Event Details

The Red Ribbon Day Awareness Walk & Family Fun Festival is happening on October 12th, 2024 from 10am-3pm at the scenic Nomahegan Park in Cranford, NJ. The day will begin with opening remarks with the walk starting at 10am. Following the walk, we will host our award ceremony followed by the free Family Fun Festival. 

Each year, community members, businesses, and non-profits gather to raise awareness and funds for...

• Preventing Addiction
• Celebrating Recovery
• Promoting Mental Health
• Strengthening Families

With your help, we will be able to make this year our biggest impact yet.

For the Fundraising Guide, please click here. 

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History of Red Ribbon

Red Ribbon Week is an annual awareness campaign in the United States that takes place in October to raise awareness and prevent alcohol, tobacco, smoking, and other drugs and violence. The campaign began in 1985 as a tribute to DEA special agent Enrique Camerena, who was killed in the line of duty. The DEA says that Red Ribbon Week is the country's longest-running and largest drug awareness and prevention program

Where does my fundraiser money go?

Great question! Funds raised individually or by your team go towards:

• Our Walker Fund which pays for walker registrations for individuals without means to pay;
• Supply and entertainment costs for the FREE Family Fun Festival which follows the walk;
• Leftover funds go towards supporting our free community programs.

Who can I contact if I have questions?

Please reach out to our Communications & Development Coordinator, Madeline Desrosiers, at [email protected]