Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week Roundup: Project Ideas to Celebrate Being Drug Free

Save the date: Red Ribbon Week is October 23-31! The nationally-recognized, week-long celebration of drug prevention is approaching quickly. The excitement of a new school year often brings amplified youth engagement and enthusiasm to complete meaningful projects. Now...

Celebrate Red Ribbon Week 2019 by Discovering “The Power of One”

Save the date! Red Ribbon Week is quickly approaching on October 23-31, 2019! Join GUIDE as we celebrate with our brand new campaign, The Power of One! This year for Red Ribbon Week, GUIDE wants our community members to discover The Power of One. This year’s theme...

The Truth About Youth… Alcohol Use

On a typical Friday during the school year, social media lights up about the upcoming weekend events and parties. Word spreads quickly and plans are excitedly made. On Monday, stories are told of where students went over the weekend and what they did. Often, the...

Snapchat: Spreading Prevention Messages One Selfie at a Time

In the current digital age, sharing where you are and what you are doing is considered social currency. One way that young people are capitalizing on this is through the use of a photo sharing app called Snapchat. On Snapchat, users have the ability to utilize graphic...

Over 60,000 Reached by #MyStoryIs… Red Ribbon Week Campaign

For Red Ribbon Week 2016, GUIDE challenged 46 Youth Action Teams (YATs) across the state to tell their stories using the theme “#MyStoryIs…” To prove that the best stories are drug free, GUIDE’s goal was to impact Georgia on an unprecedented level by encouraging more...

Beginning Red Ribbon Week 2016 at GTI: #MyStoryIs…

From Tell Your Story to #MyStoryIs… Tell Your Story. This theme from Georgia Teen Institute 2016 resonated with youth from all across the state of Georgia this year at Oxford College. These three small words impacted lives in really big ways this summer. Youth and...