CASA December E-Newsletter
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 10:30am
Manhasset CASA Coffee! featured Lori Scheinman, LCSW. Parents enjoyed coffee & conversation as Lori
Scheinman discussed how parents can "Navigate the Teen Years". Special thanks to
Michelle Selby for hosting this engaging program that provided parents an
opportunity to discuss some of their challenges as well as solutions to raising
healthy t(w)eens!
Thursday, November 19, 2015 9:30 a.m.
Parent Committee
Meeting @ Caryn Sawyer's House! All Welcome!
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 7:30 p.m.
CASA Executive
Board Meeting at MHS
Thursday, November 12, 2015 7:30 p.m.
Manhasset CASA
promotes Building
Blocks for a Health Future at the Great Neck/Manhasset Community Child Care
Partnership Forum at Manhasset Pubic Library!
Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. on October 29th,
November 5th & 12th
Active Parenting for Teens was recently
sponsored by Senator Jack M. Martins and the Manhasset Public Library. The
evidence based parenting series was a huge success with close to 60 Manhasset
parents attending the sessions!
Monday, November 9, 2015 7:00pm - 9:00 pm
Nassau
County's
Overdose Prevention & NARCAN Training
Southside High
School Rockville Centre
Free and open to the public
Registration
Required
Call Eden Laiken at 516-571-6105
Sunday, November 8th from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Community residents cleaned
out their medicine cabinets of unwanted medications and discarded them at the Town of North Hempstead's
S.T.O.P. (Stop Throwing Out Pollutants) program! The town collected
960 pounds of pharmaceuticals!!!!!
Saturday, November 7, 2015 8:00 p.m.
CASA
Fundraiser at the Strathmore
Vanderbilt Women's Club
Thursday, November 5, 2015 7pm - 9pm
Nassau
County Overdose Prevention & NARCAN Training
Levittown location: Registration Required
Free and open to the public
Call Eden
Laiken at 516-571-6105 
Wednesday, November 4, 2015 7:30 p.m.
11th Grade Guidance Parent
Night
Manhasset HS Auditorium
Monday, November 2, 2015 at 3:30 p.m.
Stop then Send Internet Safety
Program
for parents and students 7-12 presented by
Nassau County
District Attorney's Office
Friday, October 23, 2015 9:00 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Drug Free
Communities Support Program
Project
Officer Site Visit
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 10am-1pm
MHS Student
Community Service Fair
Manhasset HS Main Lobby
Saturday,October 10th–Sunday, October 18th
Red
Ribbon Week
Manhasset Public Schools celebrated with students (K-6) & faculty anti-bullying presentations featuring Box-Out Bullying.
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Box Out Bullying Parent Presentations(K-6):
9:30 a.m. SCA MP/SR Joint Meeting at Munsey Park School
7:30 p.m. Shelter Rock School Library
For more information about Box Out Bullying, click here!
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 7:30 p.m.
CASA Presentation during 9th
Grade Guidance Parent Night
Manhasset HS Auditorium
Thursday, October 1, 2015
9:00 a.m. at Manhasset
HS
CASA Sector Meeting - All Invited
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Shelter Rock School
9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Residents rid their
homes of unwanted medications! Shed the Meds collected over 700 lbs. of
pharmaceuticals. The program is sponsored by Senator Jack M. Martins, Nassau
County Police and Manhasset CASA! Click here for
more information!
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
High School Open House
Thursday, September 10, 2015
7:30 p.m. CASA presents to
the Board of Education the Bach Harrison Prevention
Needs Assessment Survey Results
Manhasset Middle School Library
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
7:30 p.m. - 9:30
p.m.
Middle School Open House
Tuesday, September 8, 2015 7:30 p.m.
CASA Presentation during 12th
Grade Guidance Parent Night
Manhasset HS Auditorium
Thursday, September 3, 2015 
vineyardvines fundraiser
1950
Northern Blvd
Manhasset, NY 11030
11:00 am – 2:00 p.m.
Monday, July 6, 2015 Talk. They Hear You at King Kullen stores!
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 -Manhasset CASA's June Newsletter!
Saturday, June 20, 2015 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Town of N.
Hempstead S.T.O.P.
Program
Dispose of your unwanted medicines!
North Hempstead
Beach Park North Lot
175 West Shore Road, Port Washington, NY 11050-3049
Friday, June 19, 2015 10:00 a.m.– CASA Sector Member Lisa Ganz from LICADD was a guest on ToNH's Project Independence & You Radio Show on WCWP 88.1 AM. The program discussed prescription drug safety, Lock Your Meds, & The Power of a Grandparent!
Wednesday, June 10,
2015 11a.m.–2p.m.
CASA & LICADD worked together at the
Town
of North Hempstead's
Project
Independence
Community Resource Fair
Company 1 Firehouse
35
Bayview Avenue in Manhasset
Wednesday/Thursday, June 3-4, 2015
May and June 2015
Chocolate Works Supports CASA & SCA mission to further children's physical, emotional and social well-being! Parents and caregivers were invited for ice cream and more after Manhasset elementary and middle school spring concerts! Chocolate Works gave 20 percent of the sales for purchased items to CASA and the SCA. The store is also displaying CASA's Talk. They Hear You fact cards in the prevention of underage drinking. Click here for our flyer!
Saturday, May 30, 2015 – Manhasset Youth Join Town of North Hempstead's Bullying Awareness Walk!
Manhasset CASA and Sector
Member LICADD hosted a resource table at the Town of North
Hempstead's (ToNH) Bullying Awareness Walk at North Hempstead Beach Park in
Port Washington from 10am to 1pm. Students from Manhasset Secondary School as
well as schools from across the Town of North Hempstead walked to bring
awareness to bullying in schools. Manhasset youth spoke during the walk about
research indicating a connection between bullying and substance abuse.
