Tar Wars
Tar Wars Presenters Needed For Upcoming School Year
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 fall to children eagerly awaiting these presentations in classrooms throughout our state. Please help us spread the tobacco-free Tar Wars message to youth in your community by volunteering just one hour of your time during the upcoming 2007-2008 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 awareness bands, poster board and crayons to help students create posters. Prior to the presentation, we’ll send you a copy of the Tar Wars Program Guide, which contains step-by-step instructions for presenting.
To volunteer or learn more about schools in your area, please contact Kara Sinkule 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.
Thank you in advance for helping to further the Foundation of the GAFP’s mission of keeping Georgia kids tobacco-free.
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. To learn more about becoming a Tar Wars presenter, visit the Tar Wars home page at www.tarwars.org.
August 23, 2007
Foundation of the GAFP wins Tar Wars Grant
The AAFP's Family Medicine Philanthropic Consortium (FMPC) announced that
the Foundation of the GAFP was the recipient of a $5,000 grant for Tar Wars
Tool Kits. The AAFP Foundation received 29 grant proposals and the Foundation
of the GAFP was one of 10 to receive funding.
The Tar Wars Tool Kits will be a package designed to have all the supplies
needed for family physician, residents or medical students to present Tar
Wars (a tobacco-free education program for Georgia 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. A follow-up poster contest is conducted at the school, state, and national level to reinforce the Tar Wars message.
The tool kits should be ready by March 2007. If you would like to present Tar Wars to a school in your community, please contact Jacquelyn Butts at jbutts@gafp.org or 404-321-7445.
FACT:
· Each day more than 6,000 children smoke for the first time and another 3,000 become daily smokers. Annually, these statistics add up to more than 1 million new, under-aged smokers. Approximately one-third of these children will die prematurely from smoking-related illnesses.
Tar Wars ® was founded in response to this growing, yet preventable, health crisis. Targeting fourth- and fifth-grade students, this award winning, youth oriented tobacco-free education program and poster contest takes an innovative approach to teaching tobacco prevention. Tar Wars focuses on the short-term, image-based consequences of tobacco use, and how to think critically about tobacco advertising. A follow-up poster contest at the school, state, and national levels is conducted to reinforce the Tar Wars message.
The Foundation of the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians is joining the American Academy of Family Physicians in supporting expansion of this educational program to every fourth- and fifth-grade classroom in the United States.
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, 2007
The deadline for the Georgia poster contest is March 30, 2007. 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 at Your School (Tar Wars Volunteer Form)
Tar Wars 2005-2006 Program Guide and Materials
Questions? Call GA Tar Wars Coordinator Jacquelyn Butts at 1-800-392-3841.
Note: All posters submitted becomes the property of the Foundation of the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians.
Foundation of GAFP
Attn: Tar Wars Poster Contest,
Northlake Commons,
3760 LaVista Rd., Suite 100
Tucker, GA 30084
Back to top