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SPECIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT:
WAIVER NEWS!
At the IGCCB Board Meeting on May 11,
2017, the International Board voted to extend the Waiver of Initial Certification Fees ($185) through June 30,
2018. Therefore, the Administrative Fee
of $50 remains the cost for filing initially for Certification**, along with
your completed forms. Re-certification
continues to be every three years; and the re-certification fee is $95.
(** International Gambling Counselor
Certification Board’s Clergy/Lay Minister
Certification in Prevention, Education, Awareness, and Spiritual Outreach Care)
PART II:
PROBLEM GAMBLING OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY
As noted in May’s edition of the GRM Blog, with the growing number
of persons completing the 4-Module Trainings, interest in ideas for individual
Class Projects is mounting. This month,
ideas for problem gambling outreach to the community, as a whole, are highlighted.
WHAT CAN I DO IN MY
COMMUNITY?
LOCAL / STATE /
NATIONAL OUTREACH POSSIBILITIES
·
Provide informational materials on
problem gambling at Health Fairs
(hospitals, churches, community clinics, places of employment)
·
Provide informational materials on
problem gambling at Community Events (“information booths” at local fairs and
town/city celebrations),
·
Provide informational materials on
problem gambling to hospital chaplains
·
Create a Speakers Bureau type of service on problem gambling and recovery
issues. This can be offered to community
organizations and/or for events
·
Educational outreach to schools: parent organizations, teen
groups (such as SADD), school counselors, student councils
·
Provide information displays for local, State, and regional conferences
(eg., Public Health Conferences, Social Work Conferences)
·
Area Libraries: provide pamphlets, brochures, Help Lines, fact sheets
·
Include educational materials on
gambling addiction in “social service information malls” of
various agencies
·
Provide educational and resource
materials for women’s health delivery
agencies/service providers; women’s health clinics/fitness facilities
·
Post GA and Gam-Anon Meetings
information on Community Bulletin Boards
and in local newspapers
·
Establish a hospitality drop-in center
for persons in recovery for problem gambling
·
In providing informational materials,
include Criminal Justice
professional arenas and Aging service
providers
·
Create a Problem Gambling Awareness and
Recovery Blog
·
Establish relationships with retailers
of lottery
outlets and provide them with PG Helpline posters and brochures
One final note: Awareness is awareness is awareness! The more public information about problem
gambling and recovery appears within a community, the greater the need
for help develops. The more help
developed and offered, the greater the awareness grows: MORE HELP, MORE HOPE!!
Blessings,
Rev. Janet Jacobs CCGSO
Founding DirectorGambling Recovery Ministries
www.grmumc.org
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