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