Tritt Elementary 5th Grader Eleanor Weber Wins 2010-11 Tar Wars Statewide Poster Contest And Trip to Washington D.C.
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| Marietta fifth grader Eleanor Weber (2L) Georgia's 2011 Statewide Tar Wars Poster with U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss at the National Tar Wars Poster competition July 12 2011 in Washington D.C. Eleanor was joined in Washington by her m other Kristen Weber (L) and sister Kate Weber (R). |
As Georgia's first place winner, Eleanor will receive a $150 cash prize, travel and lodging for the National Tar Wars Conference and Poster Competition in Washington D.C. in July. Her poster entitled "Dare To be Tobacco Free" depicts landscapes from two towns: one with blue skies and trees where people live tobacco-free and one with poor air quality where tobacco products are sold (poster pictured below).
Second place in the Tar Wars statewide poster contest was awarded to Natalie Campbell also from Tritt Elementary, who received a $100 cash prize. The third place prize, with a $50 cash award, was awarded to Kenzie Fenn who also attends Tritt Elementary in Marietta.
President of the Foundation of the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians, Dr. Brian Nadolne and Foundation Vice President, Dr. Rolf Meinhold presented the Tar Wars program to Tritt's 5th grade students in January 2011.
This year marks the 23rd anniversary of Tar Wars; a tobacco-free education program sponsored in Georgia by the Foundation of Georgia Academy of Family Physicians and designed to increase awareness among 4th and 5th graders of the effects of tobacco on the body. Since it was established in 1988, Tar Wars has reached more than 8 million children in 17 countries with its tobacco-free message and is administered nationally by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).
For more information on the Tar Wars program or to schedule a Tar Wars presentation for your school please contact Kara Sinkule at (404) 321-7445 or ksinkule@gafp.org.
Tar Wars Program Guide and Materials
Request a Presentation/Volunteer at Your School
Tar Wars is a tobacco-free education program created in 1988 by the American Academy of Family Physicians for fourth- and fifth-grade students. The program is designed to teach kids about the short-term, image-based consequences of tobacco use, the cost associated with using tobacco products and the advertising techniques used by the tobacco industry to market their products to youth. In Georgia, the Tar Wars program is administered by the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians.
Tar Wars Presenters Needed
Children eagerly await these presentations in classrooms throughout our state
Do you have a child or grandchild in elementary school?
If so, why not present the Tar Wars program at their school? The Foundation of the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians needs additional presenters to help spread the tobacco-free Tar Wars message to fourth- and fifth-grade students in all corners of Georgia.
Currently, we do not have enough family physicians, residents and medical students on board to present the Tar Wars program this school year to children in Georgia. Please help us spread the tobacco-free Tar Wars message to youth in your community by volunteering just half day of your time during the upcoming school year.
Presenting Tar Wars is easy – and fun. We’ll mail a Tar Wars classroom kit to your school so that everything will be there when you arrive. The kit contains all the materials and handouts you’ll need for the presentation, including free poster board and crayons to help students create posters.
To learn more about presentation training, complete the form below or contact Kara Sinkule directly at ksinkule@gafp.org or call (800) 392-3841. Simply send us the name of your chosen school along with preferred dates for you to present, and we’ll do the rest. If you don’t have a school in mind, we’ll pair you up with one in your community.
Tar Wars is a tobacco-free education program created by the American Academy of Family Physicians for fourth- and fifth-grade students. The program is designed to teach kids about the short-term, image-based consequences of tobacco use, the cost associated with using tobacco products and the advertising techniques used by the tobacco industry to market their products to youth.
______ Yes, I would like to present Tar Wars to students in my community.
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Fax to GAFP Office - Attn: Kara Sinkule (404) 321-7450 or email ksinkule@gafp.org.
Family physicians are taking a frontline approach to helping the 70 percent of 46 million U.S. smokers who say they want to quit meet their goal. The AAFP's tobacco cessation program, "Ask and Act," encourages family physicians to ASK all patients about tobacco use, then to ACT to help them quit.
To learn more, visit: http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/clinical/publichealth/tobacco.html
Are you ready to join in the fight against tobacco?
Become a Tar Wars Presenter Today!
State Poster Contest: All fourth and fifth graders are eligible to participate in the state poster contest. Posters must be original and emphasize the positive aspects of not smoking. Georgia is proud to have had national winners in the top ten finalists for two consecutive years.
Deadline for the GA State Poster contest - March 30, 2012
The deadline for the Georgia poster contest is March 30, 2009. Posters must arrive in the Foundation of GAFP office by that date. State entries will be judged in mid to late April. Winners will be notified in the beginning of May.
Request a Presentation/Volunteer at Your School
Tar Wars Program Guide and Materials
Questions? Call GA Tar Wars Coordinator Kara Sinkule at 1-800-392-3841.
Note: All posters submitted becomes the property of the Foundation of the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians.
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