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Best Wishes on Red Ribbon Week

Best Wishes on Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week is in full swing around the country and NIMCO, Inc. would like to wish each and every one of you the best as your schools and communities celebrate this important event.

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Good Times - Ideas for Red Ribbon Week Activities

NIMCO, Inc. Encourages Red Ribbon Week Activities

Over the next few weeks leading up to Red Ribbon Week 2013, NIMCO will be sharing some activity ideas on our blog that teachers and community leaders can use to help students get excited about Red Ribbon Week. Many of these ideas can be incorporated in your school leading up to Red Ribbon Week.

Our twelfth entry is entitled: Good Times  

Poster contests are great for Red Ribbon Week!

This is a day to make youth realize how they do not need drugs or alcohol to have a good time.

• Poster Contest - Students create posters showing fun things you can do without drugs.

• Students bring a photo of a favorite memory that was made to show that drugs don’t have to be involved to have a great time.

• Use student baby pictures for a giant collage entitled, "Born to be Drug-Free."

• Have a parade! March through the school or town declaring “We are drug-free!”

• Students dress like their favorite decade: 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s.

TODAY’S MESSAGE
“Great memories shouldn’t be wasted on drugs.”

Head over to our website for more Red Ribbon Week information. We also have a page dedicated to the National 2013 Red Ribbon Week Theme "A Healthy Me is Drug Free!" where you can purchase many different promotional items that you can use and pass out to students during Red Ribbon Week Oct. 23-31st.

School Spirit - Ideas for Red Ribbon Week Activities

NIMCO, Inc. Encourages Red Ribbon Week Activities

Over the next few weeks leading up to Red Ribbon Week 2013, NIMCO will be sharing some activity ideas on our blog that teachers and community leaders can use to help students get excited about Red Ribbon Week. Many of these ideas can be incorporated in your school leading up to Red Ribbon Week.

Our ninth entry is entitled: School Spirit  

Students and staff team up for the fight against drugs by wearing their favorite swag to school.

• Wear your school shirts and as much red as possible.

• Kick-off Red Ribbon Week in conjunction with homecoming, an important home football game, or another popular community event.

• Offer half-priced admission at a home ball game to anyone wearing a red ribbon.

• Make paper bricks, have each student put his or her name on one as a pledge to be drug-free. Build a wall to “join together to be drug-free.”

• Have students sponsor teachers and check to see that the teacher wears his or her red

ribbon every day.

TODAY’S MESSAGE

“Just Say No to Drugs!”

Head over to our website for more Red Ribbon Week information. We also have a page dedicated to the National 2013 Red Ribbon Week Theme "A Healthy Me is Drug Free!" where you can purchase many different promotional items that you can use and pass out to students during Red Ribbon Week Oct. 23-31st.

Drug and Alcohol Attention Grabbers™ - Sweet Treats

Over the next few weeks, NIMCO will be sharing some "Attention Grabber™" ideas that you can use in class to help teach about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. The “Attention Grabbers™” are designed to assist with teaching and speaking about the adverse effects alcohol and drugs cause to all who are exposed to these addictive drugs. We live in a visual society, making visual aids a needed resource to assist with speaking or teaching thus enabling you to reach your entire audience. The suggestions are designed to assist your alcohol and drug education programs. You may expound upon each scenario as your presentation or speaking time allows. Each “Attention Grabber™” is very cost effective to present with the suggested visual aids to reiterate the information given during your presentation. 

Sweet Treats

Supplies:

Life is Sweeter When it's Drug Free-Jumbo Jelly Beans

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Bag of Nimco individual wrapped jelly beans or any candy or sucker that is individually wrapped 

Directions:

This is a fun and exciting way to set the tone at the beginning of a speaking engagement or a student assembly. Rewarding those who interact with the speaker is a positive reinforcement for the audience.

Many times, this activity will open up the floor for discussion and interaction between the speaker and

audience. This “Attention Grabber™” may be used as a supplement to another suggestion or as a stand-alone activity.

If you are planning Red Ribbon Week or an Alcohol Awareness Campaign, this “ice breaker” is an added bonus for adults as well as youth. Select candy or suckers that have a slogan that will tie into your campaign or lecture. We listed promotional Jelly Beans below as a recommended choice or you may wrap or staple your own slogan on your choice of candy or suckers.

