kinonjeoshtegon Health Centre, MB
Activities included a poster/essay contest, workshop, open forum, a sober/smoke-free dance, a nature walk, guest speaker and door prizes.

Kirkaldy Heights School, Brandon
The school hosted a variety of events: daily announcements, a K-8 poster contest, and presentations on drugs by city police, grades 7-8; Lung Association, grades 4-6, and AFM on gambling, grade 8. Pictures were displayed from the "caught ya" program which recognizes students for demonstrating positive behaviour.

Leaf Rapids Education Centre, Leaf Rapids
The school held presentations on various addiction topics: smoking/tobacco use, grade 5; alcohol, grade 6-7; marijuana and crack, grade 8; crystal meth, grade 9; ecstasy and cocaine, grade 10; and how addictions affect family, school life and community, grades 11-12.

Lockport School, Lockport
Peer helpers gave presentations to every class on various topics: anti-smoking, grade 7; the dangers of binge drinking, grade 8; addiction, grade 9. The Adapt Campaign also made a presentation to a school assembly on crystal meth prevention.

Lord Selkirk Regional Comprehensive Secondary School, Selkirk
The school featured speakers on binge drinking and a personal life story and a speaker/musician performed in the student commons area. There were noon-hour displays with handouts, videos, and a draw for prizes donated by the community. A skit was put on by the school's drama class. There was a poster display, facts in the student bulletin, and articles in the school newsletter and local newspaper.

Mackenzie Middle School, Dauphin
Activities included daily announcements, class discussions on alcohol and binge drinking; a poster display and contest, and two presentations by AFM and the RCMP which were attended by 270 students. 20 students and staff wore white
T-shirts to represent the number of people killed in 5 days where alcohol was involved.

MacNeil School, Dauphin
Students in grades K-6 watched a video to promote smoking prevention and made posters afterwards. An outdoor healthy activity involved students in skating and tobogganing.

Margaret Barbour Collegiate, The Pas
Students decorated a four-neck T-shirt with the slogan "not everyone is doing it". They wore the T-shirt to classes and read a message on drugs; students wrote pledges on the T-shirt. There were also quizzes with a draw for prizes. A Christmas tree was created with the same slogan which won first prize in the local festival of trees competition.

Mary Duncan School, The Pas
Students prepared daily announcements and participated in a sculpture, poster and poetry contest related to addictions prevention.

Meadows School, Brandon
Bookmarks with the top 10 reasons to say no to drugs were given to students in grades 5-8. Other activities included guest speakers on drug awareness, Grade 8; gambling and drug awareness, grade 7; and Lungs are for Life, Grade 4. There were also videos, games, handouts and posters.

Michelle Brown Addictions Program, Churchill
The addiction-free family dance was held with prizes and 231 people attending. Grades Pre K-grade 9 decorated brown bags which were displayed and given to the liquor mart.

P.C.I High School, Portage la Prairie
Activities included a health fair with exhibits by local community agencies and a scavenger hunt with prizes. A survivor of drunk-driving made a presentation to the student body. Students tried vision-impaired games. There was also a talent show with prizes.

Richer School, Richer
On healthy food day, K-4 students had breakfast and other students a healthy snack. Four high school students spoke to grades 7-8 on alcohol, marijuana, ecstasy and cocaine. Grades 7-8 students researched information on different types of drugs which was put on a bulletin board. There were games, prizes, videos and trying vision-impaired goggles.

Riverheights School, Brandon
There were various presentations by groups such as the local hockey team and police on healthy lifestyles, grades 4-8; anti-smoking commercials, grades 6-8; addiction awareness and posters, grades 7-9; and read-aloud books for early years, 2-4.

Scott Bateman Middle School, The Pas
There were daily announcements, a poster contest for grades 6-8, and a school-wide draw for Manitoba Addictions Awareness Week hoodie T-shirts.

Sergeant Tommy Prince School, Scanterbury
Activities included a community evening involving youth, parents and elders. People were invited to graffiti a message at this event on a large poster with their accomplishments, hopes and dreams. There were presentors on addiction topics during the week and a poster/essay contest for students.

Steinbach and Area Addictions Awareness Committee, Steinbach
The Committee distributed 1000 addictions awareness placemats to 15 area restaurants. They were created with the help of media arts students at the regional high school. The placemats were also posted on walls and bulletin boards for more exposure.

Stonewall Centennial Committee, Stonewall
To focus on "The Best of Me" theme during the week, students saw films, wore sport jerseys and school colors to promote team spirit and school pride, dressed as a twin to connect with others, collected food for the food bank, and celebrated acts of kindness. There were daily announcements; programs such as Lungs for Life, grades 5-6, booklets for older students on drug facts and cigarette harm, bulletin board displays, and a trivia contest with prizes.

Stony Mountain School, Stony Mountain
Activities focused on ¡®The Best of Me" and taught students in Grades K-8 ten refusal skills to give them the ability to say "no" to high-risk behaviour. Classes were given a mystery phrase to unscramble to promote addiction awareness. Prepared questions in morning announcements tested student skills in classroom discussions.

Swan River Adult Education, Swan River
To promote "The Best of Me" theme there were presentations on a healthy mind, healthy eating/diabetes, healthy living, boosting confidence, and smoking cessation. Adult learners of varying ages completed different projects on addictions such as bookmarks, posters, table tents, stories and poems.

Swan Valley Interagency M.A.A.W. Committee, Swan River
Activities for school-age children included a poster/literary/video contest and creating healthy choice messages on Liquor Commission bags. Adult education students took part in a writing contest and created restaurant information tents. Visual Communication students created video clips to promote daily challenges such as mocktail Monday.

Tec Voc High School, Winnipeg
Students read daily announcements and promoted noon-hour events featuring displays, bulletin boards and fact sheets. Students rated the effectiveness of videos on addictions. There was a sign-up for the NOT program to run at a future date for students wanting help to stop smoking. About 300 students participated.

Teulon Collegiate, Teulon
There were daily announcements, questions and a draw for prizes. Speakers on different aspects of drug and alcohol abuse included a person's struggle with addictions, and a family member on the impact of their son's death. Other events were trying vision-impaired goggles; a jeopardy game, body image and stats, a mocktail competition, Lungs for Life presentation, and a volleyball game ¨C teachers versus the RCMP.

Treherne Collegiate (TADD Group), Treherne
The group organized an obstacle course challenge with vision-impaired goggles, a poster display and bulletin board information on alcohol and drugs, and a trivia contest with prizes. There were daily announcements.

Valleyview Centennial School, Brandon
Activities included daily announcements, classroom discussions, videos, posters, projects and a library display of books on self-esteem and problem-solving. There was a presentation on anti-bullying and saying "no" to drugs. There were daily draws and a special draw for "The Best of Me" bear.

W.C. Miller Collegiate, Altona
The Collegiate joined forces with Winkler Gordon Valley Collegiate and Gretna's Mennonite Collegiate to hear a presentation by a survivor of a drunk driving. About 1500 students participated.

Wapanohk Community School, Thompson
The school hosted a health fair with local agencies for over 160 students. There were presentations on addictions awareness, body image, smoking cessation, gang awareness and nutrition. A design a T-shirt contest was held with gift certificates awarded.

Waverley Park School, Brandon
Greg Woods made a presentation to 109 students, grades 5-8, on drug abuse prevention, combining magic with messages on drug abuse and self-esteem. AFM made a presentation on "It's Your Lucky Day" which deals with gambling.

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