Over 1000 People Attend 420 Remix Event
Cinco De Mayo - Celebrate with Dignity
Greetings Supporter,
The Natural High Video Series is starting to make a name for itself. With the addition of one new staff member, we finally have the capabilities to orchestrate with local outreach opportunities to further our message and resources to educators, parents and students alike. We encourage you to read about 420 Remix and Cinco De Mayo - Celebrate with Dignity, two events we recently participated in.
We also would like to mention our involvement in three more upcoming events;
- May 28th - Preventing Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drug Abuse in your Community Workshop
- May 29th - Sober N Sexy Natural High Benefit Party
- June 7th - Switchfoot Bro-Am Surf Tournament
If you live in the
Kindest Regards,
Kelly N. Frank - Manager of Marketing and Communications
Sundt Memorial Foundation
7817 Ivanhoe Ave. Suite #304
La Jolla, CA 92037
SAVE THE DATE:
October 18th, 2008 - Next Sundt Memorial Foundation Gala
Student Testimonial
I learned that if you just start with cigarettes or weed you will most likely go to more drugs that are worse. I liked how you put athletes talking about how drugs can change your life. They could have been on a whole different road than where they are now.
- Jonathan Mulcahey,
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Over 1000 People Attend 420 Remix Event
Last month the Sundt Memorial Foundation joined the North Coastal Prevention Coalition to host their 420 Remix Event designed to take back the unofficial pot smoker?s holiday;4/20 from the marijuana smoking subculture. Aaron Byzak, Policy Adviser for Health and Human Services, said, "Our 420 Remix event demonstrated that everyone can have fun in a sober and drug free environment. People of all ages enjoyed the music, booths, food, educational materials, and activities that the event offered and walked away from the event empowered to make healthy life choices." For stats and more reasons why NCPC puts on this event click here.
SMF hosted a Natural High booth where we passed out free copies of our latest DVD, Natural High 3 amidst the rocking tunes of up and coming artists; Los Oliver, The Duree, The Funky Kicks, The Leventhour, and Vanity Affair. We also raffled off a signed Tony Hawk Skate Deck and gear won by Marshall Sowko (shown in picture). The Foundation was thrilled to be a part of this prevention outreach and look forward to participating in it annually.
Cinco De Mayo - Celebrate with Dignity
The Sundt Memorial Foundation had the opportunity to be part of yet another anti-substance abuse celebration in City Heights on Friday, May 2, 2008. The Cinco de Mayo con Orgullo Festival is a campaign effort to stop the exploitation of the Cinco de Mayo holiday by the alcohol and tobacco industries. The Coalition promotes the true meaning and significance of the holiday and the Latino culture by sponsoring alcohol and tobacco free events.
Admission was free and the event featured Aztec Dancers, Mariachis, Resource Booths, Ballet Folklorico, delicious Mexican food, and a fun zone for children and youth. The Sundt Memorial Foundation again set up a Natural High booth, where we passed out free copies of Natural High 3, and raffled off a $100 Apple Gift Card for those who signed up for more information.
Sober N Sexy Natural High Benefit
Glum-Lot-Not! Productions a cause-based social networking community, announced the First Annual Sexy n Sober Fashion Show at Aubergine to raise awareness and funds for Sundt Memorial Foundation and Natural High.org.
Billed as An Evening of Fashion and Unfermented Fun, 400 People are anticipated to attend this 100% alcohol and drug-free event which includes appetizers, buffet, fashion show, silent auction, and DJ until midnight. It?s not about SAYING NO to Drugs, it's about saying YES TO LIFE. By staging this and other events, Glum-Lot-Not! is role ?modeling to kids how WE LIVE LIFE without LIQUOR. Jon Sundt adds, ?This event aligns with the Sundt Memorial Foundation's mission in that it encourages attendees to achieve a natural high through music, dancing and a fashion show. What a great way to celebrate choosing a natural high over substances. We are grateful for this partnership. For more about Glum-Lot-Not! and event details click here.
To purchase tickets: send e-mail to @glumlotnot.org to get on guest list and reserve $30 pricing. Pay online with credit card: www.glumlotnot.org. $30 through 5/28. Or $40 cash at the door night of without RSVP.
Executive Director Update with Michelle Ahearne
It is such an exciting time at SMF right now and I am so grateful for the opportunity to do this work with all of you. In just a few months, our staff and board have worked together to define our purpose and rework our mission and vision; we have jumped into production on Natural High 4; we passed our first budget and have flushed out a tentative operational plan for the next year; we have begun to build out our team to include staff, board and now marketing and corporate partnership committee members; we actively participated in several community events; and we started planning for our annual gala. Whew! It has been busy and exciting.
Also, we have just learned that the Morgan Le Fay Dreams Foundation, run by a well-known money manager and great friend of Jon Sundt?s, has generously offered to match new donor contributions dollar for dollar up to $15,000! Knowing each new dollar becomes two, we are exceedingly grateful to the Foundation for this partnership.
I am so appreciative of the work you and your foundation have done in producing the Natural High video series. I use them every year with my students. I recently discovered the discussion guides available through this website and was impressed with the way the questions prompt students to think at a higher level. Sandy Bresnick, Teacher,
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