Photos & Ideas

Send us your candid shots, group photos and Project Purple ideas! From headbands to shoelaces show your creativity and share your ideas with other members of the initiative. Send your pictures to goprojectpurple@theherrenproject.org. We want to hear from you!

Don’t forget to follow Project Purple on Social Media! Twitter: @GoProjectPurple and the Go Project Purple Facebook Page. Together we can make a difference, celebrating life and supporting one another.

Need Purple Inspiration?

 

Create Go Project Purple Head Bands: Use purple sports wrap to make headbands or purple bandanas to keep your hair under cover.

 

Go Project Purple Shoelaces: Encourage your sports teams to support Project Purple and lace up your cleats or sneakers with purple shoe laces.

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Go Project Purple Headbands and Armbands: Don’t be left behind – Stand up against substance abuse and Go Project Purple!


Support Project Purple on Facebook & Twitter!

Follow Project Purple on Twitter: @goprojectpurple and the Go Project Purple Facebook Page.

 

Not sure what to Tweet? Here are a few to get you going…Purple!

@GoProjectPurple Stand Up Against Substance Abuse #ProjectPurple

Joining @GoProjectPurple Today! #ProjectPurple

Together We Can Make A Difference! @GoProjectPurple

Statistics

In the US in 2008, almost 1/3 of adolescents aged 12 to 17 drank alcohol in the past year. — SAMHSA 2010

32.9% of people needing treatment do not receive treatment due to lack of health coverage and cost of rehabilitation programs. — SAMHSA

90% of addictions get their start in the teenage years. — The Partnership at Drugfree.org

20.5 million people age 12 or older need treatment for an illicit drug or alcohol use problem but do not receive treatment. — SAMHSA, 2010

The estimated annual direct cost to our society resulting from substance abuse is more than 250 billion dollars. — National Institute of Drug Addiction

1 person dies every 19 minutes from drug overdose in the United States. — The Partnership at Drugfree.org

On an average day in 2008, 4,365 Adolescents used an illicit drug for the first time. — SAMHSA 2010

1 in 6 teens has used a prescription drug in order to get high or change their mood. — The Partnership at Drugfree.org

7.5 million children under age 18 live with a parent with an alcohol disorder. — SAMHSA, 2012

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