The Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi’s fun and entertaining educational troupe will be performing LIVE with TERRANCE THE RAT!
Jackson, Miss.—The Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi is sending out the Reject All Tobacco (RAT) Pack to Quitman Lower Elementary (101 McArthur Street, Quitman), Wednesday, January 11, at 9:30 AM! The RAT Pack will be touring nearly 70 schools statewide this year. The educational troupe reaches thousands of elementary students through its clever performances and teaches them to “Reject All Tobacco”.
The teenage performance group is led by Terrance the Rat and their performances target children in grades K-6. Terrance encourages the students to “Tell Somebody” about the dangers of tobacco usage, exposure to secondhand smoke and electronic nicotine delivery systems products. RAT Pack performances are interactive and teach health lessons in an entertaining way for the students. Mississippi artists have helped to provide their support of tobacco-free lifestyles in children by writing the lyrics and music for all of the songs used during the performances.
“The teens have a lot of fun performing for the various schools,” said Suzanne Ellis, Youth Programs Director for the Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi. “But the greatest part of performing is in knowing that we are impacting the lives of these children and the future choices they will make.”
For a schedule of RAT Pack performances, please call the Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi at 601-420-2414 or visit www.gorat.com.
RAT is funded by a grant from the Mississippi State Department of Health.
