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Win A Dinner for 20 at Joe's Stone Crab

Be a hero to your friends when you invite them to an exclusve dinner at Joes' Stone Crab. Buy a raffle ticket for just $100 and you will be in it to win it!

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Congratulations to our New Red Ribbon Certified Schools

Congratulations to our nine new Red Ribbon Certified Schools. Twelve schools completed the 2012 application process led by Informed Families and the FL Center for Prevention Research. Nine schools were awarded certification on 5/15/12. See if your neighborhood schools are Red Ribbon certified.

Legalizing Drugs Will Not Solve The Drug Problem

Aren’t you just sick of hearing about “The War on Drugs?” I know I am and I’ve worked in the field for 30 years! It seems to me that it’s time to get REAL.

Spring Forward Into Action - Your Kids Will Thank You Later

While many parents are celebrating their new graduate or snapping photos of prom outfits, others are arming their kids with the ability to SAY NO in peer pressure situations.

Win A $100 Publix Gift Card

Take the Safe Homes Safe Parties Pledge to set guidlines for your teen when their hosting or attending a party and you could be the winner of $100 in free groceries. Take the Pledge by May, 31st.

Lock Your Meds

More than 3.1 million teens ages 12 to 17 report abusing prescription drugs. The Lock Your Meds® campaign is sponsored by the National Family Partnership to combat prescription drug abuse among youth. The target audience for Lock Your Meds® is 20-80 year-old adults, with the primary focus on keeping prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals away from drug abusers. Many adults may be unwitting suppliers and by making adults aware of the problem we can curb the abuse by others

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Safe Homes / Safe Parties

The median age at which children begin drinking is 12 (NIDA, 2002). Young people who begin drinking before age 15 are four times more likely to develop alcohol dependence than those who begin drinking at age 21. Will you help to change these statistics? Safe Homes/Safe Parties is a statewide initiative developed by Informed Families and implemented by parents of teens and preteens to ensure that drugs, alcohol and cigarettes will not be permitted at parties held in their homes and discouraged at parties in the community. Parents take ownership of the program by signing the pledge.

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Family Day® - Happens in late September and encourages families to eat dinner together at least four times a week. This simple act has been shown to dramatically reduce drug and alcohol use among our youth.

Hectic work schedules, after-school activities and time spent with school friends often interfere with dinnertime. Yet research by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University consistently finds that the more often children eat dinner with their families, the less likely they are to smoke, drink or use illegal drugs. image Created by CASA in 2001, Family Day - A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children is a national effort to promote family dinners as an effective way to reduce substance abuse among children and teens. Parental involvement is the most potent weapon in preventing substance abuse among youth!

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Red Ribbon

The Red Ribbon Campaign is now the oldest and largest drug prevention program in the nation reaching millions of young people during Red Ribbon Week, October 23-October 31 each year. Wear your Red Badge proudly and have the courage to say no to drugs!!! WHAT IS RED RIBBON WEEK? It is an ideal way for people and communities to unite and take a visible stand against drugs. Show your personal commitment to a drug-free lifestyle through the symbol of the Red Ribbon.

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