Always be mindful of the type of group with which you are speaking. It is highly recommended that you have some type of sugar free candy for those who can not eat sugar. We discourage throwing any type candy or suckers because of possible injury.

Materials can be purchased at NIMCO, Inc. to help with this idea!

NIMCO, Inc. strives daily to produce and create educational products in the areas of prevention and education for youth and young adults. Each “Attention Grabber™” is universal in presentation. The scenarios are designed to be effective for all ages. 

NIMCO, Inc. wishes you the very best in your quest to educate youth and young adults on the adverse effects of alcohol and drugs.

Paint The School Red - Ideas for Red Ribbon Week Activities

NIMCO, Inc. Encourages Red Ribbon Week Activities

Over the next few weeks leading up to Red Ribbon Week 2013, NIMCO will be sharing some activity ideas on our blog that teachers and community leaders can use to help students get excited about Red Ribbon Week. Many of these ideas can be incorporated in your school leading up to Red Ribbon Week. 

Kids decorating their school for Red Ribbon Week

Our fifth entry is entitled: Paint The School Red

Red is the chosen color for drug awareness and is the theme color for Red Ribbon Week Activities. Allowing teachers and students to decorate the school is a fun way to get your message across.

• Decorate homeroom doors with drug prevention themes

• Have sign-up Red Ribbon pledges: banners, bookmarks, etc.

• Classrooms create signs for trash cans at school with slogan, “Drugs are Garbage!”

Classroom door decorated in red for
Red Ribbon Week

• Decorate your school or a special area with red ribbons, red paper chains, banners, posters, handprints cut from red paper, and other items that display drug prevention messages.

• Tie red ribbons around trees, fences, door knobs, and poles for the week.

TODAY’S MESSAGE

“To make our stand against drugs we are turning the school red.”

Head over to our website for more Red Ribbon Week information. We also have a page dedicated to the National 2013 Red Ribbon Week Theme "A Healthy Me is Drug Free!" where you can purchase many different promotional items that you can use and pass out to students during Red Ribbon Week Oct. 23-31st.

And check back as we blog about more creative ideas for Red Ribbon Week!

Back To Back - Ideas for Red Ribbon Week Activities

NIMCO, Inc. Encourages Red Ribbon Week Activities

Over the next few weeks leading up to Red Ribbon Week 2013, NIMCO will be sharing some activity ideas on our blog that teachers and community leaders can use to help students get excited about Red Ribbon Week. Many of these ideas can be incorporated in your school leading up to Red Ribbon Week. 

Advertising plays a huge role in whether or not our youth will use drugs

Our fourth entry is entitled: Back To Back

Celebrate this day by letting students stand up together against drugs. Adults and students can learn from each other on what to do in difficult situations. Below are different types of activities that students can do together.

• Set up role playing situations. Have students make a list of common situations among adolescents. Ask them to share ways that teens may deal with each of those stressors. Then group the stressors into helpful and hurtful coping strategies. Discuss how drug use can be a harmful coping strategy and how it can be a stressor itself.

• Discuss anti drug advertising and the level of effectiveness on the behaviors of young people. Have students develop their own campaigns.

• Discuss how various drugs are portrayed on television, movies, radio, magazines, music, newspapers, billboards or other visible advertising. Instruct students to watch television, mix up

the shows, and record the number of references to alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs and how

each reference was portrayed. Have each student share the type of television show he/she was

watching, the portrayal of substances and how he/she thinks this might impact youth.

TODAY’S MESSAGE

“With education and knowledge we can stand together against drugs.”

Head over to our website for more Red Ribbon Week information. We also have a page dedicated to the National 2013 Red Ribbon Week Theme "A Healthy Me is Drug Free!" where you can purchase many different promotional items that you can use and pass out to students during Red Ribbon Week Oct. 23-31st.

And check back as we blog about more creative ideas for Red Ribbon Week!

Plant The Promise - Ideas for Red Ribbon Week Activities

NIMCO, Inc. Encourages Red Ribbon Week Activities

Over the next few weeks leading up to Red Ribbon Week 2013, NIMCO will be sharing some activity ideas on our blog that teachers and community leaders can use to help students get excited about Red Ribbon Week. Many of these ideas can be incorporated in your school leading up to Red Ribbon Week. 

