Tempe Youth Contests Tout Valuable Message

Tempe Students Encouraged to Discourage Peers from Drug and Alcohol Use

TEMPE, Ariz. – Students in Tempe are being encouraged to create a T-shirt and/or video that will discourage their peers from getting involved with drugs and alcohol, Tempe’s Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking and Drug Use announced today. The deadline for submission is 4 p.m. on April 2 in the Tempe Community Council offices at 34 E. 7th St., Building A. 

These two contests follow the recent logo contest and are intended to further develop community awareness about the dangers of underage drinking and drug use. Prizes will be awarded, including gift cards to Arizona Mills Mall and a two-night family stay at the beautiful Arizona Grand Resort.

T-shirt contest information
All entries for the T-shirt contest become property of Tempe’s Committee for Youth, Family and Community. The winning design will be printed on T-shirts and given out at numerous youth events and gatherings. No inappropriate images, graphics or words will be forwarded to the judges. All entries must be original. Any entry found not to be original will be disqualified. Additional rules follow:

1. Must be a 6th-12th grade student living in Tempe or attending school in Tempe. One entry per student.
2. Designs may be submitted electronically or be hand-drawn on 8.5-inch x 11-inch paper.
3. Must be easy to read and reproduce for T-shirt printing.
4. All entries must be emailed, mailed or hand-delivered to:
   Bobbie Cassano
   Tempe Community Council
   34 E. 7th Street ∙ Tempe, AZ. 85281
   bobbie_cassano@tempe.gov  
5. Graphic programs can be used, but all artwork must be original.
6. Include name, address, phone number, school, grade and e-mail address on the back of the entry or in the email. No identification should be on the front of the entry.

Prizes for the T-shirt contest are:

• 1st Place: $500 gift card to Arizona Mills
• 2nd Place: $250 gift card to Arizona Mills
• Runners up: Movie tickets, I-tunes gift cards & other great prizes

Video contest information
To help students create their video, flip cameras are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Cameras may be checked out for two weeks time and reservations can be made by calling the Tempe Community Council at 480-858-2300. The winning video will be used in marketing and educational activities and the Grand Prize is a two-Night Family stay in a suite at the Arizona Grand Resort. Rules and guidelines for the video contest are:

1. Must be a 9th-12th grade student living in Tempe or attending school in Tempe. One entry per student.
2. Entries must be submitted on a DVD which will not be returned.
3. DVD can be no longer than three minutes in length.
4. All entries must be received by mail or delivered to:
   Bobbie Cassano
   Tempe Community Council
   34 E. 7th Street ∙ Tempe, AZ. 85281
5. Included in the envelope, name, address, phone number, school grade, and email address. No personal identification should be left on the DVD itself.
6. No inappropriate images, graphics or words will be forwarded to the judges. All entries must be original. Any entry found not to be original will be disqualified. All entries become property of the Tempe’s Committee for Youth, Family and Community.

About Tempe’s Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking and Drug Use
In the spring of 2009 the local community completed a six-month review of underage drinking and drug use to determine a broad strategic plan to help guide prevention activities for Tempe in the next three to five years. This planning process was underwritten by a grant received by the city of Tempe from Magellan Health Services. The broad-based group of residents and professionals used a combination of data, youth focus groups and national trends to develop four community issues upon which to target. Four targeted issues were uncovered:

• Lack of community knowledge about the extent, trends, availability and consequences of underage drinking and drug use
• Fragmented availability of prevention education for youth
• Adults are providing alcohol to youth
• Lack of community focus on the basic principles needed to resist poor choices

One of the first solutions identified was to increase community awareness through a local campaign using artwork created by youth.

For information about these contests and the work of the Coalition, please contact Coalition Coordinator, Bobbie Cassano at 480.858.2305 or bobbie_cassano@tempe.gov or visit www.tempe.gov/coalition.

This project has been funded in part by Magellan Health Services through an agreement with the Arizona Department of Health Services, Division of Behavioral Health.

Source: City of Tempe

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