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.

 

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard Thirteenth District
Press Release

POLAR STAR RETURNS TO SEATTLE


SEATTLE- Ensign Harold Kiffer holds his 4-month old
daughter after returning to Seattle today after a two-month deployment
to Antarctica. The Polar Star departed Seattle on Jan. 20 and traveled
8,200 nautical miles non-stop arriving in Antarctica Feb. 13 to continue
clearing a channel into McMurdo Station previously opened by the Russian
Icebreaker Krasin. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Mike Zolzer.
SEATTLE- Seaman David Trefrey throws a heaving line from the
Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star while the cutter was mooring at its
homeport in Seattle after a two-month deployment to Antarctica. The
Polar Star departed Seattle on Jan. 20 and traveled 8,200 nautical miles
non-stop arriving in Antarctica Feb. 13 to continue clearing a channel
into McMurdo Station previously opened by the Russian Icebreaker Krasin.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Mike Zolzer.

To view higher
resolution of the photos above click on the attached links:
http://www.piersystem.com/clients/uscg-13/52363.JPG
http://www.piersystem.com/clients/uscg-13/52365.JPG

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U.S. Coast
Guard - 13th District
13th District Public Information Site
http://www.piersystem.com/go/site/21/

[luvie]

Oh, I will. I am off for the next 3 days, and I am gonna have a wonderful time...just being a slacker.

Also have to do some work around here, but I'm not going to wear myself out! LOL!

Thanks for that cute story! :o)

[MeekMom]

Good evening Kidlett.
This is an excellent thread. I appreciate the work you did.

[MeekMom]

Good evening friend!
*hugs*

[MeekMom]

Good evening GBU!
I haven't seen you in awhile.
How are you tonight?

[fatima]

Hi beautiful(((Hugs))) How are you:)

[MeekMom]

(((fatima!!!)))
I'm doin' well.

*hugs*

[GodBlessUSA]

Good Evening MeekMom :)
I'm doing pretty good. Thanks. How are you tonight?

[MeekMom]

doin' fine friend!
Enjoying the warmmer weather here in Chicagoland. :)

[fatima]

I haven't talked to you since your Birthday:) Did you go out to dinner:)

[MeekMom]

Didn't go out, but my son surprised me and bought me a card and a pretty little cake!
He's only 16. So, for "his royal coolness" to think of his Mom is a big shock! Hee hee hee

[fatima]

16 Wow,I was lucky if they said hello before they went to bed.He must have a soft spot for you:).

[HiJinx]

We have sorta talked, through Mom. Kidlett is an awesome young lady as far as I'm concerned, and I'm pretty proud of her accomplishments so far.

[GodBlessUSA]

Isn't it great! Spring is finally arriving. I'm enjoying warmer temps, finally, here too. :)

[Fawnn]

Kidlett CLR!!!
Great job on today's thread!!!

[trussell]

She got a 49 score last Friday...I'm not sure, but I think that's her highest score so far. :)

thank you for your kind words about my baby girl!!!
Hugs!!

[GodBlessUSA]

Good Night everyone. :)

[fatima]

She is too cute trussell:) Sarah loves Elmo

[fatima]

God night GodBlessUSA,prayers,hugs,fatima

[HiJinx]

She's earned 'em, T.
She's a good kid, and you're rightfully proud of her.