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Port Townsend Empowered Teens Coalition
Meeting Minutes
March 22, 2022
3:30-4:30pm
Zoom Meeting
Purpose of meeting: Planning for Drug Take Back and Guiding Good Choices Spring 2022
Facilitator for this meeting: Lindsay Scalf
In attendance: Holly Gumm, LoLo Sherwood, Brett Navin, Josh ley, Al Scalf, Ciela Meyer, Holly McIlvaine, Laura
Tucker, Cheryl Weinstein, Emily Abell
Time Activity
3:30 Called meeting to order, Laura moved to approve minutes from February 2022, LoLo
seconded, all were in favor. LoLo moved to approve the agenda, Al seconded, all were in
favor.
3:35 Updates
1. A Student Assistance Professional has been hired at Port Townsend High School and
will start April 11: Jessica Garcia.
2. Holly M and Brett shared about increases in certain concerning behaviors- vaping,
Lindsay and Holly M will follow-up about scheduling vaping prevention education.
3. Discussed outreach events for Summer 2022- Rhody weekend, Chautauqua
Community Congress Lottery- Emily will share the results of the Pfeiffer house
incentive survey for 18-24-year olds, for us to see if there is information from that
about what we could offer as an ‘experience’ for the lottery that would be most
interesting to this age group.
3:50 Planning for upcoming Drug Take Back- April 30 10am-2pm
LOCATIONs:
QFC in Port Townsend, QFC IN Port Hadlock, and Fire station in Quilcene
ADVERTISING:
PT Leader- ad going out in 4/20 Edition
Social media- post going out in April
Flyering- ongoing
KPTZ Enhanced PSAs- starting in April
3:55 Planning for Spring Guiding Good Choices
9 registrants so far
Dates/Times
Kick-off event via Zoom
on Thursday March 31 6-7pm
THEN, you can choose between attending
5 IN-PERSON sessions
from 6-8pm on Tuesdays
April 12, 19, 26 and May 3, 10
in-person in Quilcene at the Community Center or in Port Townsend at Blue Heron
OR
5 VIRTUAL sessions
from 6-8pm on Wednesdays
April 13, 20, 27 and May 4, 11
via ZOOM
4:00 Confirmed timeline for reviewing data that will be made available this Spring
1. Healthy Youth Survey, workgroup will meet in April to review data, and then will
share main takeaways with the rest of the coalition
2. Workgroup: Laura Tucker, Al Scalf, Holly McIlvaine, Lindsay Scalf
4:10 Discussed Youth Marijuana Prevention and Education Program updates- Laura acquired
medication lock boxes to be distributed to patients at Jefferson Healthcare. Primary Care
Providers will offer them to patients who are known to have children in the home.
BIPOC group at PTHS is hoping to host a screening of ‘Who We Are’. Laura will follow up
with Lindsay about finding funding for this if it doesn’t get approved through the YMPEP
funding.
Discussed BIPOC group programs at Blue Heron and PTHS
Emily described a resource for Transgender community members, Lindsay will share it out
with the rest of the coalition
Emily described two job opportunities- Youth Coordinator with OlyCAP, and A Way Home
Initiative Coordinator for Jefferson/Clallam County.
4:30 Closed meeting
Next meeting: April 26, 2022 3:30-4:30pm via Zoom
Lindsay Scalf
Pronouns: she/her
Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative Coordinator
Jefferson County Public Health