Dear Friend,

Welcome to our new Web site. We have updated the site and plan to stay updated.

Since December 2006, we have been in a planning process with the Center for Non-Profit Management. This process was completed at our last Tennessee Drug Awareness Council Board meeting in June 2007.

In this planning process, we have established a three-year plan for TDAC. We established an Executive Committee within our Board for immediate action moments. Our general Board is composed of twelve people that meet quarterly. Our Executive committee is composed of seven people.

The three-year plan is built around four strategic directives:

1. Strategic Directive: Attract more volunteers to serve as Prevention Specialists (school speakers).

Performance Targets for 2007:
Nine new active Prevention Specialists will be recruited during 2007 with the desired geographic spread as follows:
a. West Tennessee- 2
b. Middle Tennessee-2
c. Northwest Tennessee-2
d. East Tennessee-3

Key actions:
• Conduct a retired teachers campaign
• Recruit from youth directors and directors of missions in Baptist churches

You might like to volunteer as a TDAC presenter in your area.

You must be a non-smoker, non-drinker, and a non-drug user. Contact Tennessee Drug Awareness Council at 615-385-2251 or online for more information.

2. Strategic Directive: Raise adequate resources to operate TDAC in an effective business like manner.

Performance Targets for 2007:
$40,000.00 additional donations will be raised in 2007

Key actions:
• Conduct a large donor campaign
• Conduct a corporate campaign
• Conduct a church campaign to bring in one-time gifts from board member churches.

Note: Each board member will be expected to bring in $2,000.00

Tennessee Drug Awareness Council is 30% funded by the Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions from the Woman’s Missionary Union an auxiliary to the Tennessee Baptist Convention. The balance of our budget ($167,000.00) is funded by churches, individuals, and businesses. TDAC is a non-profit, 501C 3 organization.

3. Strategic Directive: Insure the sustained leadership of TDAC, board and staff

Performance Targets for 2007:
Increase board to 18 active members spread across the state and representing multiple denominations
Attendance at board meetings for the year will be at least 75%

Key actions:
• Develop term limits and other by-law changes to encourage board diversity and renewal
• Create a board member profile to be used in identifying prospective board members
• Create a statement of expectations/commitments for board members to reenlist current board members and recruit new ones.

4. Strategic Directive: Develop a state wide reality

Performance Targets for 2007:
Make 10 additional presentations at regional meetings of Tennessee Baptist Association meetings to raise awareness and elicit support and speak at civic groups and other churches.

Key actions:
• Develop a schedule/calendar of new presentations
• Develop presentation
• Recruit presenters and train them on the presentation

Our charter date for TDAC is 1937 and we do drug education in public schools. We have three of us in the office. Most of our school programs are done by volunteers that we train. Local people do local school programs.

During the school year 2004-2005 approximately 400 schools across the state asked us to come to present at their school. In 2001-2002, some 150 schools invited us; therefore you can see we are out growing our speakers and money. The TDAC world continues very busy. I now have been President of TDAC six years. The second semester of 2006-2007, TDAC spoke to 46,000 kids so the TDAC world is a “WOW World”, telling and warning the kids.

For the third year we did a fireworks stand in Haywood County, my home county. The fireworks sales happen quickly from July 1-4th and then it’s done. Again the fireworks stand was successful for TDAC. We plan to continue this fund-raiser each year.

Final words:
• We have a plan
• Help us work the plan
1. Volunteer to speak and TDAC will train you.
2. Give money - we will be stewards of your gift.
3. Pray for TDAC as we present the “wiles of drugs” to the kids - to make good choices.

If you would like to give call us at 615-385-2251 or donate online.