Forsyth County Kick Butts Day Carnival Proposal

When: Saturday, March 27, 2010 Where: Boys & Girls Club Time: 12: 00 p.m. 3 p.m. As a community based group it is our goal to reach out to as many youth and community groups as possible. In visiting individual schools the Youth Advisory Council has been able to reach out to and recruit many youth to join this great movement. We feel that it is time to hold a community event that will give those students who have not yet been introduced to what we do the opportunity to engage and become apart of the TRU movement. Kick Butts Day is a day to empower youth to stand up and speak out against tobacco use with fun, educational events, and activities, so here in Forsyth County we feel that having an informational carnival will raise awareness and eye brows of community members to act and advocate on youth tobacco prevention. Benefits of Kick Butts Day Carnival: 1. Raise awareness about the nationally observed event 2. Youth will be empowered to stand up and speak out against the dangers and consequences of tobacco use and SHS 3. Youth will be exposed to the TRU brand through youth tobacco messages and TRU incentives 4. Youth will get the opportunity to use and improve their planning and implementing skills into this event 5. Community and schools will learn about the TRU website which will encourage them to pledge to be tobacco-free 6. Parents, and caregivers will be exposed to the youth tobacco prevention message Initial details of event: YAC members will sign up to work at one of the six booths. Adult volunteers will be recruited for: Registration Popcorn Machine provided by Hauser Rental Crowd control Youths lunch Pizza Incentive table Youth will register and pick up their KBD Carnival Passport to go through the different stations. Once they have visited each station they can report back to the registration table to turn in their passport for an incentive.

Carnival Booths: 1. Secondhand Smoke Soup-this will be a table displaying the dangerous chemicals that are in secondhand smoke and cigarettes by using household products that also contain the chemicals in cigarettes. This gives the youth a chance to see that the chemicals that are in cigarettes are also in these products. o Youth involvement: Gather household products for demonstration Gather materials with information about harmful affects of SHS Quit line info Lung display or any display to elaborate on the topic area Choose incentives for booth 2. Tobacco Toss -this will be a bing bag toss game and station loaded with tobacco facts all around; signs stuck in the ground with tobacco facts written on them o Youth Involvement: Make signs and posters to go around station that have interesting tobacco facts Gather materials to go on table Come up with game and how it can be used to draw attention to the tobacco facts Choose incentives for booth 3. Tobacco Wheel-at this station youth will spin a wheel and answer tobacco questions on 3 different levels (easy, medium, hard) for an incentive o Youth Involvement: Decide what questions you want to use for the wheel from easy to hard Gather tobacco info for table Choose incentives for booth 4. Wall of Remembrance and Pledge Signing Station-at this station participants will have the opportunity to write down their loved ones named who have died or gotten ill from tobacco. They will also be able to sign a pledge stating that they will pledge not to use tobacco or stop if they are using. o Youth Involvement: Create Wall of Remembrance banner Be there to explain what they are to do at this station

Gather materials-pledge, pens, markers for people to sign

5. Cancer Survivors- (S.A.V.E. speaker)- at this booth Terrie Hall will set up the pig lungs and talk to participants about the consequences of using tobacco. The youth will assist her in answering questions about how tobacco can affect your body. o Youth Involvement: Assist Terrie Hall in answering any tobacco-related questions Gather incentives Gather materials to go on table 6. Kids Station this will be a station for kids (elementary age & younger) to be able to receive information about tobacco while doing fun activities. We will have tobacco coloring pages, TRU tattoos, and face painting for them to do. o Youth Involvement: Gathering materials needed for booth Helping finger painting kids face Passing out incentives to kids The TRUth music video will be playing for participants to view while they are at the carnival. There will not be a separate booth for the video this year. We will provide: Prizes (TRU: Tobacco Reality Unfiltered t- shirts, mirrors, key chains, pens, etc.) Copies of the music video on DVD Others Local Media Contact Radio station WFMY News 2 (Greensboro, NC) WXII 12 (Winston-Salem, NC) W-Times Newspaper Chronicle Newspaper Flyer for schools and community Clear Channel Radio (reaches listeners in the entire Triad Area)

Tentative Agenda 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Setup - continuous 11:30 a.m. 11:45 a.m. - Event Registration/Welcome 11:45 am. 12:45 p.m. Visit Carnival Booths (In 15-minute intervals TRU members will read off a tobacco fact over the loud speaker) 12:45 p.m. 1:45 p.m. S.A.V.E Speaker Presentation 1:45 p.m. 2:45 p.m. Visit Carnival Booths (In 15minute intervals TRU members will read off a tobacco fact over the loud speaker) 2:45 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Closing & Thanks 3:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Clean up