Thania Balcorta

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  www.asmokefreenewyorkworks.org/593.htm - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/2/2007    Last Visited: 7/2/2007  

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  Board Welcomes Foundation's Youth Activisim Council Member Thania Balcorta
  
  9/12/2006Washington, D.C. , The American Legacy Foundation®, the nation's largest public health foundation dedicated to preventing teens from smoking and providing resources to smokers who want to quit, announced the appointment of Thania Balcorta to serve as Youth Board Liaison to its Board of Directors.Balcorta, 18, from Davis, Calif., is currently a freshman at University of California, Davis, where she is pursuing a bachelor's degree in Community and Regional Development.
  
  Balcorta has demonstrated a strong commitment to leadership in tobacco-control initiatives in her community and nationally.Her fight against tobacco began in eighth grade.Now, she is the president of her local youth coalition, YUFA STAR -Youth United for Action Showing Tobacco Ain't Right and she is a council member for Friday Night Live, an alcohol and tobacco prevention organization, at both the county and state level.
  
  "Thania has been an active member of the foundation's youth programs and through her past accomplishments, has dedicated herself to tobacco control," said Chairman of the American Legacy Foundation's Board of Directors, Vermont Attorney General William H. Sorrell.
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  Balcorta, who is currently serving her third year on YAC, will now also serve as Youth Board Liaison for an 18-month term.
  
  "We are very pleased to welcome Thania as a liaison to the board," said Cheryl Healton, Dr. P.H., President and CEO of the American Legacy Foundation.
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  Balcorta has testified before city councils throughout her county on increased tobacco sales policies and enforcement, and she also led a successful campaign to make her county fair smoke-free.She continues to lead an ongoing initiative to enforce smoke-free policies in her hometown of Davis and has successfully helped pass ordinances prohibiting smoking within twenty-five feet of playgrounds in Woodland and Winters, California.Because of her work, she has received national attention from publications such as CosmoGIRL! and Time Magazine for Kids.

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  www.americanlegacy.org/802.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/10/2008    Last Visited: 1/24/2008  

  Board Welcomes Foundation's Youth Activisim Council Member Thania Balcorta

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  dailydemocrat.com/agendas - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/6/2007    Last Visited: 3/8/2007  

  Presentation of "Erich Jenkins Memorial Youth Advocate of the Year Award" to Thania Balcorta, former member of the Yolo County Anti-tobacco Youth Coalition. (Supervisor McGowan)

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  www.sidavis.org/awards.shtml - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/10/2008    Last Visited: 7/23/2008  

  2002-03: Thania Balcorta, Yolo County Tobacco Youth Coalition

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  2005 Youth Advocates of the Year Awards - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/31/2004    Last Visited: 11/27/2005  

  Thania Balcorta, 17, Winters, CaliforniaWest Region
  
  Thania Balcorta of Winters, CA, is the president of her local youth coalition, YUFA STAR -Youth United for Action Showing Tobacco Ain't Right.Thania has also been a member of the California Youth Advocacy Network's youth board of directors for the past two years and is currently a member of the American Legacy Foundation's Youth Advisory Panel.Thania's local efforts focus on tobacco retailer licensing.She is currently advocating for increased fees for tobacco permits, as well as increased enforcement of tobacco sales policies.

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  American Legacy Foundation® Appoints New Youth Liaison... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/20/2006    Last Visited: 2/3/2008  

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  Board Welcomes Foundation's Youth Activisim Council Member Thania Balcorta
  
  9/12/2006Washington, D.C. , The American Legacy Foundation®, the nation's largest public health foundation dedicated to preventing teens from smoking and providing resources to smokers who want to quit, announced the appointment of Thania Balcorta to serve as Youth Board Liaison to its Board of Directors.Balcorta, 18, from Davis, Calif., is currently a freshman at University of California, Davis, where she is pursuing a bachelor's degree in Community and Regional Development.
  
  Balcorta has demonstrated a strong commitment to leadership in tobacco-control initiatives in her community and nationally.Her fight against tobacco began in eighth grade.Now, she is the president of her local youth coalition, YUFA STAR -Youth United for Action Showing Tobacco Ain't Right and she is a council member for Friday Night Live, an alcohol and tobacco prevention organization, at both the county and state level.
  
  "Thania has been an active member of the foundation's youth programs and through her past accomplishments, has dedicated herself to tobacco control," said Chairman of the American Legacy Foundation's Board of Directors, Vermont Attorney General William H. Sorrell.
  ...
  Balcorta, who is currently serving her third year on YAC, will now also serve as Youth Board Liaison for an 18-month term.
  
  "We are very pleased to welcome Thania as a liaison to the board," said Cheryl Healton, Dr. P.H., President and CEO of the American Legacy Foundation.
  ...
  Balcorta has testified before city councils throughout her county on increased tobacco sales policies and enforcement, and she also led a successful campaign to make her county fair smoke-free.She continues to lead an ongoing initiative to enforce smoke-free policies in her hometown of Davis and has successfully helped pass ordinances prohibiting smoking within twenty-five feet of playgrounds in Woodland and Winters, California.Because of her work, she has received national attention from publications such as CosmoGIRL! and Time Magazine for Kids.

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  Archived Press Releases | The American Legacy... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/10/2008    Last Visited: 2/3/2008  

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  Board Welcomes Foundation's Youth Activisim Council Member Thania Balcorta

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  Board of Directors - American Legacy Foundation - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/24/2008    Last Visited: 4/24/2008  

  Thania Balcorta
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  Thania Balcorta
  
  Youth Board Liaison
  
  College Student

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  Board of Directors | The American Legacy Foundation - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/3/2008    Last Visited: 2/3/2008  

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  Thania BalcortaYouth Board Liaison College Student

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  CYAN - California Youth Advocacy Network - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/19/2005    Last Visited: 2/8/2007  

  First Runner-up - Thania Balcorta
  
  Thania is a very passionate advocate who has been involved with tobacco control efforts since she was in the 8th grade.She has been active in her community as a member of Yolo County's Youth Tobacco Coalition and as the youth representative for the Yolo County Adult Coalition's Tobacco Retail Licensing Subcommittee.Thania's advocacy efforts have helped lead to the passage of various local ordinances in Yolo County that include: a tobacco-free county fair, a county wide tobacco retail license requirement and the creation of smoke-free zones in front of business entrances and playgrounds in Woodland, California.Thania's efforts have gone far beyond her local community.During this past year, she has served as a member of CYAN's Youth Board of Directors and as a member of the National Youth Advisory Panel for the American Legacy Foundation.Additionally, Thania has been an active member of Friday Night Live's youth council at both the county and state level.From educating community members to protesting in front of Altria's headquarters, Thania's achievements have been seen at the local, state, and national level.

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