October 24th-28th Lost Mountain will celebrate Red Ribbon Week.
Red Ribbon Week is a week-long drug awareness campaign that provides an opportunity to bring parents, schools, businesses and others together to help create drug-free communities. Our communities will participate in activities to raise awareness and to show our commitment to reducing the
demand for drugs. The National Red Ribbon Campaign began as an effort to honor a Federal Drug Enforcement Agent, Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, who was killed in the line of duty. Agent Camarena was kidnapped and killed in 1985 while working undercover investigating drug traffickers. In honor of his memory, friends and
neighbors began to wear red satin badges. In 1988, the National Family Partnership organized the first Red Ribbon Campaign. Georgia has participated since 1987, and Governor Brian Kemp is the Honorary Chair of Georgia’s Red Ribbon Campaign.
