PRIDE-Omaha, Inc.
Parent Resources and Information on Drug Education
Working To Keep Children Safe And Drug Free Since 1978
PRIDE-Omaha, Inc. is one of the few original grassroots parent/community drug prevention organizations in the United States that remains dedicated to preventing the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs by children. Our organization is a non-profit, state-certified, drug prevention organization.
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It's Red Ribbon Time...
The Red Ribbon Drug Prevention Campaign kicks off this year
on Sunday, September 28, 2008 with a fun celebration!
Bring family and friends for drug-free fun...
free games, prizes, refreshments, demonstrations, live DJ, and much more.
Click here to learn more about this celebration.
Click here for a registration form.
Click here for more information in Spanish.
Click here for a flyer to share with others.
How do I talk to my kids about drugs?
MIP Hotline
(Minors In Possession)
Attention! All students, parents, teachers, and concerned citizens!
If you know about teen parties where alcohol or other drugs will be available; or
People who provide alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs to underage youth; or
License holders who sell alcohol or tobacco to underage youth;
You should report them to law enforcement. If you are not comfortable calling law enforcement, you can call
393-4444 or 1-866-393-4445
to anonymously report information. This hotline will relay your information to the proper law enforcement agency. That agency will check out the information and handle the problem accordingly. You do not need to provide your name. No one will know your identity.
Tobacco Compliance Check Results
Douglas County -- Of 518 tobacco compliance checks completed in Douglas County in the second quarter of 2008, twenty-four (24) retail businesses sold to a minor, representing a 4.6% failure rate. Click here for a list of all Douglas County businesses who have failed one or more tobacco compliance checks since March 2002.
Sarpy County -- Of 106 tobacco compliance checks completed in Sarpy County in the second quarter of 2008, five (5) retail businesses sold to a minor, representing a 4.7% failure rate. Click here for a list of the Sarpy County businesses who failed a tobacco compliance check.
Be A Smoke-Free Ambassador
You can work to make your community smoke free. As communities build support for smoke-free worksites and public places, you can help by volunteering to become a smoke-free ambassador. Simply use a sign-up form to ask family and friends to sign the statement that they support smoke-free environments in your county. Collect as many signatures as you can. Then simply mail the list of signatures back to the address on the form.
These forms will be collected and shared with policy makers in order to show community support for smoke-free environments. The lists will not be sold or used for any other purpose.
If you support smoke-free environments in Sarpy County, click here for a Smoke-Free Ambassador Form.
Click here for important information.
The Safe Homes Parent Network
is a program that works!
Just click here for more information on the SAFE Homes Project
TAKE A PEEK!
PRIDE-Omaha, Inc. publishes a newsletter which presents accurate information on alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevention and promotes and supports primary prevention activities. There is no cost to subscribe to our newsletter. Click here to subscribe.
(We value your privacy and will not share your contact information outside of our organization.)
YOU CAN HELP BY INVESTING IN DRUG prevention?
Did You Know...
The average age of first use of any drug is 12...
... and every child is at risk to use alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs.
The problem is real.
Kids
and drugs are a deadly combination; yet, when we prevent youth from drinking,
smoking, or using other drugs, we create a community with less crime, fewer
illnesses and injuries, and fewer devastating deaths. We create a future with
unlimited potential for children.
Our
agency works to prevent youth from using alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs by
changing the environment that encourages children to use drugs. We are involved
in various drug prevention activities that touch the lives of every community
member.
Are
you the parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, neighbor, or friend of a child
under the age of 21?
We
need your help! Due to changes in grant guidelines, funds supporting the work of
our agency have been significantly reduced. Nevertheless, our services continue
to be invaluable to every community member. Our continued success is only
possible with support from all of you.
Every $1 invested in substance abuse prevention saves up to $20 in the treatment of alcohol, tobacco, and other substance abuse. (Swisher, J.D., Scherer and Yin, K. The Journal of Primary Prevention. "Cost-Benefit Estimates in Prevention Research." 25:2, October 2005)
With
your help we can continue to provide a multitude of vital services to students,
parents, educators, lawmakers, and any community members working to keep
children drug free.
Please
make a tax-deductible contribution today. A donation in any amount is extremely
helpful. Consider a gift of $25 or more to be mailed to PRIDE-Omaha, Inc. at
3534 South 108 Street, Omaha, NE 68144. We deeply appreciate your support as a
partner in keeping children safe and drug free.
Please make a donation today ~ make an investment in prevention!
TO HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE...
JOIN THE
"Action Alert Network"
PRIDE-Omaha, Inc. has established a Action Alert Network to act quickly on urgent drug-prevention issues. Communication is by e-mail. If you would like to find out more information, call 397-3309 or e-mail info@pride.org.
(We value your privacy and will not share your contact information outside of our organization.)
Take S.T.E.P.S. For Drug Prevention
A NEW DRUG PREVENTION CURRICULUM IS AVAILABLE !
PRIDE-Omaha, Inc. is proud to announce the development of a supplemental drug prevention curriculum for kindergarten through third grade. Through a special grant with the Nebraska Department of Education Drug-Free Schools Coordinator, the curriculum provides teachers, parents, youth leaders, home schoolers, and others with a valuable, practical learning tool. This curriculum is designed to be self-directed by the teacher.
Call us today to ask about STEPS ~ Simple Tools Employing Prevention Skills.
View a sampling of the curriculum!
To request more information, please contact Susie Dugan at 402-397-3309 or info@pride.org.
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Looking for our Resource Guide?
A complete listing of the videos, curricula, fact sheets and handouts available from our Resource Center is now online. Some fact sheets are available on the web by accessing our News page and/or Services page.
Contact Us
You may contact us by telephone, fax, U.S. mail, or e-mail.
(We value your privacy and will not share your contact information outside of our organization.)
This website is supported in part by a grant from the Manota E. Simon Foundation
Last modified: August 27, 2008
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