Please become a “Safety Strider” teammate to support the Jazz By The Bay 5k on Sunday Nov. 10th in building awareness of lung cancer — while funding vital research programs.

San Diego American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) chapter members are taking a stand against lung cancer, and we hope you’ll stand with us! Together, we can make a difference to those affected by this devastating disease. We can show the world that it’s time to make surviving lung cancer the expectation, not the exception.

Here are three ways you can join us in making this vision a reality:

1. Donate to a team member to support our fundraising efforts & goal of $500 – find the team list on the right side of this page: http://participate.lcrf.org/site/TR?team_id=62495&fr_id=3982&pg=team

2. Click on the “Join” button to join our team

3. Spread the word about our fundraising efforts by sending the link to this webpage to everyone you know

The money we raise together will support the Lung Cancer Research Foundation and its mission to improve lung cancer outcomes by funding research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of lung cancer. On event day, our team will enjoy being together, but the real reward is that we’re raising funds that will save lives. You can help us bring hope to those affected by lung cancer.

Please donate today and invite a friend to do the same. If you can join our team for the event, we’d love to have you! We can’t wait to celebrate our successes with you on event day.

LOCATION: Embarcadero North, 400 Kettner Blvd, San Diego, CA 92101

DATE: Sunday, November 10, 2019

MEETING TIME: Registration starts at 06:30 AM /// Walk starts at 08:00 AM.

Watch for further details to be posted before event day.

CONTACTS

SD ASSP CHAPTER TEAM CAPT.David Ferguson: dferguson563@gmail.com

LUNG ASSC.

Kristina Buckner

844) 323-6920

KristinaBucknerCares@gmail.com

Please come to hear the San Diego Gas & Electric Substance Abuse Program Manager, Majid Karimi, present on opioid abuse, medical and recreational marijuana issues; and drug testing and treatment under Dept. of Transportation, voluntary reporting and reasonable suspicion guidelines.

Majid Karimi has degrees in Biology and Chemistry. He is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) and Certified Hazardous Materials Manager(CHMM) with more than 22 years of Environmental, Health, Safety,Training, and Industrial Hygiene program development and implementation experience in Manufacturing, R&D, Laboratory, Testing, Engineering,Education, Utilities and Construction environments.  Majid’s role as the Safety Compliance Manager at SDG&E for the last 4½  years also includes managing the Company’s drug and alcohol program. His presentation will discuss the rapid proliferation of opioid drug abuse in North America as well as the incidence and type of drugs detected in the workforce.  He administers a Substance Abuse Program that includes randomized urinalysis under Department of Transportation guidelines. Employees are also governed by voluntary self-reporting and treatment options.Represented (union) and non-represented employees may be subject to drug testing under “reasonable suspicion” observation and interviews.

Save the Date for the ASSP San Diego Chapter 2020 Professional Development Conference – returning to the JACOBS CENTER MARCH 10th 2020 !

The 2020 Professional Development Conference (PDC) sponsored by the San Diego Chapter of ASSP is scheduled for March 10, 2020 at the Jacobs Center (404 Euclid Ave., San Diego Ca 92114).

Catering will be by Kitchens for Good. (All of their catering proceeds help individuals in need get jobs in the culinary industry and provide nutritious meals to hungry San Diegans.)

Please stay tuned to this page as our program develops with keynote and other (YOU possibly….let us know of your expertise ?? ) speakers.   As you may recall, last year’s PDC had top-notch presenters (e.g., Charlie Morecraft and Dr. John Howard, MD, MPH, JD, LLM, MBA, Director of NIOSH).

Additional information will be announced at the monthly meetings and in future issues of the San Diego Chapter newsletter. Start your next decade practicing  Safety & Health among fellow professionals.