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Call For Entries: National Red Ribbon Week® Photo Contest Starts this Week

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iPad® and $1,000 to Be Awarded to 20 Schools Across America

To help educate and prevent drug use, the National Family Partnership (NFP), invites families and schools across America to participate in its 7th Annual National Red Ribbon Week Photo Contest featuring the 2017 Red Ribbon theme, “Your Future Is Key, So Stay Drug Free®”. The contest, which is co-sponsored by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), is held part of the 32nd Annual Red Ribbon Week (October 23-31, 2017). Contest entries are accepted until November 2. This year, $20,000 will be awarded to schools in ten regions across the country and 20 individual/family winners will receive an iPad.
“The opioid crisis is a devastating wake-up call. It’s more important than ever to teach children and families how to prevent drug abuse,” said NFP President Peggy Sapp. “This contest inspires adults, in fun ways, to talk to children about making healthy choices and living a drug-free lifestyle. It’s prevention in action.”
Jackie McDonald, a 2016 winner, said the contest created an opportunity to talk to her kids about drugs. “This topic is sort of taboo and we usually shield our children from things like this, but with this project, we were able to talk about it with them.”
Using this year’s theme, “Your Future is Key, So Stay Drug Free” and a double-looped red ribbon, there are two ways to enter:
1)    Families may submit a photo of a home decoration.
2)    Schools may submit a photo of a school decoration
WATCH the video here.

THE NATIONAL FAMILY PARTNERSHIP was established in 1980 and is a national leader in drug prevention, education and advocacy. Its mission is to lead our nation’s families and communities in nurturing the full potential of healthy, drug-free youth. Red Ribbon Week is the nation’s largest and oldest drug prevention campaign. NFP created the campaign in response to the 1985 abduction and murder of DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena. In addition to the Red Ribbon Campaign®, NFP sponsors the Lock Your Meds® Campaign to prevent prescription drug abuse. Learn more about Red Ribbon Week at www.redribbon.org and NFP at www.nfp.org.

Join the photo contest celebrating 75 years of Florida’s Wildlife Management Areas!

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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) today is launching its 75 Years Wild photo contest encouraging people to explore the natural beauty of Florida’s Wildlife Management Area system.
Across the state, the nearly 6-million acre WMA system is conserving fish and wildlife populations and offering outdoor recreation for the public, including fishing, hunting and wildlife viewing. On the WMAs, the public also has access to nationally recognized trails for paddling, hiking and bird watching.
Join the WMAs’ 75th anniversary celebration and discover these areas’ diversity of wildlife and habitats while taking WMA photos for the 75 Years Wild photo contest. Just remember to respect wildlife by not getting too close to or disturbing birds or other animals you encounter.
The photo contest has four themes, based on the seasons. To enter, visit the FWC’s Facebook page at Facebook.com/MyFWC, look for a photo contest Facebook post and then post your photo in the Comments section. Photos also can be entered via an Instagram account by tagging #WMAzing. For those who don’t use social media, send an email to [email protected]. The photo contest grand-prize winner will receive a GoPro camera, and other prizes will be awarded to semi-finalists.
For complete WMA photo contest rules, go to MyFWC.com/WMA 75. There you also will find more on the WMA 75th anniversary celebration, including the calendar of upcoming events and “how to find a WMA near you.”