2014 Red Ribbon Rallies Poster, Poetry & Essay Contests Winter Haven Area Winners

2014 Red Ribbon Rallies Poster, Poetry
and Essay Contests - Winter Haven Area Winners

InnerAct Alliance is proud to announce the winners of its Poster, Poetry and Essay Contests for Fifth Grade Students in the greater Winter Haven/Haines City area schools. Contest participants were recognized during the Red Ribbon Rally on Tuesday morning, May 13, at 10:00 a.m. at Polk State College Gym in Winter Haven.

The anti-drug rally focuses on reinforcing critical substance abuse resistance skills before students enter middle school in the fall. Students were challenged to use their creative talents to compose essays, write poems, or draw posters to illustrate topical messages about the dangers of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. Overall winners in each category received cash prizes of $100 (first place), $50 (second place), and $25 (third place) in each contest category.

Winter Haven Area Rallies Contest Overall Prize Winners

Poster Contest
1^st Place $100.00 - Rebecca Quick, from Jewett School of the Arts
2^nd Place $ 50.00 - Samantha Pruitt, from Berkley
3^rd Place $ 25.00 - Noamy DeJesus, from Snivley

                                   

Poetry Contest
1^st Place $100.00 - Brooke Dover, from Hartridge
2^nd Place $ 50.00 - Sophia Chauhan, from Palmetto
3^rd Place $ 25.00 - Jeremy Leonard, from Janie Howard Wilson

Essay Contest 
1^st Place $100.00 - Gracie Cale, from Berkley
2^nd Place $ 50.00 - Destiny Peeples, from Lena Vista
3^rd Place $ 25.00 - Alecia Huggins, from Auburndale Central

School with the Most Contest Participants Overall - Berkley Elementary

Guest speaker for the Rally is Patrick T. Grady, a former middle and high school educator who travels North America to encourage individuals to do their best in all endeavors. Grady is the author of “Who Packs the Parachute,” and co-author of “Teen Power Too,” and “Teen Power and Beyond.” Community leaders will also be on hand to encourage the choice of a positive, healthy lifestyle without the use of drugs.

Similar rallies for Lakeland area schools took place on May 6 at The Lakeland Center.

The mission of InnerAct Alliance is to reduce the abuse and underage use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs through: Community Awareness and Involvement; Prevention Education; Economic Support; and Leadership Development. The 501(c)(3) nonprofit agency is proud to offer substance abuse prevention to the Hardee, Highlands and Polk County communities with services including science-based education in elementary and middle schools, drug-free puppet shows, informative presentations and family-oriented awareness events that touch the lives of youth, parents, families, businesses, faith-based organizations, community groups and others in need with an important substance abuse message.

For further information on the Fifth Grade Rally, please call InnerAct Alliance at (863) 802-0777.