Tobacco prevention coalitions in Northwest Arkansas represent Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Conway, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Madison, Marion, Newton, Pope, Scott, Searcy, Sebastian, Van Buren, Washington and Yell counties.
Baxter County Tobacco Control Committee
Program Coordinator: Bonnie Brandsgaard
213 E. Sixth Street, Suite 40
Mountain Home, AR 72653
Phone (870-450-4400
Fax (870) 425-4403
Email: bctcc@windstream.net
Meets: Usually meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 10:00 a.m in the Baxter County Services Building.
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Northwest Arkansas
Fort Smith Coalition for Tobacco Education & Prevention
Project Manager:
St. Edward Mercy Medical Center
7301 Rogers Avenue
Fort Smith
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Arkansas
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72917
(479) 314-5707
Madison County Health Coalition
Project Coordinator:
PO Box 336
Huntsville, AR 72740
(479) 737-5178
The Madison County Health Coalition (MCHC) was formed in 1999 to bring together different groups that were interested in the health of people of Madison County. We became incorporated and got our not for profit 501c3 to act as an umbrella group to help develop community health projects. We have by-laws, mission and vision statements, an executive board and an organizational chart. We work in cooperation with the Arkansas Department of Health as a Hometown Health Improvement Project. We develop a local Health Resource Guide each year in a way to communicate with people in Madison County since we don't have a local radio station and our newspaper is published weekly. The Madison County Health Coalition has over twenty members that include representatives from the Department of Human Services, the Madison County Health Unit, Masonic Lodge, Eastern Star, Lions Club, schools, local clinics, pharmacies, and other businesses who meet monthly. In addition to members, the MCHC has Community Action Projects (CAP).
Madison County Health Coalition has a yearly fundraiser and we have received several grants over the past few years. MCHC currently has a Community-Based Tobacco Prevention Grant with which we are working to expand our coalition and include the Hispanic population in our efforts.
The Madison County Health Coalition is determined to have "better health for our community".
Marion County Hometown Health
Coalition Coordinator:
Julie Anderson
PO Box 188
Pyatt, AR 72672
(870) 427-2620 phone
Email: tfmc@marioncounty.com
Meets:The 1st Monday of every month at 5:30 pm at the Marion County Health Department.
Northwest Arkansas Education Service Center/Springdale
Northwest Arkansas Partnership for Health Education/Harrison
Chair, Dr. Rick Hinterthuer
Program Coordinator: Kathy Downs
1515 Pioneer Drive
Harrison, AR 72601
Phone # (870) 391-3367
Fax # (870) 391-3507
rickh@northark.edu
kdowns@northark.edu
Northwest Arkansas Tobacco Free Coalition
Program Coordinator:
614 E. Emma, M416
Springdale, AR 72764
479-872-5250 (phone)
www.nwatfc.com
O.U.R. Educational Cooperative/Harrison
Paris School District
Tri-County Coalition (Crawford, Franklin & Logan Counties)
Coalition Chair:
Coalition Coordinator: Rene Kiefer
602 N. 10th Street
PO Box 645
Paris, Arkansas 72855
Phone: (479) 963-6531
Fax: (479) 963-1065
Email: rkiefer@paris.wsc.k12.ar.us
River Valley Tobacco Free Coalition/Fort Smith
Project Coordinator:
2321 Rogers Avenue
Fort Smith, AR 72901
(479) 782-3260
gwooten@cox-internet.com
The RVTFC wants to make sure people know the truth about smoking and secondhand smoke. Truths like:
ü The tobacco industry spends $1 million a week in Arkansas on marketing that attracts our youth to its deadly products. ($13 million a day nationally)
ü Secondhand Smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals and 40 carcinogens including: Formaldehyde, cyanide, arsenic, carbon monoxide, methane, & benzene. You are passively smoking when you breathe secondhand smoke.
How can you help? Get involved with the coalition. Join one of the coalition’s committees. Be a Friend of the Coalition by endorsing efforts and offering signatures of support. Encourage partnerships where you work or with community groups that you belong to. Talk to your legislator about your concerns regarding tobacco use and the hazards of secondhand smoke. Educate your friends and loved ones about the hazards of tobacco use.
Tobacco Free Marion County
Van Buren County Extension Service
Western AR Education Service Center/Branch
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