“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”
Albert Einstein
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Announcement
All AOK buildings will be closed December 24–25 and December 31–January 1.
All AOK staff and youth attending AOK After School and Nathan’s Place will be required to wear a mask when social distancing is not possible. For questions please contact Jerod, Zach, or Kelsi at one of the buildings.
If you are interested in giving yourself, AOK is a great place to help out. We are currently receiving, accepting, and looking for Christmas donations for some of our youth that need help to ensure they have a merry Christmas. If you are interested in helping us out any time of the year please contact Jerod or call or text 417.682.6002. Thank you all that have given, will give, or currently are giving during this difficult time we are in!
Drug-Free Message of the Week
There has been a lot of talk about opioids and the destruction they can cause, but what actually is an opioid and what is the opioid epidemic?
“Opioids” is a term for drugs that bind to opioid receptors in the body. They include everything from heroin and fentanyl to prescription pills like oxycodone (OxyContin), hydrocodone (Vicodin), codeine and morphine. More than 130 people in America die every day due to accidental misuse of these drugs—one person every 11 minutes—and “the opioid epidemic” is the term used to describe this health crisis.
Follow our newsletter to learn more in the weeks to come about this crisis and how it can possibly directly affect you, a loved one, friend or others.
Visit aokyouth.org/rcc-project for more information.
SPECIAL EVENTS
December 28–30
Monday–Wednesday
AOK Building Hours
Wolf Building will be open 7:30am–5:30pm
Nathan’s Place will be open 10:00am–5:30pm
December 28
Monday
Sledding at Snowflex Park
Leaving: 10am
Returning: 4pm
If youth have not paid activity fee, youth must pay $15 by Wednesday, December 23.
No other money is needed, as AOK will provide lunch and snack. Please have youth signed up by 5:30 on the December 23.
THE WOLF BUILDING
Merry
cheerful and lively
Muffins
Each building will participate in an activity that involves sampling of muffins, along with an educational piece.
NATHAN’S PLACE
This week the VolunTeens will be painting their salt dough ornaments with acrylic paints to hang them for all to see. To get in the holiday spirit, we will be watching
Zach Morey
Programs Director
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