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Local Plandome Road merchant, Ginos Pizzeria supports Manhasset CASA's " Talk. They Hear You" underage drinking prevention campaign. July 4th weekend, Gino's will attach "Talk. They Hear You." Campaign stickers to all take out delivery pizzas! The Campaign now provides parents with a personalized Action Plan (click here) to help make having that conversation easier today - and in the future.
Thursday, May 7, 2015 9:00 a.m.
CASA Sector Meeting
highlited the 2015 Bach Harrison Results. Click here for the
PowerPoint.
Manhasset High School Board Room
Saturday, May 2, 2015
Join Manhasset CASA at the SCA
Fair! 
Shop till You Drop during May at wit & whim
of Port
Washington, an eclectic gift store,
carrying a combination of
vintage, contemporary,
Americana and global fair trade gift items. During
May, wit & whim will donate 100% of their May
profits to Manhasset
CASA! Flyer Here
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 1:00 p.m. and 7:00
p.m.
Manhasset CASA's last workshop in its Power of Parenting
Series
was held at the Manhasset Public Library. The series was sponsored
by Senator Jack M. Martins and the Manhasset Public Library.
Thursday, April 23, 2015 7:30 p.m.
CASA/SCA Program: Hang Up and Drive
featuring Jacy Good
(click here for flyer)
Join us for Hang Up & Drive with Jacy Good!
Manhasset CASA, SCA and Manhasset Public School invited parents, students in
grades 9-12, and all community residents to Hang Up & Drive presented
by
Jacy Good and Steve Johnson. Since Jacy Good’s miraculous recovery from a
crash caused by a distracted driver, she and her husband Steve have worked
to
educate the country about the dangers of cell phone use behind the wheel.
Saturday, April 18, 2015 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Shed
the Meds Pharmaceutical Take Back Event at Shelter Rock Elementary School was a
huge success collecting
500 lbs. of pharmaceuticals! The event was
sponsored by Senator Jack Martins, Manhasset CASA & Nassau County Police! Click
Here for Event Flyer!
Businesses & CASA/SCA Prom
Fundraiser in March & April!
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - Town of North Hempstead recognizes CASA Youth Committee
Manhasset CASA's Youth Committee is honored by the Town of North Hempstead for its work educating Manhasset's 7th Grade Science Classes the dangers of e-cigarettes. Click here for Newsday' article highlighting the committee's efforts to educate teens and adults to the dangers of e-cigarettes! Thank you Town of North Hempstead for banning e-cigarette in Town parks!
Monday, March 30, 2015
Manhasset CASA, NSLIJ and Nassau
County Police attend Heroin
Prevention Task Force Long Island Drug Reclamation Forum and discussed best
practices in the coordination of local prescription drug take back events.
Friday, March 27, 2015 8:15am - 3:10pm
Molloy College
Nursing Program
Health & Wellness Fair (Grades 7-9)
Monday, March 23rd - Friday, March 27th
Health &
Wellness Week
Thursday, March 19, 2015 11:30 am - 1:30
pm
CASA's
Healthy Living Fundraiser
Manhasset CASA's Youth Committee were Teens As Teachers for Kick Butts Day on Wednesday, March 18, 2015. The teens highlighted factual information regarding the dangers of e-cigarettes and the influence tobacco marketing on teens to all students in grade 7 Science Classes.
Manhasset CASA and the Manhasset Public Library hosted Saving the Life Of A Loved One: A NARCAN/Opioid Education & Training Program Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. This program is sponsored by Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, Nassau County Legislator Richard Nicolello and the Nassau County Office of Mental Health, Chemical Dependency and Developmental Disabilities Services. Seating is limited and reservations are required. Call Eden Laikin at (516) 571-6105 or emailing her at elaikin@nassaucountyny.gov .
Thursday, March 12, 2015 9:00 a.m.
CASA Sector Meeting - All Welcome
Manhasset High School Board Room
Wednesday, March 11, 2015 1 p.m. & 7 p.m.
The Power of Parenting: What
Adults Need to Know about Bullying with Tim Jahn, Parent Educator,
Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) of Suffolk County's Family Health &
Wellness Program
Manhasset Public Library
30 Onderdonk Avenue,
Manhasset
Register online -
click here
Thursday, February 26, 2015 3:30 p.m.
CASA/LICADD Student
Presentation
Stressed!?!
Manhasset High School
Black Box Theatre
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 7:30 p.m.
The Power of Parenting: The
Fragile Teen Brain
featuring Stephen Dewey, Ph.D., Feinstein
Institute for Medical Research at North Shore LIJ
Manhasset Public
Library
30 Onderdonk Avenue, Manhasset
Thursday, February 12, 2015 7:30 p.m. 
Guidance
10th Grade Parent Night
Manhasset High School Auditorium
January 26-February 1, 2015
During National Drug Facts Week, the Manhasset Booster Club, Manhasset CASA and the Manhasset SCA presented Hoot's Chalk Talk featuring Don Hooton, Sr. of the Taylor Hooton Foundation at 3:30 p.m. Students & 7:30 p.m. Parents.
Friday, January 16, 2015 11:00 a.m.
CASA/SCA Health &
Wellness Committee Meeting
Thursday, January 15, 2015 9:00 a.m.
CASA Sector Meeting
- All Welcome
Manhasset High School Board Room
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 3:15 p.m.
Parent Fundraising
Committee Meeting
Tuesday, January 13, 2015 3:15 p.m.
Youth Committee
Meeting
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 7:30 p.m.
Guidance 8th Grade Parent
Night
Manhasset High School Auditorium
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 3:15 p.m.
Youth Committee
Meeting