National Prevention Week (May 8-14) Student (K-12) Art Contest, Submissions Due April 4, 2022
Connecticut’s National Prevention Week Planning Committee, including state and local organizations, and communities, are celebrating this observance (May 8-14, 2022) with a K-12 student art contest, among other activities. Selected submissions will be featured in a prevention-themed coloring book, available to residents across the state.
About the Contest
All (K-12) students in Connecticut are encouraged to submit black-and-white artwork for a coloring book using Connecticut's National Prevention Week mascot, “Starfish Stella.” Submissions must be linked to a theme from the eight categories of developmental assets, including: Support, Commitment to Learning, Empowerment, Positive Values, Boundaries and Expectations, Social Competencies, Constructive Use of Time, and Positive Identity.
Rules and Selection
Up to three winners will be selected, and they will receive two tickets to the Connecticut National Prevention Week (NPW) event on Saturday, May 14, 2022, at the Discovery Museum in Bridgeport, Connecticut. All qualifying submissions will be posted on the National Prevention Week webpage on the Connecticut Clearinghouse website, and winning artwork will be featured at the NPW Event.
For an Art Contest Submission Form, Submission Guidelines, and Parental/Guardian Consent Forms, click here.
All forms and entries must be completed, signed, scanned, and submitted by email to Agnes Skowron at ASkowron@Wheelerclinic.org, no later than 5 pm on April 4, 2022.
For more information and questions, please contact Connecticut Clearinghouse at (800) 232-4424, or info@ctclearinghouse.org.
Details also available at the Connecticut's National Prevention Week Facebook page here.
National Prevention Week
National Prevention Week (NPW) is an annual health observance dedicated to increasing public awareness of, and action around, mental health and/or substance use disorders. Communities make prevention happen every day – not just during NPW – and NPW is the perfect time to promote and celebrate prevention activities and resources in our communities.
The three primary goals of National Prevention Week are to involve communities in raising awareness of substance use and mental health issues and in implementing prevention strategies, and showcasing effectiveness of evidence-based prevention programs; foster partnerships and collaborations with federal agencies and national organizations dedicated to improving public health; and promote and disseminate quality substance use prevention and mental health promotion resources and publications.
NPW in Connecticut is coordinated by a Planning Committee that is led by Wheeler’s Connecticut Clearinghouse and includes: the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS), Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF), the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH), The Governor’s Prevention Partnership (GPP), the Prevention Training and Technical Assistance Service Center (TTASC), Regional Behavioral Health Action Organizations (RBHAOs), and Local Prevention Councils and other coalitions serving Connecticut communities.
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