Your input needed!

Please help us make a difference in the community by offering your advice and energy. Please join us at our next Tobacco-Free Coalition Meetings:

Sigourney: May 4, 2010, Noon, Keokuk County Extension Office, 102 E Washington.

Fairfield: May 6, 2010, Noon, Jefferson County Public Health Office, 200 W Briggs.

Lunch will be served, so please RSVP at 641-209-2209.

JEL Videos Ready to Watch
JEL Clubs at Sigourney, TriCounty, and Pekin Schools have each completed a short video about tobacco and posted them on Youtube. After Fairfield High School JEL club completes their video in the coming weeks, the videos will be complied together and offered to public access television in Fairfield and Sigourney for broadcast.

See the videos at the following links:
Pekin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZyEQJcqsMQ
Sigourney: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjGtnUrNMW8
TriCounty: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wNy3hg8DPQ

JEL students at TriCounty Schools held a

butt kicking contest in March.

Reaching Students
Our JEL clubs at the high schools and middle schools have been busy in the past few months letting their classmate know about the lies of Big Tobacco. Several interactive presentations were given to elementary and middle school students, and “street marketing” events were held at Pekin and Sigourney schools.

Kick Butts Day
Fairfield, Pekin, and Sigourney Schools had registered events in the National Kick Butts Day celebration on March 24. Each school held an art contest to inspire students to depict the dangers of tobacco. (See winning entry for Pekin below).Entries will be displayed at the Fairfield Art Walk in May. At TriCounty Schools, JEL students sponsored a “Kick Butts” contest, where contestants tried to kick a foot long cigarette butt the farthest in the gym.

Upcoming Events

Jefferson County Fair
We will have a booth again at the Jefferson County Fair from June 24 to 27. Please stop by and see us. 

August School Registration
We plan to man tables at school registrations this fall to reach parents of all incoming students.

If you are able to help with either event, please call us at 641-209-2209.