LIHU‘E — Seems it’s not just politicians and hawkers of goods who see the annual Kaua‘i County Farm Bureau Fair as a good place to reach nearly an entire island’s populace. Also with a booth at the fair is the
LIHU‘E — Seems it’s not just politicians and hawkers of goods who see the annual Kaua‘i County Farm Bureau Fair as a good place to reach nearly an entire island’s populace.
Also with a booth at the fair is the Hawai‘i Meth Project, with a singular and important goal of keeping young people from trying crystal methamphetamine, or ice, even once.
The Hawai‘i Meth Project’s new Teen Advisory Council Members, Shannon Vidinha and Morgan Marois of Waimea High, are at the fair at the project’s booth, along with Jennifer Phakoom, Hawai‘i Meth Project program manager.
The Waimea students and other volunteers are distributing wristbands, stickers, temporary tattoos, informational brochures and verbal information on the project, a press release states.
They are also seeking other volunteers to join the fight against meth on the island. The Hawai‘i Meth Project’s campaign slogan, “Not Even Once,” speaks to the highly addictive nature of meth.
As Teen Advisory Council Members, Vidinha and Marois are helping with peer-to-peer outreach activities at their own school and at other schools, as well as throughout the Kaua‘i community.
Tomorrow at 8:30 p.m., in the Hawaiian Airlines entertainment tent at the fair on the grounds of Vidinha Stadium in Lihu‘e, the Hawai‘i Children’s Theatre Pono Players will be performing their production, “Ripples: My Best Friend is Smoking Ice.”
This production montage, a collaboration with the Hawai‘i Meth Project and other local agencies, delivers facts about methamphetamine use and demonstrates the power of friendship when dealing with the effects of this highly addictive drug, the release states.
Pono Players is a peer-education troupe of eight Kauaians ages 15 to 22 who translate serious issues into non-threatening stories that address various problems facing young people on Kaua‘i, the release states.
Volunteers are manning the Hawai‘i Meth Project booth, under Phakoom’s supervision, from 6 p.m. to midnight today, noon to midnight Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday.
