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Start the new year off right... DRUG FREE All the Time!
January is Crime Stoppers Month
- Have students create snowflakes with drug free messages on them.
- Have a red sock day and a "Stomp on Drugs" sock-hop in classrooms or the gym.
- Ask students to write an essay on what fun things they did over the holidays. Hold a discussion about alternatives to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.
- Ask students what they know about alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. Clear up any misunderstandings.
- Discuss tobacco as the 'gateway drug' that kills 350,000 people in America each year. What are gateway drugs?
- Work with local police to host a safety forum for residents to advocate ways people can stay safe and drug free.
Valentine's Day --
Make a commitment to keep your heart healthy by not smoking.
- Make Valentine's Day cards with drug free messages and display them in the classroom or cafeteria.
- Have students draw pictures/posters with drug free messages.
- Hold a pep rally during basketball season with the theme "DRUG FREE ALL THE TIME." (Have the cheerleading squad perform cheers with drug free messages. Ask basketball players to speak on why it is important to remain drug free.
- Have students develop a dictionary of drug-related terms.
- Conduct 30-minute timed writings on the theme, 'High on Life, Not on Drugs.'
- In conjunction with President's Day, have students propose legislation related to drug use to the President of the United States. Identify the process for getting it passed.
- Watch for Arkansans for Drug Free Youth (ADFY) State Youth Board applications. Students in grades 11 and 12 are eligible to serve.
Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week
Prepare drug-free activities around National PTA Drug & Alcohol Awareness Week
- Offer a Prime Time program, a one-day ADFY elementary program that gives students the opportunity to develop cooperation, communication and social skills in a fun environment. Contact ADFY for more information.
- Write to restaurants and other public places thanking them for being smoke-free.
- Have students draw St. Patrick's day posters with drug free messages and display them during the next PTA meeting.
- Perform skits with anti-alcohol/tobacco/drug themes.
- Have students practice refusal skills by role-playing situations where they are asked to use alcohol, tobacco or other drugs.
- Create an information sheet for parents regarding inhalants.
National Alcohol Awareness Month
- "Let's Draw the Line" educational material kits are available from the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information 212/206-6770.
- List the ways alcohol, tobacco and other drug use can negatively affect one's ability to safely skateboard, roller blade or bicycle.
- Have students prepare reports on the effects of alcohol on organs of the body.
- Sponsor a "Spring Fling" complete with carnival games, food and music.
- Give information about teenage alcoholism and its prevalence in our society.
- Discuss fetal alcohol syndrome and the epidemic of drug addicted babies.
- Have students role-play situations illustrating how alcohol and other drugs can affect their judgement.
- Have the art class make "Drugs are Garbage" signs for the trash cans at school.
- Have students make a presentation to younger students sharing how they resist the peer pressure to use drugs.
- Watch for registration information about Senior High Governor's Youth Conference on Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drugs.
National Physical Fitness & Sports Month
Clean Air Month
- Host a panel discussion with athletes about the dangers of steriods.
- Look for you ADFY Red Ribbon Catalog. Attention schools: order supplies early to receive free shipping. When you purchase Red Ribbon supplies from ADFY, your money supports drug education and prevention programs in Arkansas all year long. ADFY is aware there are other companies selling Red Ribbon products, these proceeds are pure profit for these groups. Buy directly from ADFY 501/375-1338.
- Have a field Day with the theme 'Say No to Drugs.' Get a local company to sponsor t-shirts for the students.
- Discuss the role that exercise and good health play in developing healthy minds and bodies.
- Explain how alcohol, tobacco and other drugs affect your ability to play sport, Have a 'Jump Rope-A-Thon Against Drugs.'
- Discuss the use of alcohol and other drugs by professional athletes then identify sports figures who are positive role models for drug abstinence.
- Have students sign a pledge to abstain from using alcohol and other drugs on prom night.
- Sponsor an all-night post-prom party for students. Call ADFY to request your free copy of 'Celebrate -- A Guide to Chemical-Free Events' 501/375-1338.
- encourage students to read three books over the summer that discourage drug use.
- Send a packet home with students to give to guardians that explains what they can do over the summer to educate their children about the dangers of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.
- Encourage students to become involved in their community's anti-drug programs.
- Challenge students to talk to 10 peers over the summer about the dangers of drug use.
- Sponsor a graduation party. Call ADFY for your free copy of 'Celebrate -- A guide to Chemical-Free Events' 501/375-1338.
