Mid May update.

We will be holding our celebration for the success of the battle of the bands on Thursday May 28th!!!

I have asked some teens to look around their neighborhoods and identify stores that have a lot of tobacco ads. I hope that we will be able to do a little work on the May 28th meeting, we could write letters to the stores in our own neighborhood...which is true grass routes action!

I contacted the town board of Schodack today, they said the board is holding on a decision weather or not to support our Retail Policy. We will have to wait and see what happens in the next couple of weeks. I think it would be great if we could start distributing the POP information we have to all the people we can to spread the word. But don't let their indecision get you down, it shows we have more educating to do here in Rensselaer County! We have another town board meeting to attend to, this time in Schghticoke on June 11th. Lets hope for the best!

I also placed a thank you add in the Independent identifying the diffrent organizations that have supported Reality Check's No Thanks Big Tobacco Policy.

I will try and place the same thank you add in the Capital Region Weekly the following week.

As far as big events coming, we have a training weekend for youth trainers at the Roaring Brook Ranch on May 30th through June 1st. It should be a lot of fun! This event is all about preparing the youth trainers to lead the youth summit which is taking place June 25th- 27th.

I will keep everyone updated with any new information when I get it.

Thanks!

peace