Tue, Oct 25, 2011
Joining In Effort To Promote A Drug-Free Lifestyle
Members of
Civil Air Patrol will promote healthy, drug-free lifestyles October
23-31 during their nationwide observance of Red Ribbon Week. The
oldest, largest drug prevention campaign in the U.S., Red Ribbon
Week is observed across America. This year’s theme is
“It’s Up To Me To Be Drug Free!”
Throughout the week, CAP wings will distribute red ribbons with
the slogan “Better Things To Do Than Drugs” and conduct
educational programs as a way to show support for a drug-free
lifestyle. Using the new Red Ribbon Leadership Academy curriculum,
CAP cadets also will visit schools to speak out against drug use
and share leadership lessons with local middle school students.
The U.S. Air Force and Civil Air Patrol became involved with Red
Ribbon Week in 1994 as a way to improve the lives of service
members’ families and children. CAP has since expanded its
role to include a year-round Drug Demand Reduction Program with
three major elements – education, training and community
outreach. Each element is designed to bring an anti-drug message to
the community, students throughout the nation and CAP members.
The origins of Red Ribbon Week date back 26 years to a local
effort in Imperial Valley, CA, to honor the memory of former
resident Enrique Camarena, a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
agent slain in March 1985 in Mexico. Members of Camarena Clubs
began wearing red ribbons in the slain agent's memory. In 1988,
Congress proclaimed the final week of October as “Red Ribbon
Week for a Drug-Free America.”
Red Ribbon Week has since grown to be the nation’s
best-known drug prevention program. Participants annually include
schools, businesses, government, military, service organizations,
law enforcement, religious institutions, adults and youth who wear
the red ribbon to show their support for the campaign.
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