RED ROCK WEST AREA PREVENTION RESOURCE CENTER
MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
Making the Local Link
4th Annual Mental Health, Prevention
and Substance Abuse Conference
The 4th Annual Mental Health, Prevention and Substance Abuse
Conference, “Real People, Real Lives,” will bring together local, state and
national leaders to discuss current best practices and promising practices
in the areas of mental health and substance abuse treatment and recovery,
and prevention. This three-day event will provide participants with practical
tools they can utilize in their agencies and communities to assist with facilitating prevention, recovery and overall wellness.
Volume 7, Issue 6
December 1, 2010
Special points of interest:
 World AIDS Day is December 1
 National Pearl Harbor Day is
December 7
 The flower of the month is the
Holly and the birthstone is
topaz
The conference is scheduled for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday,
December 6-8, 2010, at the Embassy Suites, Norman Hotel and Conference Center, located at 2501 Conference Drive, Norman, Oklahoma
73069. The conference will include learning opportunities in the following
areas: ADSAC, Cultural Competency, Criminal Justice, Clinical Supervision,
Ethics, Case Management, Wellness, Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Recovery, Prevention, Education, and Gambling, in addition to other areas
of interest.
Who should attend? The 4th Annual Mental Health, Prevention and
Substance Abuse Conference will appeal to anyone working in the areas of
prevention, recovery and overall wellness, including, but not limited to, behavioral health service providers such as: Case Managers, Behavioral
Health Rehabilitation Specialists, Therapists, Recovery Support Specialists,
Substance Abuse Treatment Professionals, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Administrators, Preventionists, Educators, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice representatives, Family Members, and Consumers.
For more information, visit www.odmhsas.org
Inside this issue:
4th Annual Conference
1
Fun Christmas Trivia
2
Community Coalitions
2
Staff Info
2
Christmas Holiday Trivia
The first president to decorate the white house Christmas tree in the
United States was Franklin Pierce.
Electric lights for trees were first used in 1895.
The first Christmas cards were vintage and invented in 1843, the Victorian
Era.
“It's a Wonderful Life” appears on TV more often than any other holiday
movie.
“Rudolph” was actually created by Montgomery Ward in the late 1930's
for a holiday promotion. The rest is history.
“The Nutcracker” is the most famous Christmas ballet.
“Jingle Bells” was first written for Thanksgiving and then became one of
the most popular Christmas songs.
If you received all of the gifts in the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas,”
you would receive 364 gifts.
The poinsettia plant was brought into the United States from Mexico by
Joel Poinsett in the early 1800's.
Holly berries are poisonous.
Contrary to common belief, poinsettia plants are non-toxic.
Mistletoe was chosen as Oklahoma's state flower in 1893 and later
changed to the state floral emblem.
In 1843, “A Christmas Carol” was written by Charles Dickens in just six
weeks.
The first state to recognize the Christmas holiday officially was Alabama.
Christmas became a national holiday in America on June, 26, 1870.
Clearing up a common misconception, in Greek, X means Christ. That is
where the word “X-Mas” comes from. Not because someone took the
"Christ" out of Christmas.
Traditionally, Christmas trees are taken down after Epiphany.
More diamonds are sold around Christmas than any other time of the
year.
In Mexico, wearing red underwear on New Year's Eve is said to bring
new love in the upcoming year.
Taken
from www.christmas-celebrations.com
Megan Stringer
Program Director
[email protected]
(580)323-6021 x2236
Lynsi Kent
Prevention Educator
[email protected]
(580)323-6021 x2283
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What’s Going
On In Your
Community?
Blaine County
Blaine County Health Action Team will
have their next regularly scheduled
monthly meeting on December 7,
2010 at 12:00 pm at the Oasis
Church in Watonga.
Beckham County
Oklahoma Unified Resource Turning
Point Coalition “OUR Turning Point”
will hold their monthly meeting December 16, 2010 at noon at the
Gathering Place in Elk City.
Caddo County
The Caddo County Interagency Coalition will host their next meeting on
December 8, 2010 in Anadarko, OK.
Custer County
Custer Washita Health Action Team
(C-WHAT) will resume their next
scheduled meeting in January 2011
at the Red Rock BHS office in Clinton,
OK.
Dewey County
Seiling and Vici Chamber of Commerce meetings are set for the first
Thursday of the month in Seiling and
Vici.
Kiowa County
The Kiowa County Coalition will host
their next meeting December 20,
2010 at the Health Department in
Hobart at 3:30.
Roger Mills County
The Roger Mills Youth and Family
Coalition will host their next meeting
on December 2, 2010 in Cheyenne.
Washita County
Washita Health Action Team will hold
their monthly meeting on December
2, 2010 in Cordell.
State Wide
The Oklahoma Prevention Policy Alliance will hold their monthly meeting
on December 15, 2010.
Regional
WOTCC will hold their regular meeting
on December 16, 2010 in Elk City,
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