Plant The Promise is a great way to involve students in
Red Ribbon Week Activities

Our third entry is entitled: Plant The Promise 

Planting flowers is a symbol of hope, and a great way to involve both children and adults in your Red Ribbon Week campaign. It can be a fun educational time for adults and youth working together to create something that will continue to grow after winter months have passed. Most bulbs that are planted during October will bloom in April, during National Alcohol Awareness Month.

• Plant Flower Bulbs at school or in the community. Traditional flowers planted during this event are tulips and daffodils.

• Allow students to personalize garden markers so they can show off their drug-free commitment.

• Red Balloon Launch with drug-free message & school address on paper inside the balloons. Hopefully a school or individual will find the message and respond back.

TODAY’S MESSAGE

“Planting today’s seeds for a stronger drug-free community.”

Head over to our website for more Red Ribbon Week information. We also have a page dedicated to National Plant the Promise week where you can purchase tulips and bulb planters so your school can participate in planting the promise. 

And check back as we blog about more creative ideas for Red Ribbon Week!

www.nimcoinc.com 

What's Your Anti-Drug? - Ideas for Red Ribbon Week Activities

NIMCO, Inc. Encourages Red Ribbon Week Activities

Over the next few weeks leading up to Red Ribbon Week 2013, NIMCO will be sharing some activity ideas on our blog that teachers and community leaders can use to help students get excited about Red Ribbon Week. Many of these ideas can be incorporated in your school leading up to Red Ribbon Week. 

Our second entry is entitled: What's Your Anti-Drug? 

Students get to focus on what is more important to them than doing drugs. Essays not only

Encourage kids to focus on sports instead of doing drugs!

help students with their writing skills but it comes easy when they can write about something

they love. Below are a few ideas on what your students can write about.

• Start out discussing sports and other activities your students enjoy and the specific body

systems needed to participate in these activities. Then talk about the physical effects of

specific drugs and how they would impact a person’s skill level for those activities.

• Student’s write an essay about things they love to do instead of

drugs. Example: basketball, baseball, drawing, music, dancing,

spending time with family and friends.

• Have students brainstorm and create a list of why young people or

adults would start using alcohol, tobacco or other drugs. Then have

them develop a list of consequences of drug use. Finally, have them

develop a list of ways to be drug-free.

• Why My Parent(s) or Guardians are My Anti-Drugs

TODAY’S MESSAGE

“Loving and living life is my anti-drug!”

Red Out - Ideas for Red Ribbon Week Activities

NIMCO, Inc. Encourages Red Ribbon Week Activities

Over the next few weeks leading up to Red Ribbon Week 2013, NIMCO will be sharing some activity ideas on our blog that teachers and community leaders can use to help students get excited about Red Ribbon Week. Many of these ideas can be incorporated in your school leading up to Red Ribbon Week. 

Today starts our first entry entitled: RED OUT 

Encourage students to wear as much red as possible. Wearing red is a fun way for students of all ages to show off their Red Ribbon Week pride. This gives students endless possibilities to have fun wearing silly, odd, cute, fancy or sporty apparel. 

• Announce that there will be a special prize for the student wearing the most red.

   

First- and second-grade students show off their red
during Red Ribbon Week at Tyler Elementary School.
(photo by J. Ten Broeck)

Fun categories students can participate in:

• “Hats Off to Being Drug-Free” - favorite hat

• “Sock It to Drugs” - craziest socks

• “Tie Down Drugs” - craziest tie

• “Shade Out Drugs” - sunglasses

• “Boot Out Drugs” - wear boots

• “Band Against Drugs” - headband/bandanna

• “Give Drugs the Slip” - wear slippers

TODAY’S MESSAGE

“Enjoy life by choosing the right time to be silly, funny, happy and serious.”

Head over to our website for more Red Ribbon Week information. And check back as we blog about more creative ideas for Red Ribbon Week!

Win an iPad and $1000 for Your School During Red Ribbon Week

Win Big During Red Ribbon Week!

Wanna know how to win an iPad and $1000 for your school during Red Ribbon Week? 