Request that the Mayor declare July 'Independence from Drugs' Month
- Have students watch a TV program with family members and record the number of times it refers to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. Do the references encourage or discourage drug use?
- Attend the Senior High Governor's Youth Conference on Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs, sponsored by ADFY.
- Encourage students to volunteer at a local drug treatment facility.
- Encourage students to organize a drug-free presentation at their place of worship.
- Attend the summer reading program at your local library.
National Night Out
- Create drug free art, logos, bumper stickers, banners, door decorations or collages.
- Have a Back-To-School Drug-Free Dance. Admission to the dance can be signing a pledge card to be drug free.
- Have students role-play situations illustrating the effects of alcohol and other drugs oer their decision making processes. Poor choices can result in sexual activity and put them at risk for getting the AIDS virus.
- Have a 'Keep the Peace, Stop the Violence' rally in your neighborhood.
- Hold a neighborhood meeting to brainstorm ideas to reduce crime.
- Have a pledge day and allow children to sign up to be drug free.
- Teach students a song that has a drug free message.
- Have elementary and junior high students work on their Red Ribbon poster entries, for competition in the Arkansans for Drug Free Youth Red Ribbon Contest. For more information, contact ADFY at 501/375-1338.
- Have students incorporate facts about drugs into rap songs and have students perform them at a pep rally.
- Have students write an editorial stating why they tink marijuana use should remain illegal.
- Prepare for the Red Ribbon Cheerleading Contest, open to all Arkansas senior high schools. For more information, contact ADFY 501/375-1338.
Red Ribbon Celebration
All schools are welcome to participate in the Red Ribbon Parade, Rally and Picnic in Little Rock. For more information, contact ADFY 501/375-1338.
- Purchase your Red Ribbon supplies from ADFY. When you purchase supplies from ADFY, your money supports drug education and prevention programs all year long in Arkansas.
- Participate in the Senior High Red Ribbon Cheerleading Contest.
- Have a Red Ribbon parade around the school or classroom.
- Have a Red Ribbon scavenger hunt around the school to find Red Ribbons; the person who collects the most wins a prize.
- Have students read drug free messgaes over the intercom each day during Red Ribbon Week.
- Cut strips of red construction paper and have children write their names on them. Then link the strips together into a paper chain -- 'Link Up to Fight Drugs.'
- Have students make 'Mission Possible: A Drug Free Community' banners imprinted with red hand prints to be hung in the city or town hall during October.
- Sponsor a drug free dance where everyone who weres a Red Ribbon gets in free. Have students produce a special edition of the school newspaper with articles about recreational alternatives to drugs and the effects of drugs on the body.
- Discuss the Red Ribbon pledge, 'No Use of Illegal Drugs, and No Illegal Use of Legal Drugs.'
- Coordinate a drug-free hayride for Halloween.
- Offer a drug-free Halloween carnival.
- Enroll seventh and eighth grade students in the Governor's Youth Conference on Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs, sponsored by ADFY.
- Participate in Ribbons on the Rock, a drug free carnival for the entire family.
Great American Smokeout
- Encourage local citizens who smoke to quit.
- Have students make hand puppets out of socks or paper bags and put on a puppet show promoting a drug free message.
- Have students write an essay about why they are thankful their family is drug free.
- Attend the Junior High Governor's Youth Conference on Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs, sponsored by ADFY.
- Draw a mural of activities that are fun and healthy alternatives to the use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.
- Bring alcohol and tobacco advertisements to school for a classroom collage. Discuss the messages behind the ads and identify approaches being used. Explain why the messages are untrue. Display the collages in the school hallway.
National 3-D Month
Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month
- Have the students create Holiday cards with a drug-free message. Discuss peer pressure and how to make healthy choices.
- After school, show a video in the school auditorium (students can bring friends and family) to encourage kids to be involved in a positive extra-curricular activity. Serve popcorn and soda. (Ask local businesses to make donations for snacks).
- Write letters to representatives encouraging them to eliminate alcohol and tobacco advertising, especially those ads targeting young people.
- Organize debates about drug testing. What should society and/or government do about the drug problem?
- Sponsor a drug free New Year's Eve Part. Call ADFY for a free copy of 'Celebrate -- A guide to Chemical-Free Events.'
For more information, contact:
Arkansans for Drug Free Youth
2020 West Third Street, Suite 1C
Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
Phone 501/375-1338
Fax 501/376-3747