Students created memes to be displayed in school during Light and Unite Red week January 22-26th about drug, alcohol, and tobacco prevention. Watch for some of the final versions to be posted on social media that week!
Recent Activities
Students created memes to be displayed in school during Light and Unite Red week January 22-26th about drug, alcohol, and tobacco prevention. Watch for some of the final versions to be posted on social media that week!
Students tie-dyed FACT shirts at our meeting today to spread the truth about tobacco. We will plan to wear these shirts during school next month.
October 30, 2017
Students gave back to the community via a spooky Halloween event Monday along with other clubs and sports teams at the high school. Our group decorated cookies and educated children about the dangers of candy-flavored tobacco products.
October 27, 2018
Olivia and Laney spent their day off of school picking up cigarette butts at Franklin parks. We collected a whole container full! Thanks for making our environment a little more beautiful, ladies!
Today we put together the Red Ribbon Week bookmarks. Congrats to Liv Banach for creating the winnings bookmark designs! We also had several new members join us to help with stickering the candy. On October 13th, we attended the FHS football game to pass out candy and red ribbons for families to tie around trees. Even the school mascot came to help at our table! We also put a message in the fence that said: FACT: Addiction isn't sweet. by our table AND created Red Ribbon Week hashtag for people to use during the game.
Students stuck stickers on candy reading "candy flavored tobacco is a trick, not a treat" and decorated the cafeteria doors with FACT's messages about the dangers of candy-flavored tobacco. The door will be up the month of October. Students passed out the candy after school on October 19th. We also decorated a door with directions about the Red Ribbon Week door decorating contest at the middle school.
Students wrote chalk messages on the sidewalk after school about tobacco prevention and FACT.
We celebrated a fun start to the school year with a party celebrating our group's winning FACTivism idea! We enjoyed pizza and cake and made locker signs to kick off the school year.
FYI members Laney, Ishika, and Kylee volunteered at National Night Out to educate their peers that most teens do not drink. We played a "Duck Away from Alcohol Parties" game and offered prizes, stickers, and stickers. About 400 people visited the table. Members also participated in a chalk contest spreading prevention messages to the public prior to National Night Out.
FYI members Laney, Olivia O, Alayn, Liv B, Justin, Shreya, Bella, and Kylee attend the Brewer game with other local FACT groups to celebrate FACT's Sweet 16th Birthday and a tobacco-free Miller Park. We had so much fun meeting other people with our same interests and spreading the truth about tobacco with the FACT Banner, a message on the score board, posting to social media, and signing a FACT thank you card to be sent to the Brewers. Laney and Shreya also wore their FACT shirts to the game! The best part was a Brewer Win!