Government
• Wear red ribbons and distribute to staff and employees.
• Invite everyone to wear red for the day.
• Display red ribbons on interior and exterior of city and county buildings.
• Appoint a representative to be on the community Red Ribbon Week
planning committee.
• Encourage law enforcement and fire departments to participate in Red Ribbon Week activities.
• Contact the press to show your community support for Red Ribbon Week.
• Issue a proclamation declaring the last week of October "Red Ribbon Week" in your community.
• Plan a parade down the main street of your town, in front of the county courthouse, or anywhere else where community members can get involved.

Law Enforcement
• Display red ribbons in a prominent place on all vehicles.
• Help plan and participate in Red Ribbon Week activities.
• Offer to speak at community programs about alcohol and illegal drugs.
• Organize a special alcohol and drug seminar for the community.
• Hold a "Slam Dunk - Drugs Are Junk" basketball game.
• Wear red ribbons and invite everyone to wear red for the day.
• Display red ribbons on the inside and outside of buildings.
Businesses & Corporations
• Become a certified drug-free workplace - visit www.ddwga.org
• Place a Red Ribbon Week message in your advertisements, newsletters, and monthly statements.
• Initiate drug education programs for employees.
• Join in a partnership with your local anti-drug coalition.
• Invite everyone to wear red for the day.
• Display red ribbons in a prominent place on all company vehicles.
• Sponsor a Red Ribbon Week activity (i.e., fun run, bike-a-thon, community breakfast, etc.).
• Distribute pledge cards that invite each participant to make a personal pledge to be drug-free.

Media
• Invite Red Ribbon Week community leaders to appear on talk shows.
• Wear red ribbons and distribute to your employees, TV anchor persons, news reporters, etc.
• Invite everyone to wear red for the day.
• Display red ribbons and posters on the inside and outside of your building.
• Inform the community about the Red Ribbon Campaign, encouraging them to participate.
• Make and air Red Ribbon Week public service announcements.
• Feature drug education information during Red Ribbon Week.
• Publish a special Red Ribbon Week insert in newspapers with articles and ads to distribute during Red Ribbon Week.
• Feature drug education information during Red Ribbon Week.
• Publish a special Red Ribbon Week insert in newspapers with articles and ads to distribute during Red Ribbon Week.
• Initiate drug education programs for employees.

Medical
• Display a basket of red ribbons in the waiting room or lobby for patients and family members.
• Display red ribbons and posters on the interior and exterior of buildings.
• Create a display with alcohol and drug information
.
Faith-based Institutions
• Distribute red ribbons at services.
• Give a drug-free message in a sermon.
• Include a special Red Ribbon Week insert in bulletins.
• Sponsor in-service educational programs for priests, ministers, rabbis, teachers, secretaries, volunteers, and the congregation.
• Address alcohol and drug problems in youth and adult meetings.

Schools
• Plan essay contests, poster contests, and journalism competitions.
• Compete in the statewide poster/slogan contest (see page 14).
• Wear red ribbons and distribute them to students and staff.
• Organize drug education programs and integrate alcohol and drug information into all curriculum during Red Ribbon Week.
• Provide drug education in-service for teachers and staff.
• Invite parents and families to a special health fair or drug education program.
• Decorate the inside and outside of your school building.
• Decorate every door in your school with anti-drug messages and award prizes for the best prevention door.
• Serve as many red foods as you can think of on a selected Red Ribbon Day (red popsicles, apples, watermelon, pizza, tomato soup, tomato juice, etc.).
• Kick off Red Ribbon Week in conjunction with Homecoming, an important home football game, or another popular community event.
• Ask students to participate in "Give Drugs The Slip Day" with everyone wearing slippers.
• Hold a "Sock It To Drugs Day" and ask everyone to wear the craziest socks they can find.
• Invite prominent drug prevention experts to come speak.
• Wear clothes backwards for "Turn Your Back On Drugs" day.
• Use your school mascot or choose a special Red Ribbon Campaign mascot to dress up and spread your drug-free and proud message throughout the school.

Parents
• Wear red ribbons.
• Talk to your kids about the dangerous effects of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
• Participate in planning and implementing Red Ribbon Week community activities.
• Schedule a community meeting focusing on drug education.
• Involve the whole family in your Red Ribbon celebration with a family fun night, complete with games, booths and other activities.
• Serve as many red foods as you can think of on a selected Red Ribbon Day (red popsicles, apples, watermelon, pizza, tomato soup, tomato juice, etc.).
• Say “Boo To Drugs" with a special Halloween prevention party.
• Have each child write his/her own reasons for being drug free on a red ribbon or red paper.