Red Ribbon Week at Moody Junior High
Published 12:00 pm Monday, October 28, 2013
- Students from Brooks Etheredge's study hall posed in front of his student decorated door wearing their favorite team jersey or tee as the Moody Junior High School student body teamed up against drugs.
Taking part in the 28th annual Red Ribbon Week, Moody Junior High School is thinking of the many ways they can say no to drugs.
Creating themed days throughout the week like sock it to drugs where students wear crazy socks and turn your back on drugs where the school wears their clothes backwards, Red Ribbon Week is designed to get the conversation going about why your child should say no to drugs.
Started in 1980 by the National Family Partnership (NFP) a group of concerned and determined parents joined forces to play a leadership role in drug prevention.
NFP’s mission is “to lead and support our nation’s families and communities in nurturing the full potential of healthy, drug free youth.”
The Red Ribbon Campaign began in 1985 in honor of the murder of Drug Enforcement Agency Agent Enrique Camarena who was found beaten to death after five men appeared outside his office on February 7, 1985, was shoved in a car and not found until one month later.
As seen at the website www.redribbon.org, “Today, the Red Ribbon serves as a catalyst to mobilize communities to educate youth and encourage participation in drug prevention activities. Since that time, the campaign has reached millions of U.S. children and families.”
Providing drug education all week long, Moody Junior High School is teaming up against drugs to raise awareness and offer resources to ensure its student body continues to be drug free.
