Setting Up Information Booths
Organize an information booth where people can come to ask questions and
learn about the dangers of drugs. Pick a local park, shopping center, walking street or
mall — anywhere where many people congregate. Obtain the needed permissions and
set up a booth or table with a Say No to Drugs, Say Yes to Life banner on display, from
which you can distribute handbills or booklets.
Hold informal lectures at the booth, using information from the drug prevention
booklets, or invite former drug users to come to the booth and tell their stories; these
firsthand accounts of how drugs can destroy a life carry a lot of emotional impact.
Visit local businesses and shops near your booth and brief them on the Say No to
Drugs, Say Yes to Life program; most will be more than happy to display the booklets
or handbills on their store counters, the posters in their windows, etc.
Establish a location that you can regularly come back to, and staff your booth
with volunteers. Word of mouth will carry. Soon people will be searching you out for
answers, and thanking you for warning them off drugs.
