CCS received our first VKAT grant for 2008/2009 thanks to Patty Tomishot and Sami Pinkus.  We are grateful to them and  hope they would be proud of our good work! ~ Advisor Jamilah Vogel, SAP at CCS and SCS

Our first year as a CCS VKAT group has been really busy and very successful.  The 5th and 6th grade students that joined last fall have been busy educating our school and community about VKAT and about how to make healthy choices like not smoking.  We have created bulletin boards, travelled to a conference in Burlington, helped organize a family wellness night, and coordinated activities for Red Ribbon Week.  Stay tuned to hear more about the wonderful activities we are doing and to see pictures of us in action.

Goals of VKAT Program

Reduce youth smoking rates

• Educate younger grades about the dangers of smoking.
• Make your peers aware of alternatives to smoking.
• Raise awareness about advertising and marketing of tobacco products.
• Change norms around tobacco use... let people know that it is cooler NOT to smoke or chew.
• To contribute to the goal of the Vermont Department of Health by helping cut smoking rates, for both youth and adults, by 50% in Vermont by 2010.
  

To create and support youth leaders

• Let adults know youth care about their communities.
• Model healthy behaviors for younger kids.
• Be a leader among your peers.
• Make our State, our world, a better place.

learn more at www.govkat.org