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The
WHEEL Council
Wholistic
Health, Education, and Empowerment
for Life
is a national leader in storytelling for
prevention and healing, as well as accelerated, multicultural learning.
Our vision is
to create programs that merge traditional cultural
knowledge with scientific research to facilitate healthy
life choices.
Our mission is
to prevent drug and alcohol use and other destructive
behaviors in young people by combining storytelling, the
arts, and cultural empowerment with scientific research. |
The
WHEEL Council is a 501(c)(3) organization incorporated
in Arizona,
with a project site in
the Murphy School District in Phoenix, Arizona.
Board of Directors
Steven S. Benson,
Chairman:
Executive Vice
President; Acacia Capital Corporation, Phoenix, Arizona.
Susan Kunz, MPH: Former director of the Arizona Mexican
Border Health Foundation, currently a Prevention Consultant in Tucson, AZ.
Alicia Rodriguez:
Realtor and Prevention Consultant; Phoenix, Arizona.
Sue Wyatt: Adjunct
Faculty, Antioch University and Researcher and Consultant,
Three Sigma; Mountain View California.
Frank Czarny:
Management Consultant; Phoenix, Arizona.
Becky Osuna:
Principal, Desert Mirage Elementary School, Associate
Faculty, Glendale Community College; Glendale, Arizona.
Roberta Moore: Assistant Principal, Cimmmaron Springs
Elementary School; Avondale, Arizona.
Frank
Guldbrandsen,
Ph.D.: Professor; Duluth, Minnesota - Board
Member Emeritus.
Funders
We have received over
3.5 million dollars in grants from the
United States Department
of Health and Human Services, Center for Substance
Abuse Prevention (CSAP),
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency
(SAMHSA) and have received grants from the Arizona Department
of Health, the Margaret T. Morris Foundation,
the Yavapai Community
Foundation, Arizona Community Foundation, St. Luke's Health Initiatives,
The
Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, and Social Venture
Partners of Arizona.
Partners
As the lead agency of the Murphy Prevention Coalition,
our partners include the
Murphy School District,
Chicanos Por La Causa Carl Hayden Community Center, Safe
Haven, the
Governor's Division for
Community and Youth Development, and the
City of Phoenix Police Department.
Outcomes
The WHEEL Council is unique
in the non profit world in that it not only emphasizes
excellent culturally competent service, but also strong
evaluation with positive health outcomes. In the
article, Decreasing
at-risk youth’s alcohol and marijuana use.
Journal of Primary Prevention, 2003, the WHEEL’S
program decreased marijuana and alcohol use to near
zero. Further,
Multicultural model of HIV prevention for youth,
International Journal of
Learning , 2005, showed that young
people in the program gained prevention knowledge and
could stop sexual advances. For the last five years,
the WHEEL Council has shown replicable effects of
increasing knowledge of the dangers of drug use and
risky sexual behaviors, and increase in decision making
skills and the ability to say no when offered drugs.
Contribute to the WHEEL Council!
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