Visit our homepage at www.nimcoinc.com for more information on this wonderful contest. And while you're there, check our this year's Red Ribbon Week theme "A Healthy Me is Drug Free!"

NIMCO, Inc. Is the Leader in Red Ribbon Week Products and Promotionals

NIMCO Has You Covered For Red Ribbon Week!

As Red Ribbon Week draws near, many schools and organizations are looking for the highest quality Red Ribbon Week products available. You can find the best selection of ribbons, lanyards, buttons, magnets and other related merchandising promoting this event through Nimco, Inc.

NIMCO, Inc. is a proud supporter of Red Ribbon Week!

If you have been looking for the best selection of Red Ribbon Week items to purchase for your organization, school or community event, rest assured that you can find what you need at an affordable price through Nimco, Inc. We offer everything from ribbons and silicone bracelets in a wide range of hues to certificates, lanyards and more.

If your goal is to find an amazing selection of Red Ribbon Week products for sale through an easy online ordering process, you can pick up all of the items you need for this celebrated event through Nimco, Inc. We are dedicated to helping you find the right products for Red Ribbon Week you need to make this popular event a huge success at your school or other venue or event.

Let's Get Excited About Red Ribbon Week!

NIMCO's Top Ten Reasons To Love Red Ribbon Week!

October is fast approaching which will bring another year of Red Ribbon Week in our schools and communities. This is a perfect time to teach our youth about the dangers of drugs and encourage them to take a stand against drug use. It's also the perfect time to encourage teachers and community leaders who are busy planning Red Ribbon Week activities.

2013 Red Ribbon Week Theme "A Healthy Me is Drug Free"

We at NIMCO decided this would be a great time to list some of our top reasons to be excited about this year's Red Ribbon Week.

1. It is an excellent way to get key people in the community involved with your school by having them come and speak or be a part of Red Ribbon Week activities.
2. Youth who are positive roll models can become active leaders during Red Ribbon Week by helping plan and organize activities.
3. Senior adults love the opportunity to be a part in Red Ribbon Week activities and have knowledge and facts to share with youth.
4. Civic organizations love to be a part of a positive campaign like Red Ribbon Week that will educate the community.
5. Youth and adults who love Red Ribbon Week are filled with information, fun activities, and will always associate the color red with Red Ribbon Week!
6. A chance to show pride in your school and community being drug free.
7. Making the world a better place...your actions matter and can change the future.
8. A great way to encourage drug prevention with our youth.
9. This year's Red Ribbon Week Theme "A Healthy Me is Drug Free" is perfect for encouraging being healthy and being drug free within the same message!
10. Participating in Red Ribbon Week is not only educational...it's a whole lot of FUN!!!

We at NIMCO hope this list will help motivate you in your preparations for the 2013 Red Ribbon Week. For additional help our website is packed full of Red Ribbon Week products including the official 2013 Red Ribbon Week Theme "A Healthy Me is Drug Free".

Please visit our website homepage at www.nimcoinc.com for further products and information. 

Educational Quote of the Day - 8/23/13

Educational Quote of the Day

Martin Luther King Jr

“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.” 
― Martin Luther King Jr.

Performance-Enhancing Drug Education Within Little League Baseball?

Little League Is Doing Their Part to Educate About Drugs

NIMCO, Inc. is happy to hear that Little League Baseball is going to introduce an educational program that will bring awareness to coaches, parents, volunteers, and (most importantly) the young players about the dangers of performance-enhancing drugs. Drug education is a must in this country and with recent reports of suspensions of star athletes from professional baseball, the time is critical to educate our youth that winning and being famous doesn't mean you have to use drugs.

With Red Ribbon Week coming up October 23-31st, how do you feel about Little League starting this education program and how do think it will help long-term? Nimco would love to hear your views on this controversial subject.

To read more about about this story click the following link http://espn.go.com/sports/llws13/story/_/id/9562561/little-league-introduce-drug-education-program

For more information about drug education and Red Ribbon Week visit NIMCO at the following link www.nimcoinc.com

Bullying - STAND UP -STAND STRONG - SPEAK OUT!

Bullying - STAND UP - STAND STRONG - SPEAK OUT!

