By: Quinn Isenberg 

Exciting things are coming with this year’s Red Ribbon Week. New events and amusing themes are in store for GS.  

The Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) Club’s mission at GS is to make a positive change. During Red Ribbon Week the club focuses on preventing drug abuse. 

“Red Ribbon Week is the week that we promote all students to be drug free,” SADD Club Advisor Mrs. Alyssa Lukatch said.  

SADD Club members feel Red Ribbon Week is an important part of their mission and make it a point to host it every year. This year it takes place from Oct. 21-25.  

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Red Ribbon Week themes.

Poster made by: Cora Lehman

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“Red Ribbon Week is important to SADD Club because it helps our mission to prevent destructive decisions,” secretary of SADD Club Lola Slavnik said.  

Red Ribbon Week isn’t just for SADD Club. There are plenty of opportunities for students to get involved.  

“We do themes every single day and we’re going to do a school wide game,” Mrs. Lukatch said.  

The themes this year are meant to be fun and serve as a reminder to students to live a drug free lifestyle.  

“Monday, we have Adam Sandler Day, be a grown up and don’t do drugs,” vice president of SADD Club Riley Campbell said. “Tuesday, we have PJ Day because drugs kill dreams. Wednesday is Red Day as it is every year. Thursday is Jersey Day, team up against drugs. Then Friday is Halloween Costume Day because drugs are scary.”  

 The game is a new event this year and will take place on Oct. 23. Each advisory will pick a team captain and will be given 40 drug related questions to answer. From there the team captains will be let out into the hallway to check their answers before heading to the gym to lock those answers in and win a pizza party for their advisory.  

“Students can learn a lot from the game that we created to teach the impact of drugs,” social media manager of SADD Club Cora Lehman said. “This will hopefully lead them to think their decisions through and realize when they could be making a bad decision.”  

While the new game is bound to get students engaged, there are plenty of other ways for students to get involved all week.  

“Wear your bracelets every day, dress up in the themes, have school spirit, be supportive and follow what we teach,” Campbell said. 

Participating in Red Ribbon Week is more than just fun, it helps SADD Club make a difference.  

“Supporting Red Ribbon Week can help raise awareness about the dangers of drug use,” Slavnik said. “The more people that participate the better.”  

SADD Club members are very passionate about helping their peers and this event is proof of their passion.  

“I love being a part of SADD Club,” she said. “It feels good to be able to help people make good decisions.”