Inspiring long meeting this morning with Medfield Care About Prevention (MCAP), about finalizing the $625,000 grant application. Lots of work had been done by Medfeild Youth Outreach’s Dawn Alcott and volunteer, Dr. Susan Andersen, to put the grant application together, so it can be presented to town administrator Mike Sullivan this week. This morning the group brainstormed the remaining details Dawn and Sue needed, especially for the Environmental Changes and Strategy section.
Superintendent Maguire made the suggestion that even if Medfeild did not get one of the thirty grants being issued nationwide, that our already coalesced group should continue the discussions of how the town can best assist our youth in being safer. Two major themes discussed were creating a culture of safety and parlaying on the strengths of the town’s education system to effect change. I also especially liked Chris Potts’ suggestion of mentoring as a promising strategy for changing behaviors.
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