tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11674501608771512442024-03-05T06:29:57.965-05:00The Choking Game is a deadly high risk teen 'Game'. The DB Foundation ~ Choking Game.netThis Choking Game BLOG will keep you up to date with current information in the fight to raise awareness and provide education for the deadly Choking Game. Also posted are all updates to www.ChokingGame.netThe DB Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06143896687462888897noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167450160877151244.post-86399059987094913342012-04-10T13:21:00.000-04:002012-04-10T13:21:36.655-04:002012 Choking Game Awareness & Prevention SummitOrganizations and individuals interested in youth risk prevention are invited! REGISTER TODAY!The DB Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06143896687462888897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167450160877151244.post-2834770218285419142011-11-01T13:16:00.001-04:002011-11-07T08:49:02.709-05:00DBF takes on the Pepsi Refresh Challenge for funding a National ConferenceLet's get the word out! DBF needs your vote, everyday for the Month of November! Our goal is to fund the 1st Annual Choking Game National Conference. Thousands of parents, educators, law enforcement, medical professionals and risks prevention organizations, etc will gather further raise awareness and promote education of the high risk teen behavior known as the Choking Game.&The DB Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06143896687462888897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167450160877151244.post-86152477730605873202011-06-17T20:53:00.001-04:002011-06-17T21:05:20.446-04:00Tees and Hoodies - get your order in for the July DeliveryChoking Game Awareness Tees in Classic White, Deep Black and NEW! DBF Royal Blue! Also check out our very popular and very cozy for a cool summer night, gray Hoodie And the NEW! Tote-All! June 20th is the Deadline for July Delivery
Choking Game Victim's names added to the Tees and Hoodies include:  The DB Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06143896687462888897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167450160877151244.post-70514151505920929062011-06-12T10:01:00.001-04:002011-06-12T10:01:00.029-04:002011 South Carolina Coroner's ConferenceDBF was honored to have our own Dale Galloway and Erik Baaske invited to present information on the choking Game at the 2011 Annual S.C. Coroner's Conference. We look forward to working together with South Carolina and other states to bring awareness of this teen risk behavior.
The ripple effect of this conference has been nothing short of amazing. We're not surprised - this group The DB Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06143896687462888897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167450160877151244.post-32018759619381370432010-08-14T14:20:00.000-04:002010-08-14T14:20:44.526-04:00Police warn about risky 'pass-out game'Police warn about risky 'pass-out game'The DB Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06143896687462888897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167450160877151244.post-91014307159348274192010-06-16T08:35:00.000-04:002010-06-16T08:35:56.345-04:00Choking Game ~ Wake Up!The DB Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06143896687462888897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167450160877151244.post-10115686781045373362010-04-12T20:05:00.000-04:002010-04-12T20:05:05.475-04:00New Single Page Fact Sheet about The Choking GameThe DB Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06143896687462888897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167450160877151244.post-36453666003533257312010-03-09T10:13:00.000-05:002010-03-09T10:13:03.735-05:00Media Literacy Video from 'Connor's Coaches'
Connor'sHEART.org shares an excellent video "Media Literacy" from their "Connors Coaches" program (college aged students mentoring Middle Schoolers). It takes into account that if they are able to interpret info from the media better they can make better life choices. Relating Connor Galloway's story, if Connor (and other victims) had the right information he could have made a better choice The DB Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06143896687462888897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167450160877151244.post-25746933587135828492010-02-27T21:58:00.000-05:002010-02-27T21:58:28.985-05:00Choking Game Awareness GearFOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY! Choking Game Awareness Gear - Order by March 1st and get a FREE Awareness Bracelet with each Tee and Hoodie ORDER 5 Tees and GET ONE FREE! ~~See the Victims listed on
the back http://www.chokinggame.net/files/Finalized02222010.pdf ~~ Info & Order HERE:
http://www.chokinggame.net/WearYourAwareness2010.html All proceeds are applied to promotingThe DB Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06143896687462888897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167450160877151244.post-71777766066211949022010-02-20T09:50:00.000-05:002010-02-20T09:50:36.304-05:00The Choking Game and YouTube: A Dangerous Combination The Choking Game and YouTube: A Dangerous Combination Martha Linkletter, MD Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, marthalinkletter@yahoo.ca
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Kevin Gordon, MD, MS
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of The DB Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06143896687462888897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167450160877151244.post-39070406883859237432010-02-15T14:16:00.000-05:002010-02-15T14:16:14.731-05:00Choking Game Victims Speak out through their Parents! And here's what they had to say -
73% of fatalities occurred while there was an adult nearby.
79% are male
http://www.chokinggame.net/files/ParentsofVictimSurveyStats02.13.10.pdfThe DB Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06143896687462888897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167450160877151244.post-21587468251866138812010-02-15T10:45:00.000-05:002010-02-15T10:45:03.091-05:00New for 2010! Choking Game Awareness Hoodies!New Arrival By Popular Vote -
The Choking Game Awareness GRAY HOODIE!
Available in Youth and Adult sizes! Note: The Hoodies run small.
Visit Choking Game.net for all the details and to Pre-order your Hoodie and Choking Game Awareness T shirts today! The DB Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06143896687462888897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167450160877151244.post-66203323673941742802010-02-14T00:30:00.000-05:002010-02-14T00:30:24.023-05:00Reminder: Parents of Choking Game Victim please Update Your Child's RegistrationWe are in the process of compiling Choking Game data for YE 2009 and need all victim REGISTRATION surveys completed in order to do so. **Note: This Registration form is new as of November 2009. The deadline is Feb 29th. for forms to be updated, please take minute and complete yours.
