The Stand Project is an Upper Arlington community coalition committed to impacting youth substance misuse and standing by students
and families in finding help.
VAPING | 7-PART PARENT VIDEO SERIES
53 Positive Things You Can Say to Your Child
Created by 2 hastings middle school students
2020 UA State of the City
Award Winners
Stand community partners!
The Surgeon General has declared vaping an epidemic among youth in the United States.
Unfortunately, Upper Arlington is not immune to the vaping epidemic as seen in our OHYES! survey results. As a community, Upper Arlington has seen the rate of students vaping rise each year reaching even our middle school and elementary students – as of 2017 40.9% of our high school students and 12.6% of our middle school students have tried vaping.We know that these numbers have only increased.
In 2019 As a response to the epidemic, The Stand Project took on the issue of vaping in multiple ways. We partnered with UAPD, UA Schools, Syntero, local businesses, OhioHealth, parents and students to educate the entire community about the risks of vaping and to spark this critical conversation.
We released a 6-part video series and distribution strategy that has been wildly successful with over 19K+ views on Facebook and YouTube combined. We have been able to share this series and strategy with private and parochial schools throughout Columbus and nationally.
As a final opportunity to inform and educate our community with reliable, vetted resources in a single location - The Stand Project created a resource page on it’s website for parents and students alike. To date those resources have been a significant source of traffic to the site and are continually used.
RESPONSIBLE DISPOSAL - DROPBOX
The misuse of prescription drugs, most often obtained from the medicine cabinets of family and friends, is a significant problem across our nation. The simple step of ridding your home of old and unwanted prescription and over-the-counter medications can greatly reduce the chances of misuse and promotes a safer community. The pharmacy inside CVS Kingsdale hosts a permanent medication disposal box. Drugs can be dropped off year-round during the pharmacy’s operating hours with no questions asked.
Accepted items:
Prescription medications*, over-the-counter medications*, liquid medication bottles (*in original packaging if possible)
Items that cannot be accepted:
Thermometers, Needles (sharps), Medication/medical waste from businesses or clinics
CVS Kingsdale Pharmacy
3282 Tremont Road
Pharmacy and drop box hours:
9 am to 1:30 pm, 2 to 8 pm Monday – Friday
10 am to 1:30 pm, 2 to 6 pm Saturday – Sunday
Visit http://rxdrugdropbox.org/ to find other locations in the Central Ohio area.
Visit our Resources page for more information regarding safe and proper disposal of prescription medications.
WHY I STAND
“IT'S AMAZING THAT A COMMUNITY HAS COME TOGETHER WITH SUCH A ROBUST GROUP OF CIVIC LEADERS, EDUCATORS AND FAMILY MEMBERS... ALL FOCUSED ON HELPING.”
Becky Wilkins, Community Outreach Chair OSU Wexner Medical Center & Associate Director of Rardin Family Practice
If you are experiencing an emergency and need immediate medical attention or psychiatric help,
call 9-1-1 or go to the nearest emergency department. Please also consider dialing 9-8-8 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Hotline.