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SSHS wins Red Ribbon gate decorating contest
Saipan Southern High School has been named the CNMI winner of this year’s Red Ribbon Gate/Wall Decorating Contest. (Contributed Photo)
Saipan Southern High School has been named the CNMI winner of this year’s Red Ribbon Gate/Wall Decorating Contest.
In an announcement yesterday, the Red Ribbon Committee said that SSHS beat out 11 other schools on Saipan, Tinian and Rota that participated in the contest.
Last year’s Red Ribbon Gate Decorating Contest winner was Garapan Elementary School, which was where Lt. Gov. Victor Hocog signed the proclamation on Oct. 4 that kicked off Red Ribbon Week in the CNMI.
Each tiny key has the signature of a student’s pledge to be drug-free. (Contributed Photo)
The CNMI-wide gate/wall decorating contest was open to all schools.
Committee members also conducted Red Ribbon presentations on Saipan, Tinian and Rota.
The NMI’s Red Ribbon Committee includes local and federal agencies, and private and nonprofit organizations that have partnered to increase awareness of the National Red Ribbon Campaign’s significance and promote a drug-free CNMI.
This year’s theme was “Your FUTURE is Key, So Stay DRUG-FREE.”
The campaign provides communities with a forum to bring together parents, schools and businesses to find new and innovative ways to keep kids drug free.
The first Red Ribbon Celebration was organized in 1986 by a grassroots organization of parents concerned about the destruction caused by alcohol and drug abuse.
The red ribbon was adopted as a symbol of the movement in honor of Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, an agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration who was kidnapped and killed while investigating drug traffickers. The campaign has reached millions of children and has been recognized by the U.S. Congress.
Red Ribbon Week is a chance to be visible and vocal in our desire for a drug-free community.
Research shows that children are less likely to use alcohol and other drugs when parents and other role models are clear and consistent in their opposition to substance use and abuse. (PR)
