One Prevention Alliance Community Coalition

COMMUNITY RESOURCE Day #8
Stevenson Food Bank
Washington Gorge Action Programs

683 Rock Creek Drive, Stevenson
Open Tuesday & Thursday
9:00 - 3:30 pm
(closed 12-1:00 for lunch)
509-427-4334

Learn more at https://www.wagap.org/food-banks-nutrition

COMMUNITY RESOURCE Day #7
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Public Transportation includes:
Skamania County Transit
Dial-a-Ride

Transit is open to the general public - no restrictions on age or trip purpose. Unaccompanied passengers under the age of 12 must have an adult call for pre-authorization to ride.

There are three ways to use the transit service:
(Take the bus to and from a bus stop - No need to call ahead.
For service to or from a location other then a scheduled bus stop and within 3/4 mile of the scheduled stops within Skamania County, call Senior Services (509-427-3990) a least one day in advance to have the bus pick you up as it runs on it's schedule between the designated stops.
The bus will deviate up to 3/4 mile off Wind River Highway and SR 14 to accommodate persons with disabilities. Requests must be made at least 24 hours in advance.

Dial-a-Ride
Donation based for people 60 and over for medical rides and essential services. Call 509-427-3990
Medical transportation for all ages with Medicaid and approved by the Medicaid screener through Community in Motion at 1-800-752-9422.
General Public rides are available to persons of all ages for medical appointments. A fare is required. Call 509-427-3990.

COMMUNITY RESOURCE Day #6
Skamania County Community Health

Skamania County Public Health’s mission is to improve the health of individuals, families and communities through the promotion of health, prevention of disease and protection from injury.

Skamania County Community Health does not deny services based on inability to pay. Sliding Fee Schedule is available.

Skamania County Community Health
710 SW Rock Creek Dr.
P.O. Box 1492
Stevenson, WA 98648
(509) 427-3850

24 Hour Crisis Line
(509) 427-3850

Come share your perspective!

Skamania County - Your voice matters! What needs and priorities are facing your community? What change would have the most significant impact? Join us, and Skamania County Community Health for a community forum on Dec. 8th. Free food and activities for kids will be available
at the event. Gift cards are available as a thank-you to participants. Learn more at swach.link/skamania.

PAWS Club had two special guest and activities today, what a blast!

We began with Miss Anna from Skyline Health making trail mix. This lesson included a message about having healthy snack options, a lesson on reading a recipe, and hands on practice in measuring ingredients.

The second half of our time was spent putting together Care Bags for our houseless population. Sandy, from Washington Gorge Action Programs, assisted in assembly and will ensure their distribution! PAWS Club kids actively participated in this kindness project! Thank you to the many community donations that made this experience possible for these youth.

COMMUNITY RESOURCES Day #5
Washington Gorge Action Programs (WAGAP)

WAGAP's December newsletter is FULL of great information!
Their teams continue to support people in need across Skamania and Klickitat counties to have better lives. This season of giving, help families celebrate the holidays with their children, and help our neighbors who struggle with their housing situations. We are better when we work together!
English: https://mailchi.mp/wagap/december-2023-newsletter
Spanish: https://mailchi.mp/wagap/diciembre-2023-boletin-informativo

What’s in your medicine cabinet?

Nearly half of people misusing pain relievers, including prescription opioids, get them from a friend or family member. Protect your loved ones and lock up your meds this holiday season, and year-round. Learn more at GettheFactsRX.com

One Prevention Alliance would be thrilled to give your family a FREE lock box for medication (or adult use cannabis). You may pick one up at SkaCo FacRec in the Hegewald Center during business hours.

COMMUNITY RESOURCE DAY #3
PAY IT FORWARD FACEBOOK

This Facebook group has listings and inquires for free items, resources and general help in Skamania County. "Pay it forward is an expression for describing the beneficiary of a good deed repaying it to others instead of to the original benefactor." There are other freebie Facebook groups -- please throw them into the comments.

Simple search in your Facebook Search bar: Pay it forward Skamania County and surrounding areas

COMMUNITY RESOURCE Day #2
Stevenson Community Pool

Visit https://www.stevensonpooldistrict.org/ for information about our community pool.

COMMUNITY RESOURCE Day #1
988 Su***de & Crisis Lifeline

We can all help prevent su***de. The 988 Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals in the United States.

Call or text: 988

COMMUNITY RESOURCE Day #4
Skamania County Christmas Baskets!
NOMINATIONS DUE: December 6th

Christmas Basket Nomination Form 2023. The goal of the Christmas Basket Program is to provide food bags for every family and individual that requests one-no applicant is denied.

Each basket provides a complete Christmas dinner including ham, potatoes, dried goods, bread, and a gift for each child 18 and under and/or senior in the home.

