Families in your area can win a $1,000 drug-prevention grant for their local school and an iPad for their home from the DEA and the National Family Partnership.

Studies show that parents who talk to their children about the dangers of drug abuse are less at risk, and that's what this contest aims for: to encourage families across America to discuss prevention.

Please help us by forwarding this information to parents, teachers, students and community leaders ... we hope a family and school from your community win this year!

Here's how the contest works:

• Students (K–12) can win $1,000 for their schools and an iPad2 for themselves by working with their family to decorate their front door, mailbox or fence with a red ribbon (double looped, like on the logo above) and this year's theme: "The Best Me Is Drug Free."
• Participants submit a picture with their family in front of the decorations to the Red Ribbon website or the Red Ribbon Facebook page.between now and November 2nd. and encourage friends, family, and colleagues to vote for their photo during the voting period (November 2-16th) at www.redribbon.org/vote.

View or download our Frequently Asked Questions page.

WILL YOU PLEASE SHARE THIS MESSAGE WITH 10 FAMILIES IN YOUR COMMUNITY?

Red Ribbon Week (October 23-31) —the oldest and largest drug prevention program in the Nation—is a wonderful way for people and communities to unite and take a visible stand against drugs. This year's theme, "The Best Me Is Drug Free," created by the English family in Morristown, Tennessee, reminds us that we can all reach our full potential without the use of drugs.

Thank you for your support for the National Family Partnership and Red Ribbon Week and for your unwavering commitment to the health and well being of our nation's children!