Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week is a Nationally Recognized Week in October, dedicated to raising awareness about addictive substance, and violence prevention.
It is our biggest event of the year. This week long events starts with the "Opening Ceremony" and ends with the "Walk for Hope."
During the week we hold different events to engage the community in an effort to bring about community awareness, connectivity and change.

2020 Red Ribbon Week

We are both in need of volunteers that are willing to help at our events and to share our flyers with the community to spread the word!

Upcoming Dates for Volunteers

Red Ribbon Week is always a major event for the Coalition and we are in need of volunteers
that are willing to help put materials together, setup, man stations, clean up, and more.
We could use help on the following dates:

Friday, October 23, 2020 @11am-
- WHAT: Building new furniture sets and preparing our new space.
- WHERE: 136 Center Street, Coalition Office
- TIME: 11am - 2pm
- NEED: Anyone to help put together furniture sets, rearrange furniture, set up redesigned Coalition space and prepare for next week's Open House.
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 @ 5:30pm-
- WHAT - Open House
- WHERE - 136 Center Street, Coalition Office
- TIME - 4pm - 8pm
- NEED: Volunteers to help set up, break down and greet visitors to our Open House and showcase our new space. Come for all or some of this time.
Thursday, October 29, 2020 @ 6:30pm-
- WHAT: Red Ribbon Week Ceremony and Community Recognition Award
- WHERE: Parade Ground, Next to Town Hall
- TIME: 5pm - 9pm
- NEED: Volunteers to help set up, break down and greet visitors to our Open House and showcase our new space. Come for all or some of this time.
Friday, October 30, 2020 @6pm-
- WHAT: Boys & Girls Club Trunk or Treat
- WHERE: 72 Grand Street, Boys & Girls Club
- WHEN: 5:30pm - 9pm
- NEED: Decorate your car and hand out candy. Or help run some Halloween activities that will be taking place inside the Boys & Girls Club building (socially distanced, of course)
Saturday, October 31, 2020 @9am-
- WHAT: Prescription Drug Take Back Day
- WHERE: 135 N Main Street, Police Department Lobby
- WHEN: 9am - 2pm
- NEED: Volunteers to man the coffee and donut table and help facilitate prescription drug drop offs with the police department.

This is perfect for High School Students if you are in need of community service hours!

Purchase Luminary Kit

Our town-wide Walk of Hope will take place on the evening of October 26, 2019.
Kits are $12 each with local pickup.
Kits include 10 luminaries and 10 candles.

All Sales proceeds will support the establishment and implementation of healthy family programming with a focus on prevention and awareness.

Champions for Youth: an annual nomination program where each youth organization can choose to submit the name of one adult mentor and one extraordinary youth into nomination for the Champion for Youth Award. The nominees and recipients are recognized every year at the Walk of Hope.

Visit: youthcoordinator9.wixsite.com/wlfdchampions4youth

The “Walk of Hope” was established in 2014 to close our Annual Red Ribbon Week Campaign. On October 27th, we will gather at the Wallingford Parade Grounds at Town Hall and walk down town to the Gazebo… luminary bags will light our way. The event will include the luminaries along Center Street, participating
businesses and organizations, and our closing ceremony.

Your bag can be written out In Honor, In Memory, or In Support of someone or something near and dear to you, or just an inspirational phrase that brings light to our mission:

“Raise awareness and reduce substance use among youth to foster healthy, caring, responsible, citizens by engaging Wallingford’s community resources.”

The bags have a suggested donation of $2.00 and will be available up until the day of the event. Updated information and purchase of these bags will be available at all of the Coalition activities. Thank you for your continued support!

Order Luminaries

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