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Welcome to another issue of our weekly bulletin! Read below for more information about our meeting.
 
 
This Week in Rotary
Guests
Jim Oliver 
Tracy Ritter (Tri-County Health)
Steve Martinez (Tri-County Health)
Taylor Roberts
 
Announcements
 
Flower Power
You are invited to the Flower Power.  
Event: Flower Power
Date: Mar 01, 2020 5:30 PM  - Mar 02, 2020 9:00 AM
Fee:  
Location: convention center and Cherry Creek Nursing Home
14699 E. Hampden Avenue
Aurora , CO United States of America
80014
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Help pick flowers at the Colorado Convention or Deliver flowers to a nursing home and put a smile on someones face. 

Needing volunteers for the upcoming Flower Power pickup/dropoff on March 1st and 2nd.  Sheila has signups that were provided at the meeting.  If you would like to volunteer please send Sheila an email @ smanthony@centurypa.com
 
 
Rangeview Interact Club(pictured)
Member Rich Richards presented a $3K grant to Kasi Marliss-Taylor and student Helen Do from Rangeview High School Interact program to support their efforts.  Congratulations to the students and their teachers on an outstanding programs.  We also want to thank member Linda Witulski for her continued support of the program as well. 
 
Member Patti Bateman asked everyone to put on your calendars the upcoming State of The City event on May 11th, 2020 at Hyatt Regency Aurora-Denver, featuring Mayor Mike Coffman.  If you have organizations interested in attending or becoming a sponsor please reach out to member Brad Pierce at 303.341.5559.  Additional details to follow.
 
Shots for Tots
You are invited to the Shots for Tots and teens 2020.  You can also book family and friends.
 
Event: Shots for Tots and teens 2020
Date: Mar 14, 2020 8:45 AM  - Mar 14, 2020 1:15 PM
Fee:  
Location: Aurora Fire Station #2
12600 Hoffman Blvd
Aurora, CO United States of America
80011
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Shots for Tots and Teens at the Aurora Fire Station #2 located at 12600 Hoffman Blvd in Aurora Colorado 80011. Volunteers needed from 8:30 AM until 1:30 PM or any time in between.  Please wear comfortable shoes and bring a jacket in case the Firetrucks have to roll out for a call and the doors have to be opened briefly. Lunch will be provided by us.

We also need donations of any small stuffed animals or children's books in clean condition. They don't need to be new. These will be given out to the children that come in to get vaccinated for them to keep.   Please bring these items to the next meeting for David to take, or to the event itself.

Thank you all for your help! Please contact David Dreibelbis at 720-819-0856 or david@ikonmeds.com with any questions.

 
 
 
 
 
 
Next  meeting on 2/19/20 @ Rendezvous Healther Gardens .
 
 
Tri-County Overdose Prevention Partnership
Our speakers this week were Tracy Ritter and Steve Martinez from Tri-County Health  

The goals of  Tri-County Overdose Prevention Partnership is a community-based partnership of public and private partners working collaboratively to address prescription drug misuse and overdose deaths in Adams, Arapahoe, and Douglas Counties. Our goals are three-fold:

  1. Prevent overdose deaths.
  2. Increase awareness and education about factors leading to and preventing death.
  3. Work with communities to increase engagement and responsiveness.

The Arapahoe County Opioid Task Force formed in 2013, and the Adams County Opioid Prevention Group formed in late 2015. Each was initiated by individuals who had lost loved ones to an opioid overdose, and both have been championed by County Commissioner supporters. In early 2016, leadership from both groups met to discuss shared objectives and learning opportunities; they then decided to form one group collaboratively addressing both Counties. Tri-County Health Department (TCHD) was asked to convene and facilitate the group.

This joint group first met in May 2016. Since that time, participants have expanded the geographic reach to include Douglas County, chosen a name (Tri-County Overdose Prevention Partnership or TCOPP), and established goals. Membership has greatly increased, primarily through word-of-mouth and partners recruiting partners. Though facilitated by TCHD, TCOPP is owned and led by the community. Work groups set their own priorities and activities. Decisions are made by group discussion and consensus.

The areas of focus for this program are:

Youth Prevention:

As of September 2018, there are four grant-funded youth substance abuse prevention coalitions in the tri-county area. These coalitions all utilize the evidence-based strategy of community-based processes and community mobilization to collectively address individual-level, community-level, and societal risk and protective factors influencing youth health and success.

Public Awareness:

The Public Awareness Work Group works to promote awareness of the Partnership as a whole and also to support public education and awareness efforts across each of the strategy areas. The work group's objectives include increasing awareness of TCOPP, planning and coordinating education and awareness events, and development of branded TCOPP materials.

Provider Education:

The objectives of the Provider Education Work Group include increasing knowledge among providers about safe opioid prescribing and alternatives to opioids. In March 2017, TCOPP received a grant from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to affect medical provider prescribing practices in Adams, Arapahoe, and Douglas Counties. Using this grant, TCOPP has sponsored three educational events offering Continuing Medical Education (CME) focused on safe opioid prescribing, alternatives to opioids, and medication-assisted treatment.

Safe Disposal:

The State of Colorado has a statewide medication take back program through the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to collect and safely dispose of medications. This program establishes permanent household medication collection sites around the state. One of TCOPP's objectives is to increase safe disposal opportunities in the three counties. The Safe Disposal Work Group leads this work. The Work Group has identified gaps in safe disposal coverage and performed outreach to law enforcement and pharmacy locations in identified target areas to encourage increased participation in the state take back program. As of September 2018, there are 24 permanent medication disposal locations across Adams, Arapahoe, and Douglas Counties including locations participating in the statewide program and pharmacy locations with their own programs (Walgreens, Kaiser Permanente, etc.)

Harm Reduction:

TCOPP has identified a need to increase awareness of the need for naloxone (also known as Narcan, the common trade name of the nasal spray version) among family and friends of people who use opioids. In 2019, the Public Awareness Work Group will consider this effort and how to increase community knowledge about naloxone, how to get it, how to use it, and why it is so vital for everyone to have it available.

Treatment:

The Treatment Work Group is a new work group formed in October 2018. Anticipated objectives include understanding the treatment gap in the metro area and promoting strategies to increase access to, availability of, and enrollment in evidence-based treatment methods including Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT). There has been an overwhelming response for participation in the work group, and we anticipate an active, committed group leading to progress on objectives through 2019 and beyond.

Steve and Tracy also shared some additional facts and figures associated with this program and the potential abuse of prescription drugs.  Please see link below to review this information.  To dispose of your unused medication please use this link to review drop-off locations: 

https://cdphe.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=9732c0cebd264ecba8582a575454ca31

Thank you Steve and Tracy for your work in this area and providing this information to the club. 

 
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Service Above Self
Wednesdays at 12:15 PM
We host Hybrid Meetings
3155 S Vaughn Way
Radisson Hotel
Aurora, CO 80014
United States of America
Anyone attending in person meeting MUST Rsvp in order to have food arranged, and to allow for proper required social distancing. Anyone may attend the zoom meeting.
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