Local, State and National Leaders Convene to Mobilize Communities .

Local, state and national leaders are convening today and tomorrow at the Grosvenor Resort in Lake Buena Vista to call the topic, "Problem Gambling:Everyone`s Issue" and to devise a strategic design of activity to gain awareness at the community level across the State of Florida.

Joining the Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling at its 13th Annual Conference will be Keynote Speaker Bill Janes, Director of the Florida Office of Drug Control, Lottery Secretary Leo DiBenigno, and leadership of large organizations and gaming industry members, including the Part of Pari-Mutuel Wagering within the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Federation of High School Associations, the U.S. Probation Office, the Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association, the Florida Certification Board, Seminole Casinos, Dania Jai-Alai, Derby Lane, and Isle of Capri Casinos.

Also participating will be local community based entities such as the Center for Drug Free Life in Orlando, The Miami Coalition for a Safe and Drug Free Community, Hillsborough County Anti-Drug Alliance, Family and Children Faith Coalition in Dade, Gateway Community Services in Jacksonville, Broward County Human Services Department (Elder and Veterans Services Division), as well as treatment professionals, recovering persons and others.

"We are depending upon the active involvement of all attendees throughout the flow of the league for their input in panel discussions and presentations leading up to the Roundtable Exchange - our Think Tank and basis for formulating a strategic design of action," explained Pat Fowler, Executive Director of the Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling."There are more than 500,000 Floridians struggling with the effects of a gambling problem and thousands more adversely affected.Problem gambling is treatable for those who seek help.Through the force of the collective, we can access this problem from a community-based vantage point," advised Fowler.

The extended two-day conference is an educational pathway featuring original form and penetration into the existence of problem gambling prevention, outreach and treatment.Nationally renowned trainer and clinician, Joanna Franklin, MS, NCGC-II, will be facilitating the forum, including the Roundtable Exchange.Also presenting is adolescent expert Dr. Jeffrey Derevensky of McGill University, and other highly-regarded specialists in the field.Panels will concentrate on problem gambling among adolescents, college students, special populations (minorities, women and elderly) and will feature recovering persons, who will share their roads to recovery.

Finally, the FCCG will announce special recognition awards of outstanding organizations and individuals for their leaders in establishing programs benefiting students, patrons, and the general public.Honorees include Thomas Hall, Director of Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Programming at the University of Central Florida; Orlando Sentinel reporter Mike Berry; Mardi Gras Gaming Vice-President, Daniel Adkins; the National Confederation of State High School Associations; and the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

The Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling, Inc. (FCCG) is a not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) educational and advocacy organization whose primary mission is to assist persons adversely affected by problem and compulsive gambling.Established in 1988, the FCCG is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors, is a member of the National Council on Problem Gambling and maintains a neutral stance on the number of legalized gambling.The FCCG is funded by the State of Florida and receives additional funding from membership dues, training fees and donations.

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