Current SCRATCH Coalition Coordinator Beth Mayers will be leaving The Southwest Council to pursue other opportunities. Cory Gilden has been selected as the new coordinator. Said Beth, “While I look forward to challenges in my new job, I will miss working with this diverse group of creative, dedicated coalition members. I am grateful that Cory has been chosen as the new Coalition Coordinator. Cory is a natural leader and I know that the momentum our coalition has been building will continue with Cory’s guidance.” “I am so excited to step into my new role as the SCRATCH Coalition coordinator!” said Cory. “It won’t be easy to follow in Beth’s footsteps, but I am confident that I can continue to assist the coalition in its worthwhile efforts in the region.” “I have been working in the prevention field with the Southwest Council for three years, serving in both Salem and Cumberland Counties,” Cory continued. “I’ve taught in-school drug and alcohol resistance programs to kindergarteners through middle school students all over Salem and Cumberland counties.” “In addition, I’ve been facilitating the Strengthening Families Program for families in Cumberland County for the past year and a half.” “I’ve enjoyed working closely with school officials and community organizations and fostering relationships that will serve the coalition well. I will continue to work hard to develop new relationships and initiatives that will make us all proud to say we are part of SCRATCH!” “I look forward to working with you all in furthering the coalition’s goals and bringing about a healthier and happier South Jersey!” Welcome to the SCRATCH Coalition, Cory! Caption describing picture or graph- ic. SCRATCH Coalition Leadership Change SCRATCHING Out Substance Abuse Since 2012 March, 2014 Volume 2 RX Events, May, 2014 2 RX Billboards Installed 3 Sticker Shock Campaign 4 Coalition Central - With a Spotlight on: Alice Hart 4 Inside this issue: Special points of interest: Next SCRATCH meeting: April 9, 2014; 9am. Next CTG meeting: April 9, 2014; 10:45am (immediately following SCRATCH meeting.) Pennsville Sticker Shock Campaign at Fornaro’s Liquor Store, April 9, 2014; 3-4 PM. RX Events: May 7 full day conference and May 28 evening workshop. More information inside. New SCRATCH Coalition Coordinator Cory Gilden The SCRATCH Post Salem-Cumberland Regional Action Toward Community Health
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Current SCRATCH Coalition
Coordinator Beth Mayers will be
leaving The Southwest Council to
pursue other opportunities. Cory
Gilden has been selected as the
new coordinator.
Said Beth, “While I look forward
to challenges in my new job, I will
miss working with this diverse
group of creative, dedicated
coalition members. I am grateful
that Cory has been chosen as the
new Coalition Coordinator. Cory
is a natural leader and I know that
the momentum our coalition has
been building will continue with
Cory’s guidance.”
“I am so excited to step into my
new role as the SCRATCH
Coalition coordinator!” said Cory.
“It won’t be easy to follow in
Beth’s footsteps, but I am
confident that I can continue to
assist the coalition in its
worthwhile efforts in the region.”
“I have been working in the
prevention field with the
Southwest Council for three
years, serving in both Salem and
Cumberland Counties,” Cory
continued. “I’ve taught in-school
drug and alcohol resistance
programs to kindergarteners
through middle school students
all over Salem and Cumberland
counties.”
“In addition, I’ve been facilitating
the Strengthening Families
Program for families in Cumberland County for the
past year and a half.”
“I’ve enjoyed working closely with school officials
and community organizations and fostering
relationships that will serve the coalition well. I will
continue to work hard to develop new relationships
and initiatives that will make us all proud to say we
are part of SCRATCH!”
“I look forward to working with you all in furthering
the coalition’s goals and bringing about a healthier
and happier South Jersey!”
Welcome to the SCRATCH Coalition, Cory!
Caption describing picture or graph-
ic.
SCRATCH Coalition Leadership Change
SCRATCHING Out Substance Abuse Since 2012
March, 2014
Volume 2
RX Events, May, 2014 2
RX Billboards Installed 3
Sticker Shock Campaign 4
Coalition Central - With a Spotlight on: Alice Hart
4
Inside this issue:
Special points of interest:
Next SCRATCH
meeting: April 9, 2014;
9am.
Next CTG meeting:
April 9, 2014; 10:45am
(immediately following
SCRATCH meeting.)
Pennsville Sticker
Shock Campaign at
Fornaro’s Liquor Store,
April 9, 2014; 3-4 PM.
RX Events:
May 7 full day
conference and May 28
evening workshop.
More information
inside.
New SCRATCH Coalition
Coordinator Cory Gilden
The SCRATCH Post Salem-Cumberland Regional Action Toward Community Health
PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
Full Day Conference -
CumberlandRxConference.eventbrite.com
Evening Workshop -
Rx2Addiction.eventbrite.com
For more information on either event,
contact Jessica at 856-794-1011 x302
Page 2 The SCRATCH Post Volume 2
SCRATCH Coalition Co-Sponsors 2 Prescription Drug and Heroin Workshops in May
Cumberland County
Rx Drug Abuse and
Heroin Conference
May 7, 2014 Luciano Center
Cumberland County College
Hosted by:
The Cumberland County
Prosecutor’s Office
The Cumberland County Healthy
Communities Coalition
The Salem-Cumberland Regional Action
Toward Community Health Coalition
Sponsored in part by:
Cumberland County Municipal Alliances
(GCADA), Cumberland County College,
Inspira Health Network, The Southwest
Council, Inc.
Locally Designed Prescription Drug Billboards Installed!
Page 3 The SCRATCH Post Volume 2
Designed by Adriana Smith of Penns Grove High School
Designed by the LMTI Club of Pennsville Memorial High School
Through a partnership with the Southwest Council, Inspira Health Network, and the GRASP Coalition, the SCRATCH
Coalition engaged local high school students in a Prescription Drug Billboard Design Contest. The end results are shown
above. Check out the billboards in person: Route 47 in Vineland just north of Garden Road and Route 48 in Penns Grove,
just outside Penns Grove High School. Congratulations to our first place winner Adriana Smith from Penns Grove High
School and our second place winners, students from the LMTI leadership club at Pennsville Memorial High School.
The Salem-Cumberland Regional Action Toward Community
Health (SCRATCH) coalition was founded in 2012 as an
initiative of The Southwest Council. The coalition is funded by
grants from the New Jersey Division of Mental Health and
Addiction Services and the Centers for Disease Control.
SCRATCH Vision: Empowering our communities to create a
new and dynamic norm by changing the social climate and
acceptance of substance use and abuse.
SCRATCH Mission: SCRATCH engages community partners
in Cumberland and Salem Counties to establish and sustain the
environmental changes necessary to eliminate substance use and
abuse. We will consistently develop and promote healthy