Harvest Hoot September 7th!
Harvest Hoot is a day of fun for the whole family on the slopes of the Camden Snow Bowl. In line with Five Town Communities That Care's mission to promote healthy youth, the Hoot is a late summer celebration of community — a day for families to come together in one of the Midcoast's most beautiful settings.
All proceeds from the Hoot benefit the award-winning STAR after-school program. STAR, which stand for Skills Training and Recognition, is a program for students in fifth- through eighth-grades in Appleton, Camden, Hope, Lincolnville and Rockport. . The STAR program was piloted in the spring of 2004 and is designed to decrease risk factors and increase protective factors for certain problem adolescent behaviors such as underage alcohol and drug use, teen delinquency, school drop-out, and unsafe sexual practices. The STAR program focuses on skills development, recognizing youth as they learn and connecting youth with opportunities in the larger community. STAR is offered at NO COST to participants.
Although the program is supported in part by a generous Maine Juvenile Justice Advisory Group grant in collaboration with Broachreach, there are still gaps in funding that need to be filled in order for the FTCTC to continue offering this award-winning program and the many other services the organization provides for the five-town community.
Come show your support for all the FTCTC has done, and continues to do, by attending this year's Harvest Hoot.
This year at the Hoot you can:
• Visit with North Woods Law TV star Warden Chris MacCabe
• Meet and greet with Maine Warden Service K-9 units
Visit fuzzy friends from PAWS and Pope Memorial Humane Society
• Get hands on with local fire department, police and ambulance rescue unit demos
• Explore the Operation Game Thief trailer• Listen to live local music all day
• Enjoy food from local vendors
• Take a chair lift ride up the mountain - If you're a biker, lifts are equipped with bike racks and mountain bike trails will be open all day
Other fun activities include:
• Bounce house
• Dunk tank
• Cub car races
• Pinewood derby
• Paintball slingshot
• Stump hammering
• Rain gutter regatta
• Balloon sculptures
• Face painting
• And much, much more!
The organizing committee thanks the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts of Pack 200 out of Camden once again for their tremendous effort in coordinating the children's activities at this year’s Hoot.
A preview of this year’s musicians
There will be live music all day at the Hoot. This year's artists include seasoned veterans:
• An acoustic version of Sea Train, one of the Midcoast's favorite bands, playing their versions of classic rock, R&B and funk songs. Check out their Facebook page and their demo video and get ready to dance!
• The LaClaires, playing acoustic roots, country, bluegrass and gospel in Maine, New England and beyond for the last 20 years. Check out their website and find them on Facebook.
...And some newer acts from the younger generation:
• Hafsol performs hard rock, light metal, punk and blues. Members Alex Winn (lead guitars), Chase Winn (bass, vocals) and Brian Wright Jr. (drums/percussion) look forward to getting the crowd going with their energetic mix.
• Fading Dawn classify their music as classic rock, hard rock and metal. They are Alex Winn (guitar/vocals/screaming/keyboards/harmonicas), Jason Pierce (guitar/vocals), Jordan Roubinek (bass/keyboards/vocals), and Tyler "T-Bil" Bilodeau (drums).
What is Five Town Communities That Care?
Some facts, figures and answers to frequently asked questions about Five Town Communities That Care...
WHAT does Five Town CTC do?
We work to promote healthy youth and to prevent problem adolescent behaviors such as substance abuse, violence, delinquency, school dropout, teenage pregnancy and suicide.
Is Five Town CTC having success in its mission?
The short answer: YES!
Compared to the local (Appleton, Camden, Hope, Lincolnville, and Rockport) baseline data collected in 2004, rates of the following problem behaviors were LOWER in 2012: (Data taken from the Maine Youth Drug and Alcohol Use Survey.)
Lifetime use of:
• Alcohol (all grades)
• Cigarettes (all grades)
• Chewing tobacco (eighth-, 10th- and 12-grades)
• Inhalants (all grades)
• Marijuana (12th-grade)
• Hallucinogens (12-grade)
• Cocaine (sixth- and 12-grades)
• Ecstasy (sixth-grade)
• Stimulants (sixth- and 12-grades)
• Prescription drugs (12th-grade)
Used in the last 30 days of:
• Alcohol (all grades)
• Cigarettes (all grades)
• Chewing tobacco (sixth-, 10th- and 12-grades)
• Inhalants (all grades)
• Marijuana (sixth-, 10th- and 12-grades)
• Hallucinogens (eight- and 12th-grades)
• Cocaine (12th-grade)
• Prescription drugs (sixth- and 12-grades)
• Binge drinking (all grades)
• Pack or more of cigarettes a day (all grades)
• Being drunk or high at school (eighth-, 10th- and 12-grades)
• Selling illegal drugs (sixth- and 12-grades)
• Attacking someone to harm (sixth-, eighth- and 12-grades)
• Stealing (all grades)
• Damaging Property (all grades)
• Stolen or Tried to Steal a Vehicle (10th- and 12-grades)
• Been arrested (10th- and 12-grades)
• Carried a handgun (sixth-, 10th- and 12-grades)
• Carried handgun to school (10th- and 12-grades)
Work still to be done!
Compared to the local (Appleton, Camden, Hope Lincolnville, and Rockport) baseline data collected in 2004, rates of the following problem behaviors were HIGHER in 2012: (Data taken from the Maine Youth Drug and Alcohol Use Survey.)
Lifetime use of:
• Marijuana (eighth-grade)
• Hallucinogens (eighth-, 10- and 12-grades)
• Cocaine (eighth- and 10-grades)
• MDMA- "Ecstasy" (eighth-, 10- and 12-grades)
• Amphetamines (eighth- and 10th-grades)
• Prescription drugs (sixth-, eighth- and 10th-grades)
• Suspended from school (sixth- and eighth-grades)
• Sold Drugs (eighth-grade)
• Stolen a vehicle (eighth- and 10-grades)
• Attacked someone with the intent to harm (12-grade)
• Carried a handgun (eighth-grade)
Selected Details:
• 50% decrease in sixth-graders lifetime alcohol use.
• 22% decrease in 12th-graders lifetime cigarette use.
• 62% decrease in eighth-graders’ lifetime inhalant use.
• 54% decrease in 12th-graders’ lifetime prescription drug misuse.
• Last 30-day use of alcohol by 10th-graders went from more than 1-in-2 down to 1-in-3.
• Attacking someone with the intent to harm them by 10th-grade students went from 1-in-8 down to 1-in-13.
• Taking something from a store by 10th-grade students moved from more than 1-in-4 to fewer than 1-in-5.
• Binge drinking by 10th-grade students went from 1-in-3 students down to less than 1-in-5 students.
Want to help ensure FTCTC continues to be successful? Make a contribution today.
