SAVE THESE DATES on your calendar and plan your outreach with this helpful schedule. Each event will be “live” and link to each campaign as each gets closer. Check back for more details or email [email protected] for information.
February 14, 2025 – National Donor Day
Johnny created a living legacy of generosity with his ultimate gift of love. National Donor Day aims to raise awareness of the lifesaving benefits of organ, eye and tissue donation while reminding of the importance of discussing the topic with your loved ones. We encourage you to use National Donor Day to discuss organ, eye and tissue donation with those closest to you. www.32auctions.com – give back.
March 17-23, 2025 – National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week® (NDAFW)
During this week, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) promotes National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week® (NDAFW). This year, the focus is “Shatter the Myths About Drugs and Alcohol.” So in keeping with our mission of youth marijuana prevention, Johnny’s Ambassadors will be shining a light on the stories of teens and families who have been harmed by marijuana use. We will remind people MARIJUANA IS NEVER SAFE FOR TEENS. We will be posting stories, videos, and graphics this entire week. Getting involved is easy and fun! All you have to do to participate is share our posts to help us SHATTER THE MYTH THAT MARIJUANA IS HARMLESS.
April 20, 2025 – Anti-420 Counter-Weed Day
Last year: Anti-420 Counter-Weed Day – Dan and Maggie Thurmon guidance. Brian Walter idea for a contest. This year will feature TEENS creating Tik Tok videos! It will be a contest for $500 for the winner of why you should NOT use marijuana and a healthy alternative to do instead. Tell other teens why they should #JustSayKNOW to marijuana! You can educate about why teens shouldn’t use marijuana, tell a personal story about how you’ve been negatively impacted, share what the cost marijuana use has been for you (not that you’re recovered), do a skit to educate other teens why marijuana is bad for you, teach a statistic, etc. “What’s the cost? What was lost?” Max 3 minutes as you know. Johnny’s Ambassadors will own all submissions and will download your video and re-post it to our channel. To enter, create and upload your video, tag @johnnysambassadors and use #JustSayKNOW. Nationwide contest with $500 grand prize, voted on by Johnny’s Ambassadors committee, $250 second prize, $100 third prize, and $10 Amazon gift card for a qualifying (legitimate) entry per person. If someone is really good, you can hire them to make more videos.
May 2025 – National Adolescent Health Month™ (NAHM)
The Office of Population Affairs (OPA) celebrates National Adolescent Health Month every May. This annual observance emphasizes the importance of building on young people’s strengths and potential, encouraging meaningful youth engagement in adolescent health activities, and highlighting key topics in adolescent health. This year, NAHM will focus on Take Action for Adolescents– A Call to Action for Adolescent Health and Well-Being (“Take Action for Adolescents”) throughout May.
During NAHM, we can all come together to support individuals and communities working to create change that benefits young people.
In keeping with our mission to educate parents, teens, and communities about the dangers of today’s potent THC products (marijuana, dabs, vapes, edibles) on adolescent brain development, psychosis, and suicide, Johnny’s Ambassadors has created the MAY MARIJUANA MONTH Prevention Challenge! We have developed a kit you are free to download, post, and use, with activities for National Prevention week from May 9-13 and Prevention Day on May 11.
- Post 1 graphic a day for 31 days for mental health month of either marijuana facts, marijuana mental health, or marijuana trivia (or just share from our Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook).
- Post 1 research summary toolkit a day for National Prevention Week, May 8-14.
- Host a watch party on Prevention Day, May 11! Grab a large space, a projector, a bunch of teens or parents, some snacks, and host a watch party of one of our expert doctors or a teen speaker. Or just play the video through Zoom.
Please join in our MAY MARIJUANA MONTH Prevention Challenge and help us draw attention to the mental harms that can come to youth who use marijuana. Tag JohnnyKStack on Twitter, johnnysambassadors on Instagram, and Johnny’s Ambassadors on Facebook. Let’s work together to educate parents, teens, and communities about the dangers of today’s high-THC marijuana on adolescent brain development, mental illness, and suicide! The campaign is free to use, and we always gratefully accept your donations.
July 4-10, 2025 – National Marijuana Facts Week – Ending in 710 Day (Oil upside down)
National Marijuana Facts Week – coalitions and communities around the country.
September –Suicide Prevention Month
Sept. 10 – World Suicide Prevention Day
Monday, Sept. 22, 2025 – Annual Johnny’s Ambassadors #StopDabbing Day for National Suicide Awareness month
Calling all teens! Parents! Community coalitions! Student councils! Prevention Clubs!
September marks National Suicide Prevention Month – a month to remember the life of Johnny Stack and the work he continues to do on this earth with his warming, “Marijuana ruined my mind and my life.” If he were here, he would be sharing his story and encouraging people to live a #THCFree lifestyle! He’s not here, so we are going to do it for him. How do YOU live a #THCFree life?
Through photos, on Monday, Sept. 23, Johnny’s Ambassadors to show the world all the fun things you can do WITHOUT using THC. Every day, millions of people struggle with drug use, mental illness, and suicidal ideation. So many teens, families, and communities have been impacted by marijuana. Please take the pledge that you will commit to living a #THCFree lifestyle! On Sept. 23 we’re going to show the media hundreds of things you can instead of using THC products (vaping, dabbing, smoking, edible). How do you life a #THCFree life? Show us!
- Pledge to live a #THCFree lifestyle by registering at https://www.stopdabbing.org. This is our big annual fundraiser, so we would appreciate a gift of any amount to help us with our mission to prevent youth THC use. If you want to help raise funds, join as a team, so you can send your link out to your family and friends. Or register to participate as an individual.
- When you register, you’ll answer two questions:
a. Why do you choose to live #THCFree? (Why is Johnny’s Ambassadors mission important to you?)
b. What is your favorite activity you do to support a #THCFree lifestyle? (What are your hobbies?). - Upload a photo (either when you register or log back in any time before Monday, Sept. 23) of yourself doing your favorite activity! You can hold up a photo of your favorite person you like to spend time with. Take a group photo of your family or friends. Teach a class! Go on a walk with your best friend! Do yoga! Pose in your sports gear! Bake a pie! Play golf! The IMPORTANT THING about the photo: In the photo somewhere, hold or post a piece of paper or poster with three lines written on it: #THCFree, #StopDabbing, and #JohnnysAmbassadors (or use our template here).
Thank you so much for helping us save our youth from the harms of THC!
October 5-11, 2025 (first week every year) – Mental Illness Awareness Week
Since 1990, when Congress officially established the first full week of October as Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW), advocates have worked together to sponsor activities, large or small, to educate the public about mental illness.
October 10 – World Mental Health Day
October 23-31, 2022 (every year) Red Ribbon Week
Mission to help keep kids drug-free. www.redribbon.org/
November 20-November 30 – Johnny Angelversary/Giving Tuesday campaign
Johnny’s Angelversary and #GivingTuesday
November 20, 2025 through Dec. 2, 2025 Johnny Angelversary and #GivingTuesday. Donate $22, which is how old he would have been now. With your $25 or more donation, you get the recordings to our previous Youth Marijuana Prevention conference (regularly $99).
December 1 – December 31 – End of year campaign
December 10, 2025 – Colorado Gives Day