Health Education Programming for Spring Break SSB

It’s that time of year again, when many of our students pack up and head away from campus for Spring Break! Whether Spring Break means a trip to the beach for sun and fun, skiing or boarding down a mountain, volunteering in an alternative break program, or just relaxing and rejuvenating at home, we want to help you make sure your students are well equipped to have a safe and fun time.

This is our first attempt to deliver campaign materials to you via our website. Typically, if we have a corporate sponsor, you receive a health promotion campaign box delivered to your campus address. Since we did not have a corporate sponsor for the 2009 Safe Spring Break campaign, all of the updated material for Spring Break can de found here. Follow the links on the right side of this page to find all of the information you need to plan an educational program, host a social event awareness kickoff, or develop safe spring break kits for your students. The order form outlines many resource materials that highlight personal safety strategies so that students can keep Spring Break safe and enjoyable.

Keep in mind that any of the BACCHUS campaigns are not just intended for one-time events. Even if you do not have time to organize a full effort for Spring Break this year, the programming materials contain valuable ideas and solid educational information you can use throughout the academic year. Thank you for your continued affiliation with The BACCHUS Network™. Best wishes for success with your programming and life saving efforts in 2009.

What’s new for the campaign?

1. Several of our popular posters have been redesigned and two new affordable promotional items are in stock for you: Stress relief lotion packs and erasable highlighters.

2. BACCHUS Friends for a Safe Spring Break 2009 Photo Contest: Win $250

Deadline: Thursday, April 30, 2009

Use the BACCHUS Friends for a Safe Spring Break Photo Contest as a way to motivate safety before, during and after Spring Break. We will announce the winner from the website on May 8, 2009. Click here for more information. Download the submission form.

3. BACCHUS Traffic Safety Challenge Award

Deadline - Thursday, April 30, 2009

A $500 award will be earned by the peer education affiliate proposing the most comprehensive and potentially effective impaired driving prevention, designated driver, safe ride, or highway safety campus campaign or event. This can be an event that you have conducted in 2008-09 year or one that you will conduct in 2009. We will announce the winner from the website on May 8, 2009. Click here for more information. Download the submission form.

4. National Organization for Youth Safety (NOYS) FIFTY BEST Awards Available

BACCHUS Campus Affiliates Can Submit!

Deadline: Sunday, May 31, 2009

The Allstate Foundation awards $1,000 to 50 organizations for their youth-developed and -implemented projects that demonstrate a strong community/campus project focused on youth traffic safety. Several BACCHUS affiliates have won these in the past. Click here for more information.