Bullying is a major problem for children and teenagers. Acts of violence and persecution can happen at school, work, and even in your home. The more we ignore the signs and symptoms the worse it becomes for the youth of our generation.

According to the website www.stopbullying.gov bullying is defined as unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose.

We at NIMCO believe that the first step to changing unwanted aggressive behavior is to talk about the subject and make parents, teachers, administrators, and most important students aware of the problem. In 2013, our company developed a new slogan and product line called "Bullying - STAND UP! STAND STRONG! SPEAK OUT! Our goal was to give students and teachers material they could use and wear that proudly displayed the slogan.

Our hope is that these promotional items can help remind students to take a stand against bullying in a positive way. We also hope that the slogan will be a visual cue to those who think about bullying to change their ways before they hurt someone or worse...themselves.

To view the new bullying promotionals click here to view them on our website! NIMCO is also the sole distributor of the 2013 National Red Ribbon Week Theme "A Healthy Me Is Drug Free!" You can click here to view the Red Ribbon Week theme.

Drug Prevention Facts To Share With Students for Red Ribbon Week

Drug Prevention Facts To Share With Students for Red Ribbon Week

A Healthy Me Is Drug Free Banner

Seeing the Connections—The Future of Our Youth Is in Your Hands
Alcohol and drug use by children and youth are associated with poor academic performance, impaired development, mental health issues, and many factors that affect the health and behavior of youth. This fact sheet provides valuable data from the Nation’s most reliable data sources (including the National Survey on Drug Use and Health and Monitoring the Future) that can help you assist local media in their coverage of substance abuse issues where you live.

Drug Use Among Youth
• Among youths aged 12-17, 10.6 percent were current illicit drug users: 7.6 percent used marijuana, 3.6 percent used prescription-type drugs, 1.2 percent used inhalants, 0.8 percent used hallucinogens, and 0.5 percent used cocaine.¹
• Higher rates of dependence or abuse were seen among persons initiating use at a younger age. For example, among adults aged 18 or older who first tried marijuana at age 14 or younger, 13.4 percent were classified with illicit drug dependence or abuse compared with only 2.7 percent of adults who had first used marijuana at age 18 or older.¹
• With respect to using any illicit drug other than marijuana in the past 30 days, the rank order was as follows: 12th graders (10 percent), college students and 19-to 28-year-olds (both 8 percent), 10th graders (7 percent), and 8th graders (5 percent). Usage rates among 10th and 12th graders tended to be higher than among young adults.²
• In 2004, 10 percent of 12th graders reported annual use of amphetamines,
9.3 percent said they had used Vicodin, and 5 percent said they had used OxyContin in that time period. Amphetamines became the second-ranking illicit drug among high school seniors after marijuana.³

Mental Health
• Early substance abuse increases the likelihood of a person developing psychiatric disorders in his or her late 20s.4
• Persons who used tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, and other illicit substances in earlier years were more likely to have diagnoses of major depressive disorder (MDD, 17 percent), alcohol dependence (23 percent), or substance use disorders (SUDs, 40 percent) in their late 20s.4

Youth Delinquent Behavior
• Youths who had run away from home in the past 12 months were more likely to have used alcohol, marijuana, or an illicit drug other than marijuana in the past year than youths who had not run away.5
• Marijuana was used in the past year by 23 percent of the runaways aged 12 to 17 and 12 percent of those who had not run away from home.5
• The percentages of youths engaging in delinquent behaviors rose with increasing frequency of marijuana use.6
• In 2003, more than 5.8 million youths engaged in serious fighting at school or work and almost 4.3 million took part in a group-against-group fight in the past year.7
• Over half (57 percent) of those who used marijuana 300 or more days in the past year reported that they also sold illegal drugs.6

Perception of Harm
• Youths perceiving great risk from using marijuana once or twice a month were less likely to use substances than youths perceiving moderate, slight, or no risk.7
• Among youths aged 12 to 17, approximately 35 percent perceived great risk from smoking marijuana once a month, and 49.6 percent perceived great risk from using cocaine once a month. Smoking one or more packs of cigarettes per day was cited as a great risk by 67.5 percent of youths.1

