Freeper Canteen, Canteen Kids March 29, 2006 What I learned from the DARE Program

March 29, 2006

[Kidlett CLR]

I am a DARE GRADUATE

Dare means: Drug Abuse Resistance Education

Click here for the Official D.A.R.E. Website

The program taught me

Ten Things Kids Can Do To Stop Violence  

 

•	Settle arguments with words, not fists or weapons. Don't stand around and form an audience when others are arguing. A group makes a good target for violence.
•	Learn safe routes for walking in the neighborhood, and know good places to seek help. Trust feelings, and if there's a sense of danger, get away fast.
•	Report crimes or suspicious actions to the police, school authorities, and parents. Be willing to testify if needed.
•	Don't open the door to anyone that you don't know and trust.
•	Never go anywhere with someone you don't know and trust.
•	If someone tries to abuse you, say no, get away, and tell a trusted adult. Remember, it's not the victim's fault.
•	Don't use alcohol or other drugs, and stay away from places and people associated with them.
•	Stick with friends who are also against violence and drugs, and stay away from known trouble spots.
•	Get involved to make school safer and better-having poster contests against violence, holding anti-drug rallies, counseling peers, settling disputes peacefully. If there's no program, help start one.
•	Help younger children learn to avoid being crime victims. Set a good example, and volunteer to help with community efforts to stop crime.

There are some really cool D.A.R.E. cars.

This is Daren, the D.A.R.E. Lion.

 

 

This is the dare officer that I get to see. He's nice, and he loves us kids.
 

DID YOU KNOW?  

 

•	Smoking accounts for one-third of all heart disease deaths?
•	The two most damaging chemicals found in cigarettes are tar and nicotine? The major cancer-causing chemical in tobacco smoke is tar, and nicotine is as addictive as heroin or cocaine.
•	The risk of developing cancer is 10 times greater for smokers than for nonsmokers. That's what you call a bad risk!
•	Smoking causes 85 percent of all lung cancer deaths, and lung cancer is the No. 1 killer in women?
•	People who smoke one pack of cigarettes a day decrease their life expectancy by about six years?
•	Tobacco companies spend over $3 billion every year on advertisements that glamorize smoking?
•	Smoking hurts your lungs and can cause respiratory conditions such as emphysema, bronchitis, chronic coughs, and a sore throat. Smoking makes it hard for a person to breathe.
•	Tobacco companies need to recruit 1,200 new smokers every day to replace those who have died.

 

[AZamericonnie]

1Cr 6:19

Just perfect SR!

[Army Air Corps]

Junior NRA - good for you!

Hugs back to your mom.

[luvie]

Evenin' Hope. Thanks for our wonderful pledge...and for being a patriot!

[Kidlett CLR]

Thank you. My mom said I should give you a hug, so HUG to you.

[luvie]

((((Connie)))))

So good to see you this fine evening! We're getting RAIN!!! Not a lot, but it's nice, anyway.

Thanks for your beautiful Tribute!

[luvie]

Good evening, Lauren! Thanks for your beautiful pictures of our awesome troops. They make me proud! God bless them every one!

[Kidlett CLR]

I am excited to be coming there, but I don't think I'm as excited as my mom. She giggles alot because she can't wait to go.

[Kidlett CLR]

I like the Junior NRA. I'm in prone now, and I'm getting good scores. I get to shoot my moms 45 sometimes too. That is a really big gun and I have to be really careful so it doesn't make me fall down.

[Kidlett CLR]

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[Kidlett CLR]

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[AZamericonnie]

We got a lil bit today too. Expecting some more tomorrow fingers crossed! We'll take all we can get right?! *hugs*

[luvie]

I have heard your mom giggle and I have giggled with her while talking about this trip. We are both a bit giddy talking about it. hee-hee...see!????

[Kidlett CLR]

My mom giggles every time she talks about it. She says We are going to meet lots of new family. Our Canteen and FR family

[carlr]

Your mom is a nice lady and obviously a very good mother too.

[luvie]

Oh, yeah! Hubby just "scalped" our yard today and there isn't much green grass under the dead stuff. We need LOTS of rain to green up. Just keep sending it our way! (((hugs)))

[Kidlett CLR]

Thank you. Do you know my mom? Are you one of her friends too?

I love her lots.

[luvie]

Oh, you are going to meet lots of "family"! It's going to be hard to remember everyone's name, as a matter of fact. But they will all love you two kids.

[carlr]

Like everyone in the Canteen,she has always been very kind and gracious to me.

[EsmeraldaA]

That is very sweet, thank you.

(((Kidlett)))

[SandRat]

Kidlett you and HiJinx should talk. He's a big chief in this areas NRA Chapter.