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REMEMBRANCE AND RECOVERY VIGIL

REMEMBRANCE AND RECOVERY VIGIL

10.25.18 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Location:  JFK Plaza, 50 Arcand Drive, Lowell MA

Remembering those whose lives have been lost to substance use disorder
and honoring and supporting those in recovery

Welcoming Remarks: Eileen Donoghue, City Manager

Guest of Honor: Corey Belanger, Co-Chair, Mayor’s Opioid Crisis Task Force

Messages of Hope: Louise Griffin, Jack Carter, and Louie Diaz

Prayer: Reverend Imogene Stulken, UMass Lowell

Reading of the Names and Moment of Silence: Chief Jeff Winward

Closing: Rita Mercier, City Councilor & Co-Chair, Mayor’s Opioid Crisis Task Force

Music provided by Karen Donovan

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm – Speakers

For more information, contact the City of Lowell Health Department
Substance Abuse and Prevention Division – 978-674-4304.

 

October CHOP Dinner

Time: 5:30-7:30pm
Location: Lowell Senior Center
276 Broadway Street Lowell, MA 01854

FAMILIES WELCOME! Don’t forget to wear your costume for a chance to be crowned best costume of the night!!

Special Presentation: Dangers of Adolescent Vaping

Special Presentation: Dangers of Adolescent Vaping
Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Dracut High School Learning Commons
6-7 PM

Sponsored by the Dracut Public Schools, Dracut Board of Health, and the Greater Lowell Health Alliance

The use of electronic nicotine delivery devices (ENDs), also known as e-cigarettes, including the brands Juul and Suorin, by young people is a concern for parents worried about youth “vapping”. Surveys conducted with high school students indicate that about a third of high school seniors have tried vaping with approximately 12% reporting what can be seen as regular use.  Public Health experts believe that vaping is rapidly replacing use of other nicotine products like cigarettes and chew as the chief nicotine product used by young people.  The good news is that parents can help prevent vaping if they have the right information.

Unfortunately, your children have access to this highly addictive product. Although it is illegal to sell cigarettes and other nicotine delivery devices to minors, compliance activities in the last few years have shown that 8.7% of illegal sales in Dracut are to this age group, and in Massachusetts generally is at about 7%.

You can get the information you need to prevent your child from vaping at a presentation by registered nurses attending UMass Lowell on Wednesday the 24th of October from 6:00-7:00 pm at the Dracut High School Learning Commons.  This presentation is sponsored by the Dracut Public Schools, the Greater Lowell Health Alliance, and the Dracut Board of Health.  By the end of the presentation, you’ll learn what vaping is, the products associated with it, how to recognize the delivery devices, as well as the short and long terms health consequences of the use of this product.  We hope you take advantage of this opportunity to protect your child’s health.  See you on the 24th!

Presenters: Shannon Cole, RN

Katie Fitzgerald, RN

Paulette Renault-Caragianes, RN

Sovanna Sor, RN

Questions: Dracut Public Schools Student Service Department (957-4633)

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