February Update for Tar Wars Schools  
STATE POSTER CONTEST DEADLINE IS April 6, 2009!!  

Individual schools may submit one poster by April 6, 2009.  If your school is part of a larger group effort, coordinated by a health department, medical school or other organization that conducts a local poster contest, you should submit posters according to your presenter’s request.  Poster contest rules are on page 18 of the Tar Wars Program Guide, or available on our web site at http://www.iafp.com/pdfs/PosterContestRulesForms.pdf  

Please mail posters to 
TAR WARS
C/O IAFP Foundation
 4756 Main Street
 Lisle , IL 60532  

The state poster contest judging will be held April 21st at the Illinois State Capitol (South Hallway) in Springfield from 9:00am to noon. Results will be announced that afternoon!  

REMINDERS FOR TAR WARS SCHOOLS:If you have not heard from your assigned presenter, please try to contact him or her.  If you are not successful in contacting your presenter, contact Ginnie Flynn for assistance at 630-427-8004 or gflynn@iafp.com.  

An additional Parent Information Handout is available at http://www.tarwars.org/PreBuilt/tarwars_parentinfo.pdf

You can print this out and send it home with students after the Tar Wars presentation to encourage them to talk about tobacco issues with their families.  

If you have already had a Tar Wars presentation at your school, please take a minute to complete the Tar Wars online evaluation at http://www.aafp.org/surv6/twteach.htm to give the National Tar Wars program your valued feedback.

We hope your school will hold a poster contest and send that winning poster from your school.  Posters will be due in IAFP ’s offices by April 6, 2009   

February Update for Tar Wars Presenters  

Please share this information with any of your schools who plan to participate in the 2009 Tar Wars Illinois Poster Contest

STATE POSTER CONTEST DEADLINE IS April 6, 2009!!

Individual schools may submit one poster by April 6, 2009.  If you are a presenter hosting a regional poster contest with multiple schools, make sure to mail your top 3 to 5 posters (as long as no school has more than one poster in the state contest) to IAFP Tar Wars before the April 6th deadline.  Poster contest rules are on page 18 of the Tar Wars Program Guide, or available on our web site at http://www.iafp.com/pdfs/PosterContestRulesForms.pdf  

Please mail posters to 
TAR WARS
C/O IAFP Foundation
 4756 Main Street
 Lisle , IL 60532  

The state poster contest judging will be held April 21st at the Illinois State Capitol (South Hallway) in Springfield from 9:00am to noon. Results will be announced that afternoon!  

REMINDERS FOR PRESENTERS:  

If you have already given your presentations:  Please take a minute to complete the Tar Wars online survey for presenters at http://www.aafp.org/surv6/twpresent.htm.

If you haven’t already, contact your schools.
Please get in touch with the contact person at your school(s) as soon as possible and set up a date.  Please get the newly revised Tar Wars "Program Guide for Teachers and Presenters" It's a 24-page PDF file, under “presentation materials in English” or direct link at http://www.tarwars.org/cgi-bin/download_tracking.pl   - You will need to fill out the form and select “Illinois” from the drop down menu to help the national program track state use/participation.

Don’t forget about the Illinois Quitline at 1-866-QUIT-YES.  

Encourage your school to do a poster contest and offer to be a judge!  Remember, the state winner will go to the National Tar Wars Poster Contest in Washington, DC in July.  The Illinois Tar Wars program will cover airfare and hotel expenses for the student and one parent. It’s a trip of a lifetime!  

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