Nearly 6,000 fifth grade students in Polk County have been invited to participate in InnerAct Alliance’s 2011 Red Ribbon Rallies! Rallies in Lakeland are scheduled on Tuesday, May 3rd at 9:30 AM and 11:30 AM at The Lakeland Center. Fifth graders from Haines City and Winter Haven area schools will gather on Thursday, May 12th, at 10:00AM, at the Polk State College Gym in Winter Haven.
The anti-drug motivational rallies focus on reinforcing critical substance abuse resistance skills before students enter middle school in the fall. Nationally known speaker, Patrick T. Grady, community leaders, and radio personalities from WONN/WPCF/WLKF/WWRZ will address the students to encourage the choice of a positive, healthy lifestyle without the use of drugs.
Fifth graders have been challenged to compete in a special contest to create original essays, poems, and posters that convey topical anti-drug messages about the dangers of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. Contest participants will be recognized during the rallies and overall first place winners in each contest category will receive cash prizes of $100, $50 and $25.
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