Please use this form to nominate yourself or another individual or family who may be struggling during the holidays. The Program is open to residents of Skamania County only. In order to serve as many recipients as possible, the program will coordinate with other local organizations to avoid basket duplication.

Forms must be returned to the Skamania County Parks and Recreation Department located in the Hegewald Center by Wednesday, December 6 at 5:30 p.m.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1nktHCSDp8r-JCj7gnBZabZ7lnFdTD9ARICzLm_9wyf8/viewform?fbclid=IwAR1uB5AjauZXTVRCkJx7P1Yg4DBveVhz3itegBmRzChID1x0Ib-A8Hw18Ec&edit_requested=true

A & J Market is an amazing coalition partner and although today’s event wasn’t about prevention, Mrs. Claus showed up to participate. That’s how partnerships work…

One Prevention Alliance hosts an after-school club for Carson Elementary students on Wednesdays. This club provides activities and prevention messages. The focus of the club is encouraging positive actions.

The Positive Action Wins Success (PAWS) Club wants to put together 24 "CARE BAGS" for houseless individuals. Yesterday, during their club meeting, they brainstormed a list of items they hope to include.

If you have a heart for kids or houseless individuals, and a few dollars to spare, please consider purchasing something on their list. If you prefer to shop elsewhere (think local!), just let me know what you will be providing and I'll remove it from the Wish List.

WISHLIST: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/13FKUYBKIEOHQ?ref_=wl_share

The students hope to assemble these kits at their club meeting next week.

If you need an afternoon activity for your child… hop down to A&J and get a coloring sheet! 

Dear Sector Representatives, Generous Donors, Community Partners, Parent Participants, and AMAZING YOUTH -- this season of gratitude, we are remembering YOU!

Thank you, all, for putting the COMMUNITY into our coalition! We are so grateful for the many ways you support our vision of having healthy youth, successful families, and a thriving community by reducing the misuse of substances in Skamania County.

Together, we are making a difference!

One Prevention Alliance offers a variety of Parenting Strategy Workshops to provide parents with additional strategies for your parenting/caregiving tool belt. These workshops are based on science and have been proven to increase family bonds and reduce the risk of substance misuse by youth. These protective factors can begin with toddlers and can be layered on and added to through the teen years.

To best utilize One Prevention Alliances resources, we would like to offer the class in January that has the most participant interest.

If you are a parent/caregiver/guardian, and might be interested in a series of workshops (scroll down for descriptions), please click this link, and tell us more about your interest: https://forms.gle/t58QMGioyjcoZkTs7

Program Overviews:
Incredible Years Toddlers: In the Toddler Parenting Program (Basic), parents learn how to: help their toddlers feel loved and secure, encourage their toddler’s language, social, and emotional development, establish clear and predictable routines, handle separations and reunions, use positive discipline to manage misbehavior.

Incredible Years Parenting Program (6 to 12 year old): strengthens parent-child interactions and attachment, reducing harsh discipline and fostering parents’ ability to promote children’s social, emotional, and academic development.
Parents learn how to: monitor children after school, set rules regarding TV, computer, and substance use, support children’s homework or out of school learning, support children’s academic, social, and emotional skills.

Guiding Good Choices: is a drug use prevention program that provides parents of children in grades 4 through 8 (9 to 14 years old) with the knowledge and skills needed to guide their children through early adolescence. It seeks to strengthen and clarify family expectations for behavior, enhance the conditions that promote bonding within the family, and teach skills that allow children to resist drug use successfully.

The holiday season can be difficult for some, but we're here for you - 24/7/365. Text 988 whenever you need someone to talk to.

Don't miss tomorrow's listening session for families in Skamania Counties:
Saturday, November 18, 2023, from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Stevenson Community Library
120 NW Vancouver Ave, Stevenson, WA 98648

Do you have children?
Are you planning to have children?
Do you want to see more services for families?
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!

https://www.wagap.org/newsfeed/rural-home-visitation
Not able to attend? No worries - you can also reach out to [email protected] to learn more and provide your feedback!

PAWS Club had many activity options today. The focus today was GRATITUDE and the youth shared their ideas on a cooperative chart! It was great to hear about how grateful our kids are for their families, friends, and community opportunities like PAWS Club.

PAWS Club is thriving due to the community’s donations of snacks, Stevenson-Carson School District sharing space, AND community volunteers. Today, Sandy May Vigil from Washington Gorge Action Programs volunteered.

If you’d like to support our programs through volunteering, reach out! [email protected]

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Have you enrolled in 4-H yet for this year? All returning members and volunteers can re-enroll today at https://v2.4honline.com/ #/user/sign-in. Interested in joining 4-H this year? Please send an email to [email protected].

One Prevention Alliance Community Coalition's volunteer, Judi King, supported the People for People's Second Harvest mobile food truck on Wednesday, November 1st. We feel proud to be a part of a program that feeds our community.

