Larry Tracey, Executive Director | Email: info@youth4youth.org
Joe Tracey, Youth4Youth Program Director
George Hester, Coalition Chairman
Shana Malone, Evaluator Consultant
Alexis Leffew, Graphic Designer & Social Media Manager
Alva Tovar, Coordinator of Community Programs
1. Responsible for social media and marketing outreach to include, print ads, billboards, articles and developing topics for Public Service Announcements (PSA’s).
2. Suggest educational materials and handouts for development.
3. Review and update new member orientation materials on an as needed basis.
1. Identify community training and informational needs.
2. Determine necessary prevention materials the coalition uses to educate community members.
3. Plan and facilitate community events to educate the community about perception of the risks (physical harm and external consequences) and community knowledge of protective factors that help reduce youth marijuana use, underage drinking, and youth Rx drug misuse.
1. Responsible for developing and implementing prevention programming for our schools.
2. Determine and align prevention materials used to educate youth.
1. Responsible for focusing on changing norms, adopting and enforcing laws and regulations, and reducing the availability and access to alcohol and other drugs.
2. Identifying environmental changes that, over the long term, will make meaningful impact on the problem of substance use.
1. Responsible for building coalition membership and member retention.
2. Identify, recognize and reward coalition and community members whose efforts support our mission. (3 times annually: November / February / May)
3. Develop coalition participation from all school districts located within the City of Buckeye.
4. Responsible for assessing the coalition’s current level of cultural diversity; identifying barriers and gaps, and take action steps to fill those gaps.
5. Alignment of policies, processes, and materials to reflect our diversity.
1. Responsible for developing peer-to-peer anti-substance use messaging; tasks include: Get in the Way material creation, PSA development and social media plan implementation.
2. Implement the citywide Get in the Way Campaign.
Eric Orsborn, Mayor of Buckeye
Craig Heustis, Vice Mayor, Buckeye City Council
Christine Grundy, City of Buckeye
Maria Riebs, City of Buckeye
Larry Hall, Buckeye Chief of Police
Robert Sanders, Buckeye Assistant Chief of Police
Don McWilliams, Buckeye Police Department | Block Watch—Neighborhood Services Mgr.
Bob Costello, Buckeye Fire Department
Robert Garza, Buckeye Fire Department
Dreanna Kupcik, Buckeye Valley Chamber of Commerce
Rachel Sanders, Buckeye Family Resource Center
Dr. Drew Davis, Assistant Superintendent, Buckeye Elementary School District
Dr. Chad Lanese, Executive Director of Student Services, Buckeye Elementary School District
Lon Sage, Community and Family Engagement Coordinator, Buckeye Elementary School District
Sherry Saylor, Buckeye Elementary School District, Counselor
Jesse Knight, American Legion
Janet Olson, APECA/Natalie’s House
Mary Rabago, Mary Rabago Productions
Kathy Raftery, All Faith Community Service
Lydia Martinez, Member
Paul Martinez, Pastor of Church of the Nazarene & Chaplan at Hospice of the Valley
Vern Koehlinger, Pastor of Living Water Lutheran Church