Programs & Events
“Managing Test Anxiety”
and other factors that cause stress for our children
...learn
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2008-2009
CASA Program Calendar
Contains details of events for students and parents.
Volunteer Center
Your ideas and input are always welcome, as is your help
on projects with a range of time commitments.
Looking Back:
2007-2008 Highlights:
7th Grade Orientation
Roberta Richin, executive director of the
LI Council for Prejudice Reduction.
"Family Day"
A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children
Red Ribbon Week
Suffolk Coalition to Prevent Drug and
Alcohol Dependencies (SCPADD) training on the Strategic Prevention Model
and Coalition Building meeting
CASA Wellness Week
Shanti Fund Gandhi Photo Gallery and presentation by
Jacqueline Murekatete,
Rwandan genocide survivor.
New Initiatives - broader
inclusion of community members in CASA efforts
Red Ribbon Week
The first national Red Ribbon celebration was organized in 1986 by a
grassroots organization of parents concerned about the destruction
caused by alcohol and drug abuse. This year's event, coordinated by
CASA, is a collaborative effort of the SCA, CASA, and each elementary
school. We hope that the enthusiasm generated will motivate the students
and the Manhasset community to make healthy choices...Check
the calendar for more information...
2006-2007 Highlights:
2006-2007- Calendar listings
Red Ribbon Week
October
2004
CASA Games
April 2005
Take a look at photos of previous years' community basketball fun.
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Students and CASA Take Action
against sale of alcohol and tobacco to minors
Manhasset/Great Neck EOC Youth Council members have signed-on to assist CASA with a project aimed at reducing a major influence on teens to purchase tobacco & alcohol products: point-of-purchase advertising....learn
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Parent Power
One national research center on substance
abuse calls “parent power” “the most underutilized weapon in efforts to
curb teen substance abuse.”
Parents are crucial to the success of
any efforts to combat the serious problem of underage drug and alcohol
use that exists in Manhasset...learn
more
CASA Coffees
CASA Coffees=Parent Networking=Prevention
Small meetings called “CASA Coffees,” give parents
an opportunity to share ideas on how issues of alcohol, tobacco, and
drug use affect their children and how they can work together to monitor
and combat problems they identify...learn
more
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