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!

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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!

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NIMCO Has You Covered For Red Ribbon Week!

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