WHY is OPA Involved? Our participation with the food box distribution allowed us to share information about the safe places in Skamania County to confidentially dispose of medication that is expired, unused, or unwanted. We know that the safest homes do not keep unnecessary medication on shelves or in medicine cabinets. As a matter of fact, the safest homes have medication locked up tight and out of sight.

Medication Disposal Kiosks can be found at Wind River Pharmacy and in the lobby Skamania County Sheriff's Office. The kiosks look much like a library book return box and you simply walk up to it and put your medication into the drop. You do not need to speak with anyone and no information is required.

FREE!!! CLASS BEGINS TONIGHT -- you can still register!

If you start having conversations with your 4th - 8th grader now, you will have an extra layer of protection against va**ng, underage drinking, and other substance misuse.

https://forms.gle/XjRf9XLqbiz6UuKb7

Here is another partner who will be at Trunk or Treat tonight in downtown Stevenson beginning at 6:00 p.m.

Saturday's Skamania School Trunk or Treat was a hit! Come see us tonight for another round of Trunk or Treat fun in downtown Stevenson (6:00 PM - 7:30 PM)

Come see One Prevention Alliance at tonight’s trunk or treat in downtown Stevenson! We are very grateful for the many community members that donated candy! And a special thanks to Judi King for bagging it with our trinkets and prevention message.

One Prevention Alliance's Mission: Healthy Youth, Successful Families, Thriving Community.


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Potential. Purpose. Passion!
Find yours and choose to “Be Kind To Your Mind. Live Drug Free!”

Parents, you have dreams for your kids. Your kids have dreams too. Start talking now about your family guidelines and expectations. Parents, you are the number one influence and what you say to your kids matter. They really are listening.

https://www.samhsa.gov/talk-they-hear-you

October 28 is National First Responders Day and we'd like to take a moment to honor our local heroes who go above and beyond every day. We are also grateful for the many ways they support the mission of One Prevention Alliance: Healthy Youth, Successful Families, Thriving Community.

Have fun at the dance, Bulldogs!

October “TO DO” List ✅

If you can't remember the last time you changed the battery or tested your , now is the time to do it! Don't wait for your house to fill with smoke to realize your smoke alarm doesn't work!

We love the fun and traditions of homecoming. It is our mission to help our youth make healthy choices around alcohol and substances.

Have you spoken to your teens about your expectations around smoking, va**ng, underage drinking, and other substances? As they prepare for the HOCO dance, make sure they know where you stand. Believe it or not, parents’ expectations are a huge factor of youths’ considerations when making decisions.

Remember to vote!

Remember to vote! Ballots are due no later than next Tuesday, November 7.

October 23–31 is , One Prevention Alliance uses this week, and all other weeks, to educate and prevent underage drinking and substance misuse.

Tune in to the podcast episode “Talk Now—Red Ribbon Week and Beyond” as host Debbie Berndt talks with a DEA agent, a mom, and a local coalition leader about the history of Red Ribbon Week.

Listen 🎧 today on your favorite podcast platform. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1886890/11556812

October 23–31 is ! Tune in to the podcast episode “Talk Now—Red Ribbon Week and Beyond” as host Debbie Berndt talks with a DEA agent, a mom, and a local coalition leader about the history of Red Ribbon Week.

Listen 🎧 today on your favorite podcast platform. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1886890/11556812

There are so many places to be on Tuesday night! Family Fun is prevention!

🎃🧙👻 Check out what's happening on Halloween Night in Downtown Stevenson!



Stevenson Spa + Mercantile
Red Bluff Tap House
North Bank Books
El Rio Texicantina
Hotel Stevenson
Windermere Real Estate Columbia River Gorge
Big River Grill
Judith Lanz Insurance Agency (Farmers)
The Bridge Community Church - Stevenson, WA

And the winner is . . . .
William Helton. Congratulations!

Thank you community for your support on this survey. The link will continue to collect responses until November 15th.

LAST CHANCE: Drawing on 10/31!

Can One Prevention Alliance have 3 to 5 minutes of your time AND offer you a chance to win an amazing patriotic Co****le Bean Bag Toss game?

One Prevention Alliance (OPA) is interested in hearing from people living within the Stevenson-Carson School District about youth substance use in our community. Your responses will help inform and improve prevention programs for our youth. The survey is entirely anonymous and will be used to assist OPA in writing goals and planning events. The survey takes about 3 minutes. We value your views and would very much appreciate your willingness to provide input through the survey link.

SURVEY: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SKSTEN2023

This raffle is based on an HONOR SYSTEM. After you’ve completed the survey (3-minutes or so), please email Karen Douglass [email protected] and let her know that your name needs to be added to the Co****le raffle!

Thank you, Crazy Ray's Fireworks for this donation!