Perception of Parental Disapproval
• Youths who perceive that their parents would “strongly disapprove” of their use of illicit substances were much less likely to use those substances than youths who perceived that their parents would “somewhat disapprove, or neither approve or disapprove.”1
• Among youths who perceived that their parents would strongly disapprove of their smoking one or more packs of cigarettes a day (90.6 percent of youths), only 8.8 percent had smoked cigarettes in the past month compared with 42.2 percent of youths who perceived that their parents would not strongly disapprove.1
• Most youths (89.8 percent) reported that their parents would strongly disapprove of their trying marijuana once or twice. Among these youths, only 5.1 percent had used marijuana in the past month. However, among youths who perceived that their parents would only somewhat disapprove or neither approve nor disapprove of their trying marijuana, 30 percent reported past month use of marijuana.1

Participation in Religious Activities
• In 2004, 7.9 million youths (32 percent) aged 12-17 attended religious services 25 times or more in the past year. More than three in four youths(18.9 million) reported that religious beliefs are a very important part of their lives and 68 percent (16.8 million) reported that religious beliefs influenced how they make decisions. Youths aged 12 to 17 with higher levels of religiosity were less likely to have used cigarettes, alcohol, or illicit drugs in the past month than youths with lower levels of religiosity.7
• Youths aged 12 to 17, those who participated in two or more youth activities during the past year were less likely to have used marijuana in the past month than other youths.7

Exposure to Prevention Messages
• Rates of past-year alcohol and illicit drug use were lower for youths who had seen or heard drug or alcohol prevention messages at school in the past year than youths who had not seen or heard drug or alcohol prevention messages at school.1
• Among youths aged 12 to 17 who were enrolled in school during the past 12 months, 78.2 percent reported having seen or heard drug or alcohol prevention messages in school during that period. Of those indicating they had seen or heard these messages, the rate of past-month marijuana use was
7.1 percent compared with 10.6 percent for the remaining youths.1

For more information and products for Red Ribbon Week and Drug Prevention, visit us online at www.nimcoinc.com

References
1. Office of Applied Studies. (2005). Results from the 2004 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings. Rockville, MD: SAMHSA.
2. Johnston, L.D., O’Malley, P.M. et al. (2004). Monitoring the Future national survey results on drug use, 1975-2003: Volume II College students and adults ages 19-45. Bethesda, MD: NIDA.
3. Johnston, L.D., O’Malley, P.M. et al. (2005). Monitoring the Future national results on adolescent drug use: Overview of key findings, 2004.
4. Brook. D.W., Brook, J.S., et al. (2002). Drug use and risk of major depressive disorder, alcohol dependence, and substance use disorders. Archives of General Psychiatry, 59(11), 1039-1044.
5. Office of Applied Studies. (2004). The NSDUH Report: Substance Use Among Youths Who Had Run Away From Home. Rockville, MD: SAMHSA.
6. Office of Applied Studies. (2004). The NSDUH Report: Marijuana Use and Delinquent Behaviors Among Youths. Rockville, MD: SAMHSA.
7. Office of Applied Studies. (2005). Results from the 2004 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Detailed Tables. Rockville, MD: SAMHSA

Better Things to Do Than Drugs!

Better Things To Do Than Drugs!

Better Things to Do Than Drugs!

Better Things to Do Than Drugs is one of the many themes NIMCO, Inc. has developed and marketed to teach students about drug prevention.

The theme is meant to represent all the fun and exciting things students can devote their time too instead of using drugs. From painting and music to sports and studying, there are many directions students can focus their lives on instead of getting hooked on drugs.

We at NIMCO, Inc. encourage students to set an example to others by wearing this them theme to encourage drug prevention. This theme is great to wear during Red Ribbon Week! Held during Oct. 23-31st, National Red Ribbon Week is a chance for schools and communities to rally together and proclaim their stance against drug use!

Better Things To Do Than Drugs Class Kit

Our "Better Things To Do Than Drugs" theme is available in many different products including dog tags, bracelets, classroom kits, etc. We even have color changing cups imprinted with the theme that change colors when they are filled with a cool drink.

All these products would make great gifts to students to wear not just during Red Ribbon Week but throughout the year as well!

Take a look today at our selection online as you prepare for the 2013 Red Ribbon Week. NIMCO, Inc. hopes our theme will help you to spread the message of drug prevention in your school and community.

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