Author Archives: M Richman

On September 15th, 2018 SWAT members provided tobacco education and outreach to over 900 people at the 12th annual Day for Kids Event hosted by the Gene Matthew’s Boys and Girls club in North Port, FL.  

From March 2nd to March 29th Regal Hollywood Stadium 20 and AMC Sarasota 12 will be playing a 30 second public service announcement filmed by SWAT youth about point of sale marketing. This video was made to raise awareness of the Tobacco Industry’s … Continue reading →

On December 1st, six SWAT youth met with Mayor Shelli Freeland Eddie to discuss Point of Sale Marketing and possible solutions to stop this problem in Sarasota County. Point of Sale Marketing is a method used by the tobacco industry to market their products … Continue reading →

SWAT clubs across Sarasota county participated in Fire Prevention week which was from October 8-14th. North Port High School SWAT members hosted a photo contest where each class wore red to raise awareness on fire prevention. Ms. Frederick’s class won … Continue reading →

From August 18th- August 20th youth and their adult coordinators from across the state of Florida gathered in Leesburg, Florida for the semiannual SWAT Youth Advocacy Board (YAB) meeting. One SWAT member from Pine View High School represented Sarasota County … Continue reading →

Friday, May 17th at 1:30pm Sarasota County SWAT youth from Riverview High School and Sarasota Middle School will be on KDW Radio for the show “Why Now?”. The SWAT youth will discuss some of their accomplishments as well as current … Continue reading →

This Sunday, March 24th Sarasota County SWAT will have a booth at the 18th Annual Giving Hunger the Blues event. The booth will be located in the youth area of the event which has been designated as a Breathe Easy … Continue reading →

This Wednesday March 20th is Kick Butts Day, a national day of activism that empowers youth to stand out, speak up, and seize control against Big Tobacco. Sarasota County SWAT is sponsoring the play Tobacco Tales which will be performed … Continue reading →

Through with Chew Week 2013 is coming up on February 17th-23rd. This national observance is used to draw awareness to the issue of smokeless tobacco.  Tobacco products like chew, dip, and snuff are not harmless, but because they’re smokeless, youth and adults … Continue reading →