| Community Service |
S.A.V.E. Stop America's Violence Everywhere Who We Are: Proud AMA Alliance federated members, who care about building healthy communities. We improve the health of our respective communities by talking to children, educators, media and parents about reducing violence in media portrayals and in real life. Internet safety with Faux Paw. I Can Choose, Hands are NOT For Hitting and You Don't Have To Be Bullied materials are available to Washoe County elementary schools upon request. Please contact AWCMS if you would like to order these materials for your school. Screen Out! Project with the AMA, AMA Alliance, American Heart Association and American Legacy Foundation to change the R rating for movies and kick smoking out of movies intended for our children. |
| Please contact us at 775-829-1303, if you would like to order any of these materials for your Washoe county elementary school. |
| The AWCMS Kids Alliance also performed the Faux Paw skit at the Tune In To Kids fair in Reno, which was attended by an estimated 12,000 parents and children. Now in its 3rd year, the hands-on fair focuses on promoting interactive family experiences, as well as health and safety for children. A Faux Paw "quiz" and handout materials were distributed at the AWCMS health booth and storybooks/CDs were donated for use as prizes. AWCMS has previously distributed Faux Paw materials to each elementary computer lab in the district, private schools, every public library, community family resource centers, hospital waiting rooms, and local physicians' offices where children might be in reception areas. |
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| AWCMS Projects |
| Faux Paw |
| I Can Choose |
| Children learn self-esteem and conflict resolution skills while completing word finds, mazes and drawings. |
| You Don’t Have To Be Bullied |
| Generates a dialogue about bullying, its effects on children and strategies to prevent it. Through mazes, picture finds and other coloring activities, children learn what to do if they are being bullied. Appropriate through 5th grade. |
| Hands Are NOT for Hitting |
| This paper placemat teaches preschool through third grade children positive, nonviolent activities and acceptable ways to treat others. “Hands” is a simple handtracing exercise with a fun activity on the back for parents or teachers to work through with children. It provides a thought-provoking, creative look nonviolent ways of communicating. |