Glove City Coalition AGENDA and MEETING MINUTES
(Sally Baker, Note Taker )
Date: Thursday, June 16, 2022
10:00 am via Zoom
Promoting healthy futures through collaboration and education. GCC strives to reduce youth substance use by engaging and supporting the community through education and collaboration to promote and sustain healthy lifestyles.
Attendance: Bonnie Peck, Glove City Coalition; Cassandra VanNostrand, PPGNY; Tony Clay, GPD; Nicole Walrath, Fulton Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce; Lydia Gonzalez, MVP Health Care; Sally Baker, CDTF at HFM; Brenda Hansson, Hudson Mohawk Area Health Education Center; Shannon Endsley-Berowski, Fulton County Public Health; Ginger Cato, Rob Constantine Recovery Center; JoAnn Evans, Adirondack Health Institute; Kathy Stangle, Fulmont Head Start; Lashawn Hawkins, I Can Breathe and I Will Speak; Jenise Tirado, Fidelis Care Community Relations Specialist of Montgomery, Fulton, Schenectady, and Schoharie Counties; Howard Wilson, NY Connects/ILCHV; Kayla Avera-Shaw, GHS student/Glove City Youth Coalition; Amanda Nellis, Fulton County DA; James Hannahs, Downtown Gloversville Development Specialist, Fulton County Center for Regional Growth; Terrence Collington, Eliza Rivero, Client Support Specialist with Alliance for Positive Health out of the Schenectady Office; Joyce Royal, North Main UMC;
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Welcome/ Introductions Note Taker: |
Sally Baker |
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| Approval of May minutes |
Howard – motioned Cassandra – seconded |
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Spotlight Speaker: Ginger Cato |
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Old Business: Action Team Reports |
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| Youth Coalition Update (Paul): |
Paul Meher/Kayla Avera-Shaw 5 students did a radio ad on BUG Radio that starts playing-beginning of September, 2X/week
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| Media Committee Update (Cassandra): |
Cassandra VanNostrand Impressions for April-June on I Heart Radio -301,440! FB 87%, 179,000 |
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| Parent Engagement Committee (Paul): |
Paul Meher Nothing To Report |
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| Sustainability Committee: |
Bonnie Peck: We met on June 10th. We have to submit a sustainability plan for the coalition the would lay out how we plan to sustain ourselves past the end of the Drug Free Communities Grant which ends on September 29, 2024. The group looked at the original plan template created in 2021 before I was hired and made some suggested changes. We will be looking at other federal, state, and private grants to continue our work. However, we need to also start developing a fundraising plan in case we are unsuccessful getting grants. Ideas discussed also included asking for some financial support from the city, researching services the coalition could provide for a fee, asking for businesses and individuals to donate towards the coalition. Some parts of the budget could be met through in-kind donations. Stay tuned for more details. The Committee will be meeting again on July 21 which is our normal GCC Meeting Day using the GCC Meeting zoom link. Anyone is welcome to join us and help detail the sustainability plan. |
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| Capacity Building: |
Will meet the end of June. |
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| OD Mapping Update: |
Sally Baker From 1/1/22 – 6/16/22, there have been: Nationally 161,341 Suspected Overdoses 9,770 Suspected Fatal Overdoses 76,120 Narcan Used NYS- 10,149 Suspected Overdoses 1,156 Suspected Fatal Overdoses 6,482 Narcan Used Fulton Co. 44 Suspected Overdoses 6 Suspected Fatal Overdoses 37 Narcan Used Gloversville 35 Suspected Overdoses 3 Suspected Fatal Overdoses 31 Narcan Used
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| Marijuana Policy AD Hoc Work Group: |
Nothing To Report |
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| NEU Planning: |
Tomorrow (Friday, June 17) at 11am is the Bag Stuffing for the NEU event next week at Elk Street Park. NEU which will run from 3:30pm-6pm. We will be stuffing 50 bags for this first event at HFM Prevention Council. If you have items you would like in the bags, please drop them off there before 11am that day. Also, who will be available to help with stuffing? Walking Team members are still needed, the following are the people I recall having volunteered to walk. Alicia King, SallyBaker, Brenda Hansson, Amanda Nellis. We need about 2-4 more people. I am going to go out around the vicinity of Elks Street Park and hang the flier. Anyone want to help me with that? I was thinking about doing it in the afternoon tomorrow after 2pm. The second event will be on July 28th at the Family Counseling Center parking lot. Since we don’t have a full meeting in July of GCC, we need to plan for that event now. When shall we do the bag stuffing? Where (would Family Counseling Center have a room we could do it in and leave the bags until the event? Booklet: Revision hasn’t been completed and sent to me yet, so If I don’t have it by the end of the day today, I am going to reprint the most recent one I have. |
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| GPD: |
Members of the juvenile task force are working to come up with solutions to juvenile issues within the county |
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| Compliance Checks: |
Compliance Checks – 10/11 passed, Fulton St. Deli failed |
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| Coalition updates (Bonnie): |
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| PAX Tools Training: |
Bonnie would like to plan a PAX Tools Training for parents and youth works for sometime in August. Sabrina has offered to pay for the tools kits. I would love to do it in collaboration with an agency/organization that works closely with parents. Location, suggested dates/times between August 15 and 25. Ideal group size would be 10-20. |
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| Note Taker: |
Cassandra – Nov, Kathy Stangle – Dec Filled for remainder of the year |
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| Spotlight Speaker: |
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| New Business: |
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Naloxone Boxes: |
The grant ends 8/31, hoping to have them in place. Cumberland Farms has agreed to have 1 store in either Warren or Washington County as a trial location before adding more. Stewart’s is still in progress. |
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Summer Events and Messaging: |
Just a reminder that this is a time of year when our community has a lot of great events, festivals, outdoor celebrations etc. It is a time when we see alcohol being sold at community events and people gathering. All City parks are already designated as tobacco free and that includes e-cigarettes. One thing our youth survey told us was that young people perceive it normal to use those substances because they see adults using them, and they see advertising and products everywhere they go. Please be sure that if you and the organizations you are involved with are clear about age restricted use and consider ways to keep families protected from exposure to those substances. Added signage reminding participants that they can’t smoke or drink at the events helps a lot to move the needle away from “normalization”. |
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Pride Picnic: |
Wed June 29, 15-20 vendors 4-6pm, Myers Park |
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Next Meeting/WHEN: Thursday, August 18, 2022, 10am, via Zoom Note Taker: Tina Morey Spotlight Speaker(s): Rachel Marcy |
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Member Reports:
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