RED RIBBON FIFTH GRADE RALLIES POSTER, POETRY & ESSAY CONTESTS - LAKELAND AREA WINNERS

RED RIBBON FIFTH GRADE RALLIES
POSTER, POETRY and ESSAY CONTESTS - LAKELAND AREA WINNERS

Lakeland, FL – InnerAct Alliance is proud to announce the winners of the Red Ribbon Rally for the Facts Poster, Poetry, and Essay Contest for Fifth Grade Students in the greater Lakeland area schools. Contest participants will be recognized during the Rallies that take place today, Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., at The Lakeland Center.

The prevention rallies focus on reinforcing critical substance abuse resistance skills before students enter middle school. Students were challenged to compose essays, write poems, or draw posters to illustrate how they live their lives drug free and show the truth about how most young people do not use drugs or alcohol. Overall winners in each category will be awarded cash prizes of $100 (first place), $50 (second place), and $25 (third place).

Lakeland Area Rallies Contest Overall Prize Winners for 9:30 AM RALLY

Poster Category 
1^st Place $100.00 - Kelliam Santiago-Leon from Dr. NE Roberts             

2^nd Place $ 50.00 - Kacy Connell from Purcell 
3^rd Place $ 25.00 - Izuarelis Garcia from Berkley  

Poetry Category
1^st Place $100.00 - Serenity Hernandez from Padgett       

2^nd Place $ 50.00 - Byron Burton from Dr. NE Roberts                 

3^rd Place $ 25.00 - Zackary Breitenbach from Churchwell            

Essay Category 
1^st Place $100.00 - Kya Long from Berkley           

2^nd Place $ 50.00 - Katherine Oliver from  Churchwell

3^rd Place $ 25.00 - Sasha Lopez from Dr. NE Roberts

School with the Most Contest Participants Overall – Berkley Charter

Lakeland Area Rallies Contest Overall Prize Winners for 11:30 AM RALLY

Poster Category
1^st Place $100.00 - Jaalyn McBride from Dixieland

2^nd Place $ 50.00 - Jasmine Hagan from Cleveland Court               

3^rd Place $ 25.00 - Giovanni Lopez Garcia from Jesse Keen

Poetry Category
1st Place $100.00 - Sarah Wright from McKeel Academy Central

2^nd Place $ 50.00 - Pranav Gunjala from Lincoln Academy                            

3^rd Place $ 25.00 - Kaylienne Duran from North Lakeland

Essay Category
1^st Place $100.00 - Kiara Vargas from St. Anthony           

2^nd Place $ 50.00 - Kendell Anthony Joseph from South McKeel

3^rd Place $ 25.00 - Melanie Colbert-Cortright from St. Paul

Guest speaker for the Rallies is Patrick T. Grady, a former middle and high school educator who travels throughout North America encouraging students to do their best in all their endeavors. Grady is the author of “Who Packs the Parachute,” and co-author of “Teen Power Too,” and “Teen Power and Beyond.”

Another rally for Winter Haven and Haines City area schools will be held next week on May 16 at 10:00 a.m. in the Polk State College Gym. Contest winners for those schools will be announced next week.

InnerAct Alliance is proud to have provided substance abuse prevention to the Hardee, Highlands and Polk County communities since 1985 with services including science-based education in elementary and middle schools, teen-driven social marketing, and awareness events that touch the lives of youth, parents, families, businesses, faith-based organizations, community groups and others with an important substance abuse prevention message.

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