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.

 

[beachn4fun]

I heard that it was after his accident that he decided to retire. I know I've read a few times where he claimed he was going to retire but then a book would appear! I think he has too much going on in his head to ever stop completely!

[Lady Jag]

Oh, thank goodness you found it!   I've been looking all over for it!

[beachn4fun]

Boy, I'm sure glad you think it is a good idea. Hmmm, now I'm thinking maybe Rehoboth or some Delaware beach within driving distance.

BTW, need to work on my bathing suit bod, myself! I'm trying something different that you are, though (wink)

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Hehe. You can always count on me Lady J! I can sniff diamonds from 100 feet. ;]

[EsmeraldaA]

Writers are nutty, you know. LOL!

[Diva Betsy Ross]

I bet you will be a bathing suit goddess in no time.

[MEG33]

Emeralds!?! I love them! The diamonds give a nice background.

Been shopping? ;)

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Hey Es! I missed you earlier- this is for you- lovely girly girl:

[Diva Betsy Ross]

(hehe) Oh that old thing! *sigh* I just picked it up a while back on a whim. I am glad you like it!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Good afternoon Diva!
Ms.B

[EsmeraldaA]

Ohh WOW!

They are shiny and gorgeous!

Thanks Diva. ;o)

[MEG33]

;)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, acad, for today's daily dose o' da blues. Music to file over.

[acad1228]

Glad to help. Getting hated on at another thread for owning pitbulls. I needed positive words.

[AZamericonnie]

~Our Heros~

Good afternoon Troops & Canteeners...Hope you are having a wonderful day. The above is a video tribute to our Military heros.

[Lady Jag]

I feel much better having them back.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Excellent! (You are very good at that Lady J!)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Well, I'm enjoying the blues as I sneak in to post and then back to my filing....waiting impatiently for the paperwork to be printed that should have been on Tuesday, but we were off Monday, so Monday's work got done on Tuesday.....there should be a law about holidays on Monday. Friday would do just as well, wouldn't it?

[AZamericonnie]

Good afternoon ladies. Hummmmm......has somebody been in kitties jewelry?:)

[AZamericonnie]

Me?