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.

 

[AZamericonnie]

Oh boy! The sooner the better! I'm so very excited for you!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

From the men in the Military and the Canteen

[stand watie]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Lady Jag]

Thanks to the men and women in the Military and the Canteen

[MS.BEHAVIN]

B0000000000ooooooooooo!
;0)
Ms.B

[luvie]

EEEEEKKKKK...are you still trying to scare me? ;o)

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Yep!
if my voice didn't already do so!
;0)
Ms.B

[luvie]

Awwwwww...go on! You just have the cutest voice! And it was sooooo much fun talking about our great trip that we are about to embark on! WOOHOO! Did ya get the other call made? ;o)

[luvie]

ROFL...my hubby would LOVE that lawn mower. He could mow and play war games all at the same time!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Nope!
Not yet~
Im trying to type around Minette..
lol
Ms.B

[luvie]

Trying to type around that huge furball? That has to be a good trick! LOL! I need a cat for my lap. I miss my furballs! :o(

[luvie]

Wonderful video, Connie. Thanks for sharing it with us! (((hugs)))

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Trying to see the screen between her ears,too!
LOL
Ms.B

[luvie]

I think she's trying to get your attention! LOL! What a sweetie!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Now that is one of the coolest sunsets I've ever seen!! God bless and protect our Military, wherever they are, whatever they do. Thanks men in the Military and the Canteen.

[luvie]

Good afternoon, Kathy! Is your week going any better than the ones that have gone on before? Let's hope!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, USA, for another Horsey Relief.....the way my days have been going at work it definitely is a relief to see the wonderful grapahic you choose, and then to read about that horse.

[luvie]

Time for me to head out to Wednesday night bible class. See everyone later tonight....you can depend on it.

((((hugs))))) Hope we'll TALK again. It was a lovely surprise!

[Kathy in Alaska]

wh!!

Ev is coming home, Ev is coming home!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

OK, Lady J....that is a cool lawnmower. LOL!!