For parents of victims of The Choking Game, you will need to update a registration form if:
You The DB Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06143896687462888897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167450160877151244.post-27566361035294424992010-02-11T21:54:00.002-05:002010-02-12T14:48:15.807-05:00"Wear Your Awareness 2010" is officially underway!"Wear Your Awareness 2010" is officially underway! This is our annual T-shirt awareness campaign. Get all the details to receive your Choking Game Awareness T-shirt and see the pics from last year, here: http://www.chokinggame.net/WearYourAwareness2010.html
We're currently taking pre-orders! Now available are White Shirts with Black lettering or White shirts with Black lettering. &The DB Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06143896687462888897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167450160877151244.post-24705375277627935362010-02-08T09:25:00.002-05:002010-02-08T09:25:29.346-05:00TODAY show covers the Mission of Education for the Choking GameVisit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyThe DB Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06143896687462888897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167450160877151244.post-26204417042032572192010-01-29T22:50:00.002-05:002010-02-08T09:28:37.696-05:00"Good Kids Game" being addressed by Olean, NY school districtThe DB Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06143896687462888897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167450160877151244.post-56704520257679941712010-01-28T20:27:00.000-05:002010-01-28T20:27:06.042-05:00Oleans Ny - Choking Game - Cloud Nine - Pass out GameOlean NY - The Choking Game is there. Surprised? We aren't and you shouldn't be either. Thank goodness this school district is acting swiftly for education on The Choking Game. The day that this is a proactive, not reactive measure cannot come soon enough.http://www.oleantimesherald.com/articles/2010/01/28/news/doc4b61fbaae836f618031739.txt
Olean officials: Choking no game
By Adam The DB Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06143896687462888897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167450160877151244.post-77627889268162422010-01-24T23:36:00.000-05:002010-01-24T23:36:08.888-05:00REMINDER: We are in the process of compiling Choking Game data for YE 2009 and need all victim surveys completed in order to do so.For parents of fatal victims of The Choking Game, you will need to update a registration form if:You registered your loved one prior to **November 2009 orIf you have not completed an initial registra...tion or
If there are any changes (i.e. Death Certificate The DB Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06143896687462888897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167450160877151244.post-69985618277311209552010-01-20T22:17:00.000-05:002010-01-20T22:17:29.483-05:00Criminal MindsCriminal Minds episode "Risky Business" an excellent job on relaying many facts about the Choking Game in a prime time drama.Criminal MindsThe DB Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06143896687462888897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167450160877151244.post-50390179184402825392010-01-20T19:17:00.002-05:002010-01-20T19:17:54.193-05:00Midland, Texas - Midland ISD invites parents to attend an informative presentation, “What Is the Choking Game?”Midland, Texas - Midland ISD invites parents to attend an informative presentation, “What Is the Choking Game?” at 6p.m., Monday, January 25, at Rusk Elementary, 2601 Wedgewood St. Andy Sustaita, education consultant for the Region 18 Education Service Center, will present. Parents will learn what warning signs to look for, and what they need to know to prevent their children from participating The DB Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06143896687462888897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167450160877151244.post-86841044793368118622010-01-15T21:00:00.000-05:002010-01-15T21:00:46.943-05:00Criminal Minds on CBS is airing their episode titled "Risky Business" (The
Choking Game) on Jan 20th. It's trailer is chilling to watch!http://www.cbs.com/primetime/criminal_minds/video/?pid=1o98E_96aVGbxg16scR0OUxK9QlO6PHq&vs=Default&play=trueThe DB Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06143896687462888897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167450160877151244.post-86197950731037121662010-01-14T11:03:00.000-05:002010-01-14T11:03:38.857-05:00Choking Game DangersWarning Graphic Video from YouTube included in this reportChoking Game DangersThe DB Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06143896687462888897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167450160877151244.post-19694436899860372232010-01-01T23:07:00.000-05:002010-01-01T23:07:00.355-05:00Updating data of Choking Game VictimsWe are in the process of compiling the data for YE 2009 and we need all victim surveys completed in order to do so.
This survey is new as of November 2009
Link to the Choking Game Fatality Registration form
Link to Choking Game Injury Report Form
You are probably need to update your child's registration form if:
You registered your child prior to November 2009 or
If your child is listed on The DB Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06143896687462888897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167450160877151244.post-1155376875377101492009-12-29T20:11:00.000-05:002009-12-29T20:11:17.916-05:00"It Happened to Me!" From The DBF inboxOn November 08, 2009, I found my son Jack Roney hanging by a karate belt in the restroom. Everything seemed so surreal, like it was not actually happening. I had left him for a brief moment to do a facial on a client at work. Jack was wise beyond his years and I had NEVER gone to work without him with me. I left him with his cell phone and a list of what to do and what not to do. I am a The DB Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06143896687462888897noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167450160877151244.post-89515350836346326072009-12-14T10:05:00.000-05:002009-12-14T10:05:17.892-05:00The Choking Game - A Physician's Perspective The Choking Game - A Physician's Perspective
Co-Authored by The DB Foundation's Physician Liason, Dr. Trish RussellThe DB Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06143896687462888897noreply@blogger.com0