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MASHPEE CARES COMMITTEE-PUBLIC SESSION May 21,2015-5:00pm Mashpee Town Hall-Waquoit Meeting Room Committee Members Present: Members Absent: Also Present: Rodney Collins Leila Botsford Joan Peters-Gilmartin Tom Rullo Lucy Burton Dan Gilmartin Kathy Mahoney Lynne Waterman Alex Eaton Gail Wilson Mike Richardson Joyce Mason Bishop Munroe-Scott Chris Santos PUBLIC COMMENT-None REVIEW OF MINUTES: Minutes from March 24, 2015 and April 28, 2014 will be reviewed at the next meeting. NEW BUSINESS: Vice Chair Chris Santos opened the meeting at 5:17pm. The minutes from previous meetings will be reviewed at the next meeting. Mr.Santos discussed the forum at Mashpee High School, Gosnold presented and the police department brought drug sniffing dogs. There was a presentation about social media and a slideshow.The feedback was good,the attendance was low, about 40 people attended. Kathy Mahoney spoke about a possible summer reading program about social media and the kids reading the book, "irules"the author coming to speak in August. Joan Gil-Martin gave an update on the Purple Flag Program. One thousand flags have come in, 333 flags will be planted in each rotary. Cape Cod Healthcare, Cheryl Bartlett paid $895.00 for the flags with help from the town manager. The Cape Cod Times will be covering the event and the police have offered support. The Kiwanis will,be supplying pizza for the kids. The Flags will be planted at 8:00pm on June 19, 2015, Friday before Father's Day. Mashpee TV. Will be covering the event next Friday. Mrs. Gil-Martin spoke about the town in Rhode Island where everthing was purple for a day. The possibility of student forums at the High School, separate for parents and children. Mr. Gil-Martin will be sponsoring a fishing tournament and there would be weekly and monthly prizes. Gail Wilson gave an update from the Barnstable County Regional Substance Abuse Council. There are 17 focus group, with eleven completed. There were 99 prescribers who participated in the Scope-of Pain trainings. Donna Mello presented from the AIDS Support group, they are one of only five needle exchanges in the state. The largest number of overdoses recorded are in Barnstable and Falmouth.