Sent: Fri 2/2/2007 2:40 PM
To: Oregon PGS Mailing List
Subject: Oregon Problem Gambling Awareness Week Bulletin #1
Greetings! This is the first of a series of 5 weekly (hopefully not weakly!) emails I'll send you between now and the first week in March with information, materials and updates on problem gambling awareness week (March 5-11).
Coming Attractions: on Monday you'll receive an electronic version of the updated '07 OPGAW binder contents, followed by a CD in the mail later in the week. After that, you'll receive a full copy of the manual in a new binder. New sections include: suggested OPGAW 07 target activities, internet gambling, recovery, working with schools, and policy (highlighting social gaming) and all the data are updated as well.
In addition to the updated materials, here's a snapshot of our other State-level plans for OPGAW:
- We have requested a Governor's proclamation and will send copies to you when it is signed;
- working with DHS communications, we will release the Oregon Healthy Teens data to the press some time during OPGAW week (those data are included in the OPGAW binder update you'll receive electronically on Monday);
- we will be placing a display and educational materials in the lobby of our building during March 5-11;
- and we will have our clinical conference right before OPGAW week.
Artwork Search: a great activity many regions participate in for OPGAW is the youth artwork search; next year we'll be putting together a calendar featuring selected art (as well as facts, figures and information on problem gambling) so we need lots of middle school-aged kids to participate, and that happens through your efforts (you don't have to work solely through the schools to do this...churches, community centers, youth clubs and organizations are all good ways to connect with middle schoolers). If you would like copies of the flyer you can use to publicize the artwork search, and/or copies of this year's poster, please email Greta.
Another good activity to consider: how about doing the website update I suggested in an email a few weeks ago? If you need another copy of that email, or the web information template I sent out, please let me know...and thanks to those of you who have finished, or are in the process of, upgrading the problem gambling info on your website!
Wendy Hausotter
Public Health and Prevention Coordinator
Addictions and Mental Health Division (AMH)
Problem Gambling Services
500 Summer St NE E86
Salem, OR 97301
(503) 945-9703 phone
(503) 378-8467
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