SAN DIEGO COUNTY - The National Family Partnership® (NFP) announces the national contest for its 27th annual Red Ribbon Week®, Oct. 23-31. Red Ribbon Week is the oldest and largest drug prevention campaign in the country.

This year, families can get involved by entering a contest to promote awareness in their neighborhoods and win a $1,000 drug prevention grant for their schools and a new iPad for their home.

Instructions:

• Students bring the Red Ribbon Week® message home by working alongside parents to decorate their front door, mailbox, fence, etc. Advertisement

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• Take a photo with the family and their Red Ribbon Week® decoration, then upload to www.redribbon.org/contest by Nov. 2 (must be parents or 18+ to upload photos).

• The voting begins! Ask family and friends to vote for the entry at www.redribbon.org/vote from Nov. 2 through 16. Ten lucky entries from regions across the U.S. will win. Winners will be announced at events at their winning schools in December.

Visit www.redribbon.org/contest for more contest information.