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February 18, 1987
PROC LAMATIONS Mayor Reid presented the following proclama :ioris :
CC -37 A) "Engineers Week", February 22 - 28, 1981
B) "National PTA Drug and Alcohol Awareness Week", March
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CREEKSIDE PTA
CREEKSiDE SCHOOL
2515 Estate Drive, Stockton, CA 95209
Feb. 12, 1987
Hon. Mayor and City Council
City of Lodi
Lodi, California
Dear Mayor and City Council members,
March 1-7 is Natiunal PTA Drug and Alcohol Awareness Week and in conjunction
with national and local PTA programs, Rax Restaurants and Trophies Pius have
joined together with Stockton Commodore Skills School PTA and Creekside PTA
to present a week of educational programs culminating with a area wide poster
contest for Lod: and Stockton schools and a weekend of celebrities, dignitaries,
and speakers to address the problems of substance in our area. The children's
posters will be display at Sherwood Mall in Stockton March 6 through 8.
The program of speakers and celebrities will be at Sherwood Mali from noon
until 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 7 and noon until 3:00 p.m. on Sunday
March 8. Presentation of awards for the poster winners will be on March 8.
The Mall program will include kids "rapping" against drug and alcohol use,
a skit preseuted by high school students, a substance abuse puppet show,
and several celebrity guest appearances to help create positive peer pressure
against drug and alcohol use awong our youth. The first 500 children will
receive free coloring; books and crayons which teach the message that drug
use is dangerous. There will be continuouL give-aways of prizes supplied by
area merchants. Literature and buttons will be distributed to help educate
about the dangers of substance abuse. Drug counsellors will speak to help
educate families about the problems of substance. abuse and also to help teach
youth self-esteem to help them avoid the use of alcohol and drugs.
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The problems of substance abuse transcend city or school district boundries
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and following the challenge offered by President Reagan, we are banding together
as a group of interested community members to fight the problem in our area.
We ash you to join with us in this effort by declaring March 1-7 Drug and
Alcohol Awareness Week in Lodi. Lodi area schools are invited to participate
in the poster contest and all Lodi residents are encouraged to attend the
weekend program at Sherwood Mall. We thank you so much for your time and
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interest. We invite you as council members to at end the mall activities.
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Please join with us. An involved community can make a.difference.
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Since re l
Tom Hall
District Manager, Rax Restaurants
Chairman, Creekside PTA
957-1396