TORII STATION, Okinawa, Japan- More than 200 soldiers and family members of the 10th Regional Support Group ended Red Ribbon Week with a Halloween fun run and walk Oct. 26th at Torii Station’s Renegade Landing Zone.

The run, coordinated by the 10th RSG and the United States Army Garrison Torii Station Army Substance Abuse program, was held in conjunction with Red Ribbon Week. Red Ribbon Week is a United States drug awareness campaign that serves as a tool for local communities to educate everyone on drug prevention in hopes of creating a drug-free America.

Jim Lovato, ASAP manager, USAG Torii Station, says it was good to cap off a week of activities of education and training with a great event.

“We want to make sure we spread the message about staying away from drugs and alcohol and let people know about the positive things our community can do to impact the local area to defeat bad things associated with drugs and alcohol,” he said.

Soldiers lined their unit formations with many traditional costumes like Wolverine and Winnie-the-Pooh to name a few. There were also a few who chose to be creative and start something new and fresh like “foil warrior" and "safety bandits.”

Spc. Timothy Nabonne, 10th RSG, said it took a minute to come up with his own idea for a costume but figured his “foil warrior” costume was a good way to have fun with his creative side.

“It was fun, I like to dress up for Halloween and it was great to break away from the normal physical training and bring the group together for a fun morning,” he said.

Nabonne added although he did not win the costume contest after the fun run and walk there’s always good esprit de corps and motivation during fun runs that makes the event better.

During closing remarks Lavato thanked everyone for coming together to enhance the event and looked forward to making the fun run and walk even bigger next year. Lavato added more than 1,500 resource materials such as coloring books and T-shirts were handed out to the community during Red Ribbon Week.

“Together we attacked Red Ribbon Week as a team and it’s great to know that everyone in Okinawa could see that it was a team effort," he said.

To find out more about Red Ribbon Week log on to: http://redribbon.org/

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