Experience the Magic of...
LISTEN
LISTEN - Celebrating
50 years!
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LISTEN - Features Celebrities that Youth
Listen To
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LISTEN - Highlights Drug-Free Athletes & Entertainers
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Experience the Magic promotes LISTEN and WINNER magazines, providing this resource for many of our
schools. Both magazines serve as a monthly educational resource on drug prevention, peer-relations, violence reduction,
positive social skills and activities for elementary, middle and high school
students. LISTEN's features include...
* MONTHLY PUBLICATION (to keep teens informed and safe!).
* CURRENT INFORMATION data and resources (enhancing classroom assignments).
* LIFE-ENCOURAGING STORIES from celebrities, teens, and adult leaders who know what
personal success is.
* TEACHING GUIDES -- monthly resource to assist teachers/leaders, and compliment the magazine.
* LISTEN is a Member of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America,
and the official journal of the International Commission on Prevention of Alcoholism.
LISTEN is a monthly journal, with 32 drug-free pages aimed at young adults.
With over 50 years of continuous publication,
LISTEN magazine boasts 9 exciting issues throughout each year,
sharing the benefits of living a life free from alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. Each magazine
focuses on issues young people deal with on a daily basis, and is a tremendous addition to any
classroom or youth group. A Teaching Guide resource is also available.
LISTEN addresses topics
like Alcohol-Tobacco and Other Drugs, violence, role models, positive alternative activities, healthy lifestyle choices, short
stories and teen assistance.
NATIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS
U.S. Dept. of Education's: What Works: Schools Without Drugs
From a community base, LISTEN is 1 of only 2 programs listed by the department!
President Jimmy Carter
"I wholeheartedly endorse the [LISTEN] program of the Home Health Education Services, and I hope
you will lend whatever assistance you can to help them in their fight against drug abuse. "
First Lady, Nancy Reagan
"My congratulations and heartfelt thanks to each one involved in LISTEN. I want to encourage
you to keep up your good work."
First Lady, Barbara Bush
"Education is the key to so many social problems. Your publications can contribute in a
significant way toward this goal of educated youth. Congratulations on the 35th Anniversary
[‘89]."
State of Michigan, House of Representatives
"Certificate of Commendation, to LISTEN America"
Robert Anastas (Founder), SADD (Students Against
Drunk Driving)
"I strongly recommend LISTEN for both high schools and middle school students."
Evan Bayh, Senator of Indiana (Former Governor)
"The LISTEN materials supplied to my staff have been reviewed, and I can wholeheartedly
endorse their use as a resource in the schools. Particularly impressive is the LISTEN emphasis on teaching young people to avoid smoking
and drug abuse, including the abuse of alcohol. Equally as significant was the emphasis
on healthful living and on straight thinking."
John H. Logue, Mayor of Grand Rapids (MI)
"I would like to commend your excellent program, LISTEN - Community Crusade Against Drugs....
As Mayor of the City of Grand Rapids, I wish to lend my wholehearted support for the LISTEN
program and extend my best wishes for your continued success."
Matt Lori, Sheriff (MI)
"LISTEN has been extremely successful in the Grand Rapids area and we are attempting to bring
the program to southwest lower Michigan. While some schools help fund this program, most rely
on the support of business and industry in the school district area. Please give some
consideration to support the LISTEN program."
John Clement, CEO - Community Mental Health
"Mr. Merrills has recently partnered with the national Community Crusade Against Drugs. It is
used in other communities in Michigan, with strong endorsements from educators and community
leaders alike. LISTEN/WINNER provides monthly curriculum "friendly," youth-related information
wich is factual, timely, and on the cutting edge. I unequivocally support the LISTEN program
as an integral form of ongoing and consistent education for youth. LISTEN represents an adjunct
to our current and ongoing efforts in prevention and community wellness."
SAMPLE SCHOOL DISTRICT LETTERS:
Grand Rapids Public Schools (MI), Coordinator Student Services/School Health
Programming
Our students have received LISTEN/WINNER for over 20 years and have found it to provide current,
factual and timely information regarding drugs. In addition, this program gives our students
information about life skills, positive role models, alternative activities and materials....
We appreciate the involvement of businesses, foundations and individuals who assist in helping
to continue the LISTEN Program in the Grand Rapids Public Schools.
Indianapolis Public Schools (IN), Drug Education Coordinator
I have no problem in recommending this educational material to be used in the schools as a
supplement to health and drug education. The LISTEN magazine was very consistent in emphasizing
the development of positive and healthy lifestyles with the exclusion of drug use. The classroom
teachers who are able to use this material will find it very productive.
Holland Christian High School (MI), Principal
We appreciate LISTEN very much and distribute it to all of our freshman health classes every
month. Our teachers refer to articles in it...assigning articles from it. I want to thank the
people who support this program financially for your continued help...I can see why national
and state accrediting agencies use your work as the standard for all others.
For more information contact LISTEN'S sales director, Ron Clark, at (800) 548-8700.
You can also check out LISTEN/WINNER online at www.listenmagazine.org.
Or, contact "Mr. Jim" (Experience the Magic) at: (269) 580-1696 or (269) 646-3227,
or email.
Check out a sample of LISTEN below:
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WELCOME TO LISTEN
January - 2001
Featuring: DIVINE!
Article: Is He Dangerous?
Article: My Date with Steroids
Special Issue -- Dating Abuse, Anger, and Steroids
From the article: IS HE DANGEROUS?
1. He's controlling
2. He's jealous
3. He's scary when he's angry
4. He has a low opinion of women
5. He's emotionally abusive
6. He threatens you
7. He uses alcohol or other drugs
8. He has a history of violence
9. He tries to isolate you from other people
A quote from
the article:
The good news is that if you keep in mind the red flags,
you just might find the perfect
guy--your ideal man!
EDITORIAL: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO SAY NO
* 40% of teen girls, ages 14-17, say they know someone their age who has been hit or beaten
by a boyfriend.
* 68%! of young women knew their attacker as a boyfriend, friend, or casual acquaintance.
* 30-50% of high school girls report having already experienced teen dating violence.
* teen dating violence takes place most often in the home of one of the partners.
12 Good Reasons to Write your Life
Discover who you are; believe in yourself; hear your own unique voice; see what
you can give the world; seek answers and find new questions in life; enhance your creativity;
share yourself with others; a place to release anger, fear, sadness, and other painful
feelings; self-help; a way to express joy; feel more alive; discover your dreams.
If you don't subscribe to LISTEN Magazine, do it today!!!
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STOP SMOKING Tips
Smoking - How To Stop!
Get Ready to Break Free. Prepare Physically, mentally, socially, and spiritually. Keep a record,
and set the "break free date. Prepare for a slip or relapse, in advance. Plan for the big
VICTORY! Ensure long-term success.
What Happens When You Quit Smoking?
* Within 20 Minutes: your blood pressure and pulse rate drop to the levels they were before you smoked.
* Within 8 Hours: your blood levels of carbon monoxide and oxygen return to normal.
* After 72 Hours: your lung capacity is already increasing.
* Within 3-5 Years: your risk of heart attack drops to that of a nonsmoker.
* Within 10 Years: your risk of dying of lung cancer drops to the level of a nonsmoker.
ALL THESE BENEFITS WILL STOP IF YOU LIGHT ANOTHER CIGARETTE!
(Source: American Medical Association materials)
This page updated: Mar 14, 2003
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