2021 Red Ribbon Run & Challenge This Saturday, October 16th at Lake Mirror in Lakeland

 

2021 Red Ribbon Run & Challenge is
This Saturday, October 16th at Lake Mirror!

Our community’s Red Ribbon tradition in support of prevention of substance abuse and bullying continues this Saturday, October 16, 2021 with InnerAct Alliance’s Red Ribbon Run events presented by Title Sponsor Publix Super Markets. 

Family-friendly activities include the Red Ribbon Kids Fun Run for K-8 students, sponsored by MIDFLORIDA Credit Union, along with our first ever Family Fun Run for parents who would like to run with their children in the 1K race course around beautiful Lake Mirror in Lakeland, plus the new Florida Dairy Farmers Market featuring delicious fruit, veggies, activities, and giveaways to celebrate healthy food and fitness. 

Registration is FREE at RedRibbonRun.com for students in grades K-8 who sign up prior to October 16th; Adults pay a $5 fee for the Family Fun Run. All students who participate in the Kids Fun Run will receive a free t-shirt and enjoy refreshments after completing their grade level race heat. Check in on Saturday morning begins at 7:00 AM in the Lake Mirror Auditorium, 121 South Lake Avenue, in Lakeland. The first race begins at approximately 8:15 AM with the Family Fun Run (untimed) and the timed grade heats for K-8 students begin at 8:30 AM. A second Family Fun Run will take place at 11:00 AM. 

For more Red Ribbon Fun, there are weekly challenges in a virtual format with themes of Nutrition, Kindness and Tolerance, Healthy Mind/Healthy Body, and Healthy Lifestyle on the event website at RedRibbonRun.com. Participants will be eligible to win a prize by completing at least 10 challenges and posting them on the Red Ribbon Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/RedRibbonRunSeries with the hashtag #RedRibbonChallenges to receive points for prizes. 

For registration and additional information, visit the event website at RedRibbonRun.com or call InnerAct Alliance at (863) 802-0777. We look forward to seeing everyone on Saturday at Lake Mirror! 

Red Ribbon Month Proclamations

 

Members of the InnerAct Alliance Board of Directors and Staff visited Lakeland City Hall on October 4, 2021 to accept the Red Ribbon Month Proclamation from the Mayor Mutz and the City Commissioners.

Special Thanks to the City of Lakeland,
Polk County School Board,

and the Polk County Commission 
for honoring InnerAct Alliance with

Red Ribbon Month Proclamations

Polk County School Board

September 7, 2021

City of Lakeland Commission

October 4, 2021

Polk County Commission

October 5, 2021

Be on the Lookout for InnerAct Alliance's Red Ribbon Billboards

 

When you are out and about in town, be sure to look for one of our
Red Ribbon Run & Challenge billboards generously provided by
Lamar Advertising Company of Lakeland.

If you see a Red Ribbon Run board, please try to take a picture
 (but only if it's safe to do so) for our Red Ribbon Run Facebook page at

https://www.facebook.com/RedRibbonRunSeries

UthMpact Activities

 

UthMpact members held their annual Etiquette Dinner hosted by Leadership Lakeland Alumni on September 16, 2021. Students and adults networked to get to know each other then sat down to learn about dining etiquette from InnerAct Alliance's newest staff member, James Shiver. It was an enjoyable event for all!

Red Ribbon Month Proclamations

 

Members of the InnerAct Alliance Board of Directors, Staff, and UthMpact Coalition were on hand to accept the Red Ribbon Month Proclamation from the Polk County School Board on September 7, 2021

Special Thanks to the Polk County School Board,

City of Lakeland, and the Polk County Commission 
for honoring InnerAct Alliance with

Red Ribbon Month Proclamations

Polk County School Board
September 7, 2021

City of Lakeland Commission
October 4, 2021

Polk County Commission
October 5, 2021

Study finds link between vaping and psychotic experiences among university students in the USA

 

Study Finds Link Between Vaping and Psychotic Experiences
Among University Students in the USA

Thanks to our friends at the Drug Free America Foundation (www.dfaf.org) for sharing newly published research in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence in which an association was found between vaping either nicotine or THC and psychotic experiences among American College students. The data analyzed in the study came from the Healthy Minds Survey administered to 29,232 students from 36 American universities from September through December 2020. 

In the study, investigators assessed the relationship between incidents of past-month nicotine/THC vaping and past-year psychotic experiences, accounting for the effects of variables that are potentially associated with both the exposure and outcome. 

According to the results of the analysis, students who reported past-month vaping were 1.9 times more likely to have suffered psychotic experiences. This statistically significant association persisted even after accounting for the effects of age, gender, race/ethnicity, cigarette and marijuana use, and depression and anxiety.

Drug Free America Foundation epidemiologist Dr. Sharif Mohr stated, "The Reuslts of this study raise serious public health concerns. We know from previous research that heavy, frequent use of nicotine can increase risk of psychosis and schizophrenia twofold, while daily frequent use of high-potency marijuana products can result in up to a five-hold increase in risk of psychosis."

Mohr continued, "Vaping products typically contain very high concentrations of THC or nicotine and use of these produces is highly prevalent among young adults in the USA. It is another sad example of a for-profit addiction industry being able to thrive under the auspices of a moribund regulatory framework. Unless lawmakers move quickly to implement potency caps for nicotine and THC vape products, we are very likely to see a large uptick in the incidence of psychotic disorders among young people in this country."

Have You Seen the new Red Ribbon Run & Challenge TV Commercial?