Val Morgan Cinema Ad, January, 2002
Reality Check placed a cinema ad that ran for 6 months in the local
movie theaters in Warren and Saratoga County.
Tri-county Summit, February 23, 2002
Warren, Washington and Saratoga County Reality Check Chapters held
a mini-summit training for over 200 teens. Teens were trained on
the Reality Check message and the marketing practices the Tobacco
Indutries use to tarket teens. Yes from MTV Road Rules was our featured
guest for the day. The event was held at the Queensbury Hotel and
wrapped up with an awesome dance party!!
Troy Regional Reality Check Summit, May 2, 2002
Reality Check holds 1 regional summit per year. Seventeen counties
joined together at Fulton Montgomery Community College to educate
and train over 300 teens on tobacco related issues. Malik from MTV's
Real World and Yes from MTV Road Rules were there to support the
movement and hold trainings on expressing yourself through art.
Stick it to Em! Press Conference, May 22, 2002
Reality Check's first state wide initiate was called Stick it Em!
Our goal was to expose the truth about how the tobacco industry
is still tageting teens though marketing in magazines that teens
read every day. The state collected over 15,000 subscription cards
from magazines that hosted tobacco ads in them and sent them back
to the publishers. We also held a press conference at the Capital
Building in Albany to let the public know that Reality Check means
business!!
Alternative High School Presentation, June,12 2002
Warren and Washington counties have teamed up with a group of teens
at the Alternative High Center. This group creates powerpoint presentations
and educated over 100 teens in their buildings about Reality Check.
Battle of the Bands, June 29, 2002
This was our first Battle of the Bands event. It originally was
supposed to be held in Shepard Park but due to the rain we resheduled
and held in in Bolton High School gym. Eight bands came out for
the event to help support the Reality Check Movement. The bands
were, Cold Libations, End of June, Blind, Purge, Wallace, Equillibrium,
Down Turn and Four In July.
Foam Party, July 13, 2002
Reality Check teamed up with Fly 92 to kick off the first ever Teen
Dance Foam Party at the Great Escape.
Summer Ice Skating, August 9, 2002
That's right Reality Check teens did a little ice skating during
the summer at the Glens Falls Civic Center.
East Field Baseball Game, August 13, 2002
Reality Check made an appearance at the East Field Lumberjacks ball
game. We gave away water bottles stuffed with tobacco facts to teens
in the park that were enjoying the game.
Great Escape Reality Check Invasion, August 27, 2002
Reality Check invaded Great Escape in August. RC teens walked around
the park with palm cards, banners and free give-a-ways. Reality
Check was working on a Global Initiative of getting petitions signed
for the Tobacco Global Treaty. We collected over 300 signatures!
Eight other Reality Check counties participated in this event.
Adirondack Balloon Festival, September 19-20, 2002
Reality Check sponsored a hot air balloon called Michaels' Rainbow.
Two powerful banners were displayed by our balloon to get the word
out about Big Tobacco.
RC Rock Fest, October 19, 2002
Reality Check teamed up again with some local talent to kick off
our movie initiative campaign called Hollywood & Tobacco: Headed
Toward a Break Up. Again this concert was scheduled for Sheppard Park
but we were rained out again!! Fort William Henry generously worked
with us and let us use Towers Hall. The event recruited over 90
teens and was a success. The bands who played this event were, Four
In July, Equilibrium, Horse in a Box and Down Turn.
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