The Optimist Club of Bixby, Oklahoma received a $500 grant from the Optimist International Foundation for a start-up program aimed at reducing drug and alcohol abuse and smoking in teens. On October 30, they will roll out the second phase of their "No Poison" awareness program during the Bixby High School football game. Here's how it works: every student who brings in a t-shirt or cap that advertises a nicotine or alcohol product will receive a new t-shirt or cap that says no to drugs, alcohol and tobacco. The shirts and caps will be handed out as long as they last.
In the first phase of the program teens participated in a sticker party by placing stickers on cases of beer at a local market. The sticker reminded the clerk and the consumer to check for identification and not to sell to minors.
What an interesting way to engage with the students. Way to go Bixby Optimists.
