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Youth Crime Watch (YCW) of Miami-Dade County Red Ribbon Week Campaign
October 23-31
School Activities for Red Ribbon Week
- Create YCW Red Ribbon Drug Prevention posters and post them at several locations throughout the school.
- Coordinate YCW Red Ribbon Drug Prevention assemblies.
- Contact YCW School Coordinators to conduct presentations on Drug Prevention.
- Decorate the hallways for the Red Ribbon theme; include things like red ribbons, red paper chains or student handprints cut from red paper.
- Coordinate a Red Ribbon Week door decoration contest for all the classrooms.
- Announce a “YCW Drug Prevention Tip of the Day” each day during the morning or afternoon announcements.
- Organize a Red Ribbon Rally with contests between grades for the best anti-drug cheer.
- Conduct a Red Ribbon program for parents with skits, songs and other student performances.
- Distribute red ribbons to students, making sure they understand what the ribbon represents.
- Launch your program with the release of red balloons – as many as possible.
- Involve the whole family in your Red Ribbon celebration with a Family Fun Night, complete with games, booths and other activities.
- “Say Boo To Drugs” with a special Halloween Prevention Party.
- Sponsor a contest (essay, poster, poem, theme song, etc.) for Red Ribbon Week.
- Encourage students to write and then sign their own personal pledges to live drug free.
- Design Red Ribbon Week banners to hang in front of the school or in a prominent place inside. Ideas for banners include: “Drug Free and Proud” imprinted with student signed hand prints, “Hand in Hand Let’s Take a Stand” with red student signed hand prints or “Take a Stand on Drugs” with red student signed footprints.
- Organize drug education programs and integrate alcohol and other drug information into all curriculums during Red Ribbon Week.
