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Quit & Win

Registration for Quit & Win 2009 is Open!

Click here for our 2009 Quit & Win! registration form.

Participants who stay quit for five weeks (January 21 to February 25, 2009) and attend the Quit & Win celebration in March 2009 (details to come) are eligible for many great prizes including $500, $250, and $100. Helpers also have the chance to win valuable prizes.

  • To qualify for this year’s Quit and Win Program and win prizes you must:
    1. Sign up with a helper by January 14th, 2009.
    2. Quit smoking by January 21st and stay quit for the five weeks between Jan. 21 and Feb. 25, 2009.
    3. Attend Healthy Androscoggin ’s Quit & Win celebration in March 2009, details to come.
  • Comments from past participants include:
    “This has helped me to acknowledge that quitting is a hard thing to do and it takes all the support you can get. The support from this program helped me to quit smoking and to stay quit.”
    “Great program! I really like the mailings with helpful tips to quit smoking.”
    “Wonderful incentives! It really kept me motivated.”
  • Comments from past helpers include: “Great motivational program!”
    “Because of my quitter, I also quit smoking.”
    “The flyer I received really helped me by giving me tips to help my friend quit smoking without nagging.”

If you have any questions about the Quit & Win Program or quitting tobacco, please call Healthy Androscoggin at 795-5990.

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Drug Impairment Training for Educational Professionals (DITEP) Training

The DITEP training is intended to make participants competent and confident in evaluating and documenting those individuals suspected of abusing drugs in the school setting.

January 21 2009, 8am-3pm

January 22, 2009, 8am-3pm**

Auburn Public Library Community Room

Fee: $35 per day

•Day one (1/21) is for ANYONE (affiliated with school) who interacts with students from bus drivers to high level administrators.

•Day two (1/22) is best suited for those who will actually conduct the hands on evaluations, more likely school nurses and school resource officers. **The ending time may be earlier depending on the number of participants. To print the registration form click on:ditep-registration-form (26 KB)

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Social Networking: Who are our kids talking to?

Do you want to learn more the about social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook and the dangers they may present to your kids?  Come to a free training on Feb 23, 2009, 6:30-8pm at Lewiston High School, Room B109.  social-networking-flyer (72KB)

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

Tobacco Support Group

FALL SCHEDULE:

Regular Weekly Meetings will be held on Thursdays from

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm at

St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in the Potvin Conference Room, 99 Campus Avenue, Lewiston, ME

FREE – No Registration Required

For more information or to find information on quitting please call

Healthy Androscoggin at 795-5990
or visit us on the web at:
www.healthyandroscoggin.org

Sponsored in part by the Healthy Maine Partnerships, DHHS, Maine Center for Disease Control

and Prevention.

Thursday, November 13th, 2008