Look Out! Here Comes the Spider-Man!


Kids from around the country got in on the fun of the Elks Drug Awareness Program Heroes Essay Contest and told us about the exciting opportunities that lie ahead of them if they stay away from drugs and alcohol. Now the 2008 Grand Prize winner, Dax Johnson of Chula Vista, California, appears in the February 2009 Marvel Adventures Spider-Man No. 48!

Here was Dax’s winning essay.

Great Things I Can Do If I Stay Away From Drugs and Alcohol

I say "No" to Drugs and Alcohol every day

I won't let these things get in my way

Now and forever, the choice is mine

If I choose the right path, my talents will shine

I can become an Inventor, like Iron Man

Or save a life like Spider-Man can

I can fight crime, capture criminals, and defeat thugs

Or even arrest the Punisher, if I stay off drugs

I can become a Scientist and study the color green

To figure out why it makes the Hulk so mean

I can become an Actor, and star in a movie

Me as Captain America! That would be groovy!

Drugs and alcohol can destroy my life

They can be just as bad as a gun or a knife

But like the X-men team

I can live my dream

To make the world a better place

For future mutants and the human race

I don't need super powers to see

Drugs and alcohol are bad for me

Staying drug and alcohol-free

Will help me become all I can be.