In recognition of Red Ribbon Week, McVey Elementary School students honored their promise of maintaining a healthy and drug-free lifestyle by participating in the school’s annual one-mile Wellness Walk around the neighborhood.
Students, parents and staff, as well as Board of Education trustee Jeffrey Rosenking, school social worker and event organizer Theresa Arnone and local politicians, all participated in the walk as part of an effort to promote the concept of having a healthy body and mind.
As students lined up outside the school for the walk, sporting the school colors of red and black, band director Jessica Bessel led the school’s band in a variety of musical selections that added an uplifting and joyous tone to the event.
Classes designed colorful banners and posters, and because it was also “Crazy Hat Day” at the school, students donned hats of different styles and colors to “put a cap on drugs” as part of their commitment to a drug-free lifestyle.
In addition, to culminate Red Ribbon Week, McVey held its first annual McVey 5k and one-mile fun run on Oct. 27. The event not only promoted a healthy lifestyle, but also raised funds for the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping individuals, families and members of the workplace prevent or recover from alcoholism or other drug addictions.
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