Sports Figures, Power Rangers Warn Children About Drugs
Former boxer Sugar Ray Leonard, football great Rosey Grier and the Power Rangers spoke about the evils of drug use to 300 fifth-grade students at the Hoover Street School in Pico-Union on Thursday.
The celebrities were invited to take part in activities marking what President Clinton proclaimed as “National DARE Day.”
Representatives of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program presented studies touting the effectiveness of the 18-week classes that many fifth-graders nationwide attend, school officials said.
“It was really exciting,” said Principal Richard Torchia . “The kids really loved Sugar Ray, Rosey and especially the Power Rangers. They listened intently to the message.”
Still, the highlights of the program for the children were the food and T-shirts they were given.
“It’s hard to top pizza and chocolate chip cookies when you’re in the fifth grade,” said Torchia.
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