RES 048 Draft 01 2006-2008 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS Funding Proposal For Pahoa Weed and Seed Three Get High On Life events were held in Pahoa, the most recent one was funded by a Healing Our Island Community Fund grant and a Project Safe Neighborhoods grant. It took place at Pahoa High and Intennediate School (PHIS) and included a showing of a PSN video, ananti-drug cheer performed by the cheerleaders, and booths staffed by various providers of youth after-school activities, such as Ala-Teen, Jr. Life Saving, Belly Dancing, USDA Youth Loans for Farm Projects, etc. The Boys and Girls Club table offered "ice" education games, Pahoa Weed and Seed had a contest: a hip one-liner refusal to an offer to try drugs (top 3 winners got bags of school supplies), and tee shirts in the school colors with the message "Daggers (Pahoa means "dagger") Don't Do Drugs!" were given to all who signed up for an after school program. The event was extremely successful and the school wants to make it an annual event. We propose to put on a 4's annual Get High On Life in September and expand it in the following ways: 1. Supplement the PHIS event by increasing the number of providers of after- school activities: a. Ask the Hunter Education instructors from DLNR-DOCARE to either set up a table to enroll students for their classes, or conduct a mini- class on that day or on another. b. Bring in AYSO Soccer, Pop Warner, soft ball, volleyball, basketball and other sports groups who declined to take part last yeaz for varying reasons. c. Provide the tee shirts again, but this time print enough for everyone, including staff. d. Ask the Remote Control Club to do a flying exhibition trailing anti- drug and gun slogans -give out balsa plane kits. 2. Organize a similaz event for Pahoa Elementary School, featuring age- appropriate activities. Perhaps the PSN mascot could instruct the children on what to do (and not do) if they see a fuearm or other weapon. The Fire Dept. has indicated that they maybe available to give the children mini tours of the hook and ladder and ambulance. Pahoa Weed and Seed's mascot, Frosty Polaz Beaz will attend in person. 3. Organize a similar event for the local Charter Schools, some of whom have already expressed an interest in getting involved in this activity. Hawaii Academy of Arts and Sciences, which is the most centrally located of the chazter schools, has offered to host the event on its campus. We will be asking the Youth Council to assist us in organizing these events. The Youth Council is a teen-run subcommittee of the Pahoa Weed and Seed Youth Committee. EXHIBIT "A"