Today is Family Day & Day 1 of InnerAct Alliance's Red Ribbon Challenge!

Today is Family Day - A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children, part of a national effort to promote family dinners as an effective way to reduce youth substance abuse and other risky behaviors. It is also the First Day of the Red Ribbon Virtual Challenge, presented by InnerAct Alliance and our Title sponsor, Publix Super Markets, Inc. The goal of these initiatives is to raise awareness for prevention and help build drug-free youth and families.

We are happy to share an informative new video from the Drug Free America Foundation that highlights protective factors and what adults can do to help prevent youth from using drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. It helps illustrate the many benefits of eating dinner and spending time together as a family and serves as an important reminder that family involvement can help reduce the early onset of engaging in risky behaviors.

Studies show that protective factors and knowing how to build strong healthy families can help prevent youth from experiencing adverse childhood experiences and initiating into substance abuse.

For more helpful information and resources, please visit https://www.dfaf.org/ and be sure to register FREE to take part in the Red Ribbon Virtual Challenge at https://www.redribbonrun.com/