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Helping The NJ Woman's Christian Temperance Union Celebrate Red Ribbon Week 2025

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Red Ribbon Week 2025 will be observed October 23 – 31. The theme for Red Ribbon Week 2025 is "Life Is A Puzzle, Solve It Drug Free.” The theme was submitted by Cheryl Holsapfel and Carter Weinmann from Solon Middle School. The theme is meant to convey that every choice we make in life is a piece of a bigger puzzle. By choosing to live a drug-free lifestyle, young people can put the pieces together to build a strong, bright, and healthy future. Red Ribbon Week was started after the death of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, who in 1985 was brutally tortured and murdered by drug traffickers he was investigating in Mexico. As a tribute to SA Camarena, high school friend, Henry Lozano, created “Camarena Clubs” and the wearing of a red ribbon to show their opposition to drugs. In 1988, the National Family Partnership (NFP) coordinated the first National Red Ribbon Week with President and Mrs. Reagan serving as honorary Chairpersons. Since t...
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Giving A Hand Up To The NJ - WCTU

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On October 25,2025, The NJ - WCTU Will hold it's 152nd local Convention. The theme for this year is "Mountain Movers." As public Relations Director of the NJ- WCTU and Founder of Crafts 4 Hope Foundation, Inc, it is once again, a delight to give a hand up to help the NJ - WCTU enjoy their 152th Annual Convention by creating bookmarkers and constructing these precious party favors. What is the Woman's Christian Temperance Union? The WCTU, or Women's Christian Temperance Union, is a temperance organization founded in 1874 that advocates for the prohibition of alcohol and other social reforms. Initially focused on alcohol abstinence and its link to social issues like poverty and abuse, the WCTU expanded its mission under leaders like Frances Willard, to include women's suffrage, labor laws, prison reform, and public health education. Its motto became "Agitate, Educate, Legislate," and it became one of the largest women's organizations in the ...
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