Plenty of kids enjoy snacks like vanilla pudding and gummy worms.

They just don't usually eat those things together, and without using their hands, unless it's feeding time at a

D.A.R.E. Challenge.Dozens of fifth-graders from the Tamaqua and West Penn elementary schools met at the Tamaqua school Saturday for the 20th annual

D.A.R.E. challenge.D.A.R.E., which stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education, is an international substance abuse prevention education program that seeks to prevent use of controlled drugs, membership in gangs, and violent behavior.The teams formed a line for the first challenge, in which each student had to chow through a bowl of vanilla pudding to find the gummy worm hidden in the goop.It was soon clear why the Tamaqua Elementary School gymnasium floor was covered in black plastic.Dribbles of pudding soon surrounded each team's area. Students would later toss eggs to each other, paint using the sponge-covered pig-snout mask they wore, carry buckets of water in a fireman's relay, toss wet sponges and navigate an obstacle course which involved shoe boxes, carpet squares, hula hoops and jump ropes.Original Sounds Entertainment of Tamaqua donated its time and equipment for the event. Tamaqua Police Cpl. Dwayne Hacker and officer Mike Hobbs, along with West Penn Township officer Jason Lorah, helped run the event with the help of teachers, parents and other volunteers.