Tell Your Coalition’s Story, Participate in Connected Communities Activities

Want to receive useful tools such as a Flip Cam to document footage of your coalition's work in the community, an iPod to stay up-to-date on prevention podcasts and to use as a video camera when you're out and about, a digital camera to take pictures of your coalition in action or books on social media to help your coalition? Participate in Connected Communities activities beginning Thursday, February 25, and you could receive of one of these handy items.

Activities include writing blogs, starting discussions and posting photos and videos on Connected Communities, a social network for community coalitions. Our goal is to engage coalitions and encourage them to share their stories in different ways by making the most of the features the online network offers.

Connected Communities is a social network for community coalitions and membership is free. Go to http://connectedcommunities.ning.com, create a profile and start participating with more than 1,100 other coalition leaders and members. You must be a member of the online community to participate in the activities

Participants will have until Sunday, March 14 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time to submit an entry for the first activity. Make sure to visit Connected Communities for details on the first activity and to submit your entry!