For more information, visit the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse & National Family Partnership web sites.

Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon week shows for 2011 was a great success!  We performed almost 40 shows in 32 schools!   We are extremely proud that we were able to deliver our drug-free message to so many adults and children in our area communities and look forward to Red Ribbon Week 2012!!

These high energy, entertaining, and educational shows consist of skits, puppets, music, dancing, and motivational speeches.  The purpose of these performances is to show students the benefits of living a drug-free life, as well as teach useful skills, such as refusal skills, so that children will be able to live a drug-free lifestyle.  

Red Ribbon Week is a national event, held the last week of every October, honoring Enrique "Kiki" Camarena, a Drug Enforcement Administration special agent who was killed in 1985 by drug traffickers.  Soon after, "Camarena Clubs" were launched in high schools in California, and hundreds of students pledged to lead drug-free lives.  Two club members presented the "Camarena Club Proclamation" to then first lady Nancy Reagan, bringing it national attention.  Parent groups embraced the campaign, and in 1988, Congress proclaimed the first U.S. Red Ribbon Campaign.  The mission of the Red Ribbon Campaign is to bring schools, employers, communities and families together in a visible unification for the goal of a drug-free America.