Kick Butts Day was a great way to begin my reign as Miss Liberty. I traveled to Amityville, Long Island to celebrate the sixteenth annual event sponsored by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Kick Butts Day is a national day of activism that empowers youth to speak up and take action against tobacco use at more than 1,000 events from coast to coast. Students from schools across the country hold different events and activities that call attention to the problems caused by Big Tobacco and its attempts to market to youth. I was invited to the Park Avenue Memorial Elementary School as the guest speaker for this national event. Working with the North Shore LIJ Health System's Center for Tobacco Control, I had the opportunity to promote my platform T.E.A.C.H. to about 220 students. The gymnasium was transformed into the Kick Butts Day Carnival filled with anti-smoking booths, hand made posters by the students, and even a pig's lungs (to show what happens to a smoker's lungs after years of tobacco exposure). I was in charge of the "What's In A Cigarette" booth where I educated the students on some of the 4,000 toxins found inside a cigarette. I want to thank Patricia Folan, RN and Daniel Jacobsen, RN for inviting me participate in this event with the Center for Tobacco Control.
To view the press release for Kick Butts Day click HERE
Daniel Jacobsen, RN, Program Development for the Center of Tobacco Control
Speaking to the students 
Volunteers from Amityville High School 
"What's In A Cigarette" Booth 
Nurses, staff, and volunteers for Kick Butts Day