Hot! Tlc Closes Red Ribbon Week

Cleveland s Teen Learning Center has deducted its Red Ribbon Week , among the a lot of hobbies scheduled through thirty day period because of the GRAAB Coalition (Going Respectively Against Addictive Behavior).

Red Ribbon Week lost Thursday evening which includes a warm dog/chili drop-in an evening meal in the downtown facility.

GRAAB routines ongoing that early morning having a communitywide prayer breakfast time at the Boys and Girls Clubs throughout downtown Cleveland.

Blair Deacon coordinated incidents with the Teen Learning Center (and at GOAL Academy as well as the Bradley County Juvenile Court s Behavioral Unit) that week, assisted by means of TLC principal Cliff Eason in addition to Lisa Wiley with Cleveland metropolis schools.

Tim Tatum involving this Pine Ridge Center seemed to be furthermore with Thursday s event, coupled with GRAAB exec director Tanya Southerland. Cleveland City Schools Coordinated School Health director Amy Hicks also ceased by means of for any couple of minutes.

Several mother and father stopped at the TLC campus having their own children, seeing recognition platforms in regards to the perils involving substance abuse and also addictive behaviors.

This few days s Red Ribbon activities had been funded by way of a TREK grant throughout the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth. Deacon may be the manager and also plan director locally, working with all the three communities (TLC, GOAL Academy along with the Bradley County Juvenile Court Behavioral Unit).

Deacon claimed this software will be in it's second year, serving the two Cleveland City and also Bradley County schools.

TREK (Teaching Responsibility as well as Educating Kids) is all about enforcing underage consuming laws, plus addresses the need for knowledge which inhibits tobacco, alcoholic beverages along with medicine abuse, as well as instills understanding and abilities required to get scholars to get responsible, successful citizens, explained Deacon.

The program utes overseer stated Cleveland City Schools has put together a coalition involving youth-serving companies and men and women based on that wants in the alternative institution inhabitants plus their families.

TREK contains ethnical great number practicing college students and also families, when addressing gender specific needs. It utilizes art, music, party as well as animal-assisted therapy, Deacon added. Currently that scholarship will serves as most of these three schools.

Red Ribbon Week celebrations have been kept in any respect about three universities having student-parent breakfasts, dinners out along with local community resource workshops.

There were several themes this week, which include Give Drugs the particular Boot (Boot Day), Put with Your Thinking Cap as well as Say No in order to Drugs (Hat Day), Team Up Against Drugs Day (Team Shirt Day), 100 Percent Rally with regard to Red Day and also Drugs Trick They Don big t Treat Day.

Students also carried out drug-free pledges that have been exhibited at every school.

The TREK plan values its numerous supporters, presenters as well as resources, claimed the program s director.

These followers include the Bradley County DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration), Meth Task Force, GRAAB Coalition, Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network, Cleveland Family YMCA, Hiwassee Mental Health plus Pine Ridge Treatment Center.