Let your light shine on a drug free community
Red Ribbon Week is the oldest and largest drug prevention campaign in the country. and will be celebrated Oct. 22 - 30. This particular week serves as a way to take a stand for children through a commitment to drug prevention and education. The ultimate goal would be to live in a drug free America.
New London school counselors collectively are working to get the word out to students and the community, asking them to get involved. All of the New London Schools are selling luminaries for $2 a piece. Sixty percent of the proceeds will go to Community Action for Healthy Living, and forty percent of the proceeds will go toward drug and alcohol prevention in our schools. Luminaries will be lit on the school grounds after school on Tuesday, Oct. 25.
Contact the following school counselors for more information or to make a donation.
High School: Jen Bruce or Bill Storck 920-982-8435
Middle School: Gretchen Sasse 920-982-8532
Intermediate School: Andy Wypiszynski 920-982-8532
Lincoln and Sugar Bush Elementary Schools: Corene Strohfeldt 920-982-8540 (Lincoln) and 715-752-4135 (Sugar Bush)
Parkview & Readfield Elementary Schools: Shandee Kempf 920-982-8538 (Parkview) and 920-667-4265 (Readfield).
Red Ribbon Week also commemorates the ultimate sacrifice made by DEA Special Agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena, who died at the hands of drug traffikers in Mexico while fighting the battle against illegal drugs, to keep our country and children safe.
New London school counselors collectively are working to get the word out to students and the community, asking them to get involved. All of the New London Schools are selling luminaries for $2 a piece. Sixty percent of the proceeds will go to Community Action for Healthy Living, and forty percent of the proceeds will go toward drug and alcohol prevention in our schools. Luminaries will be lit on the school grounds after school on Tuesday, Oct. 25.
Contact the following school counselors for more information or to make a donation.
High School: Jen Bruce or Bill Storck 920-982-8435
Middle School: Gretchen Sasse 920-982-8532
Intermediate School: Andy Wypiszynski 920-982-8532
Lincoln and Sugar Bush Elementary Schools: Corene Strohfeldt 920-982-8540 (Lincoln) and 715-752-4135 (Sugar Bush)
Parkview & Readfield Elementary Schools: Shandee Kempf 920-982-8538 (Parkview) and 920-667-4265 (Readfield).
Red Ribbon Week also commemorates the ultimate sacrifice made by DEA Special Agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena, who died at the hands of drug traffikers in Mexico while fighting the battle against illegal drugs, to keep our country and children safe.
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