Florida Division of Health Awareness and Tobacco World No Tobacco Day
Activities
Jefferson County |
Miami-Dade County |
Volusia County |
Clay and Duval Counties |
St. Johns County |
Pasco County | Collier County
Jefferson County
In honor of World No Tobacco Day, we are having former California Angels
baseball player Rick Bender to speak at these assemblies on Thursday, May 9.
Two will be held at Howard Middle School (5–8 grade) and one at Aucilla
Christian Academy (5–12 grade). More than Over 600 students are expected to
participate.
Miami-Dade County
In Miami-Dade County we are putting on a theatrical performance of The
Tobacco Club in honor of World No Tobacco Day. We have ordered posters and
will hang them in the school prior to the play. We will also work with the
schools to ask SWAT members to make posters and hang in the school in honor
of this day.
Play will take place:
Where: Hammocks Middle School 9889 Hammocks Blvd
Time: 10:20 a.m.
Advisor: Jan Kaufman
Volusia County
For World No Tobacco Day–Volusia SWAT Teams and their world partners
Senegal, West Africa, have a joint activity. Volusia has conducted
interviews with their 13 SWAT teams regarding ETS in their lives and
communities. Senegal will also conduct interviews with two groups – a
college group, and a neighborhood team. Volusia and Senegal are each
developing an album of photos and comments to exchange. Our goal is to find
out what is different in our two worlds and what problems we have in common.
Clay and Duval Counties
Clay and Duval are having our third Clay/Duval SWAT FEST on May 31 2002.
We are going to tie it into World No Tobacco Day.
St. Johns County
In St. Johns County we plan an awareness campaign in each school that
have SWAT Team. The activity will be up to the individual SWAT groups.
Posters, banners, and information will be provided.
Pasco County
In celebration of World No Tobacco Day, Pasco SWAT is hosting a
Smoke-Free Bowling Night on Thursday May 30th from 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm.
Collier County
Collier County SWAT and Tobacco Free Partnership is holding a SWAT
Celebration–World No Tobacco Day on Friday, May 31, 2002. Located at
Vineyards Community Park, 5:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Entertainment provided includes video dance productions, a video DJ,
‘truth’ messages, temporary tattoos, SWAT presentations, and SWAT sport
related games. The purpose of this event is to celebrate the 2001-02 SWAT
school year, celebrate World No Tobacco Day, celebrate the beginning of
summer, and recruit new SWAT members to spread the ‘truth’ message.
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