Children from Freedom Elementary School participate in the Red Ribbon Week parade Oct. 24 at Argonne Parade Field here. The children held signs with messages to don’t do drugs and marched around the field. Red Ribbon Week began to allow educators, parents, community groups and students nationwide to focus on the work being done to stop the spread of drugs and to pledge a drug-free life (Photos by Shelley Raffl).
Danai Adkisson, an 11th grader at Cheyenne East High School, plays the drums during the Red Ribbon Week parade.
Jenna Farrester, a 12th grader at Cheyenne Central High School, completes a back-flip during the Red Ribbon Week parade. The Cheyenne Central High School cheerleaders and band performed during the parade.
Chase Chadick, a 1st grader at Freedom Elementary School, shakes McGruff the Crime Dog’s hand, played by Senior Airman Armando Geneyro, 90th Mission Operations Squadron, during the Red Ribbon Week parade here. McGruff the Crime Dog is a nationwide icon for crime prevention.
Andrew Weber and Kaleb Cason, both 5th graders at Freedom Elementary School, give Col. Gary Pond, 90th Space Wing vice commander, a box of mail that Freedom Elementary School collected to send to deployed troops.