January 3, 2020
Happy New Year! Here’s an opportunity for some of our kids to make good on their New Year’s resolutions –
Next week, January 6-10, we will be running a program entitled Vape Take Back Week. Recently this program was run at North Hunterdon with a resounding success. Here’s the deal: From next Monday through Thursday, the program will be promoted to students indicating that on Friday there will be a confidential collection site with no school staff, no observation, and no consequences. In addition, incentives – gift cards and entry in a raffle – will be included in the promotion.
The collection room will be staffed by personnel from Prevention Resources https://njprevent.com/, a local organization we have worked with for years, whose mission is drug and alcohol abuse prevention. They have sent along this resource for you to begin the process: https://njprevent.com/
- Our Administration has approved the plan and would assure parents and students alike that they can rely on the secure commitment to anonymity and moratorium on consequences for students who bring devices to school in order to turn them in at this event.
We know that many kids who vape would like to quit and that an event like this can add just the right amount of incentive for some to make the move. At North Hunterdon this past November, the following were collected:
- 59 vape devices
- 15 bottles of e-juice
- 4 chargers
- 82 pods
- See the attached photo –
- See the attached photo –
If you are not that familiar with the available technology and variety of devices, you can watch the following video from Bedford High School in Massachusetts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
I hope you will partner with us by encouraging your child to give up this dangerous habit and to turn in their vaping equipment with no strings attached.
As always, your comments or questions are welcome.
Regards,
Jeffrey M. Hunt, LCADC, LPC
Student Assistance Coordinator
Municipal Alliance Chairperson
Voorhees High School
(908) 638-2175
