2006 I 2007

NRPM Community Contest 2007

 

National Runaway Prevention Month 2007

Community Contest Winners

H.O.P.E. (Helping Overwhelmed Parents Educate): H.O.P.E., a support group for parents who are seeking help with problems associated with their children in Oxford, CT, launched an awareness campaign that focused on both goals for NRPM.  They raised awareness of the issues facing runaway youth by purchasing 1,000 green light bulbs and teamed up with NEC Unified Solutions Make-A-Difference program to pass out green light bulbs and literature to their employees.  H.O.P.E. coordinated an awareness poster contest for youth in their local middle schools to promote runaway prevention month.  The 1st prize winner of the contest received an Apple i-Pod engraved with the NRS 1-800-RUNAWAY hotline number on the back.  The winners were revealed at the Oxford Center School where a speaker panel was present to speak out on runway prevention and educating the public about solutions.

Family Connection, Inc.  The National Runaway Prevention Month activities at Family Connection, Inc., Saginaw, AL, included educating the public about prevention and solutions through distributing outreach materials via internet, news media, and partnerships with local businesses and schools of Shelby County, AL.  They also partnered with other Safe Place sites to distribute NRPM resource and awareness materials trhought all 13 public libraries in Shelby County, AL.  Through Family Connection's NRPM awareness campaign, 843 youth were presented with information about NRPM, the dangers of running away, as well as local and national resources for help.