Problem Gambling Awareness Weblog

Monday, March 06, 2006

Problem Gambling Awareness Week

March 6-12 is Problem Gambling Awareness Week.

This is our chance to highlight that, yes, this is a serious problem and -- there is hope and help for problem gamblers and their loved ones. In Oregon, FREE help can be accessed for anyone concerned about a gambling problem by calling 1-877-2-STOP-NOW.

The theme of this year's Awareness Week is youth and poker. Find out more at:

www.lanecounty.org/prevention/gambling/opgaw.htm

www.npgaw.org

www.youthpoker.org

Left: Award-winning poster created by Hollis Gehrett of Eugene, Oregon's Monroe Middle School. Hollis won last year's Oregon Problem Gambling Awareness Week poster search, and her poster was printed up this year as the theme for Awareness Week throughout the state. She and her school will be honored on March 10 in Eugene. More...

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