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NEW! Pictures of Red Ribbon Week 2009!
This year ValueOptions® is teaming up with USD345 Seaman Elementary Schools to do Red Ribbon Week. Red Ribbon Week is a way the community and schools can raise awareness, education and prevention of substance use to our young citizens. This year ValueOptions® Prevention, Education and Outreach Coordinator will teach over 1900 students on the prevention of substance use as well as a curriculum on being alike/different.
Activities for the week include:
Coloring pictures to hang throughout the community at local businesses. Some of the pictures are of a bear that states “Drugs are Unbearable” a monkey that states “Don’t Monkey with Drugs”
Those North Topeka businesses collaborating with the effort are as follows:
- Gambino’s
- McDonald’s – Hunters Ridge
- McDonald’s-Topeka Blvd
- Buzzards Pizza
- Interactive Physical Fitness
- The PAD
- Dillons
- Hardees
- Spangles
- Maximus
- Signing a certificate of accomplishment for completing Red Ribbon Week.
- Signing a Red Ribbon banner that will be posted in the gyms of each school
- Dressing up each day of the week:
- Monday-Boots “Give Drugs the Boot”
- Tuesday- Hats- “Put a cap on drugs”
- Wednesday- Silly Socks- “Sock it to Drugs”
- Thursday – Wear Red in honor of Red Ribbon Week
- Friday –Glasses – “Shade out Drugs”
- Wearing Red Ribbons throughout the week
- Passing out snack bags with pencils, stickers, suckers, and a statement about the collaboration of Red Ribbon Week to take home to their families.
For more information about Red Ribbon Week please visit: Kansas Family Partnership
Red Ribbon Week 2009
Local Topeka, Kansas Businesses Participating
 MCDONALD'S-Hunter's Ridge |
 THE PAD |
 HARDEE'S |
 MAXIMUS |
 GAMBINO'S PIZZA |
 INTERACTIVE PHYSICAL FITNESS |
 DILLONS |
 SPANGELS |
 MCDONALD'S-Topeka Blvd. |
 BUZZARD'S PIZZA |
 "Don't monkey with drugs" |
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Red Ribbon Week Banners
 Pleasant Hill |
 West Indianola |
 North Fairview |
 Logan |
 Rochester |
 Elmont |
Red Ribbon Week Award Ceremony
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