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I Believe in Me Drug Free
Douglass Elementary School
October 27, 2009 • 07:45 am

Staff and students will assemble on the playground and a drug-free message will be given from members of the Walnut Hills Anti Drug Coalition.  Students will also receive “I Believe in Me Drug Free” red ribbons, along with pencils.  Students will also sign pledges to be drug and alcohol free.

Nearly 300 people attended Coalition for a Drug-Free Lower Price Hill’s (CDFLPH) Youth Day on October 3, 2009.

At the event, kids signed pledges to remain drug and alcohol free and were given “Drug-Free Is The Key” themed backpacks stuffed with other themed items and information.

This year, the parents were also asked to make a pledge to raising their kids in a safe, drug-free environment. Parents were asked to set clear rules and expectations about not using drugs or alcohol and enforce consequences for breaking those rules. Parents in the community enthusiastically signed the pledges.
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Title: Uniting to Create Healthy Communities & Healthy Youth
Location: Crowne Point Plaza • 5901 Pfeiffer Road, Blue Ash
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Description: Featured Speaker: O’dell M. Owens, M.D., M.P.H., Hamilton County Coroner
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Registration and continental breakfast 8:00 – 8:30 am
Program 8:30 – 10:30 am

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Red Ribbon Week is about making the decision to be alcohol and drug-free.  CLICK HERE to see a pledge for parents to take and a pledge for youth to take.  You can also download the pledges and distribute them!