Last December, http://www.washingtoncountyinsider.com was first to report on school administrators in the community receiving letters from the Washington County Sheriff’s Department about the suspension of the D.A.R.E. program.
Sheriff Dale Schmidt notified 11 elementary school principals saying the program would end in the 2016 Spring semester primarily because of staffing.
Simon has created a GoFundMe page for people to make a tax deductible donation to Elevate to help us sustain this effort.
Today, drug and alcohol prevention in our schools is more important than ever. At Elevate, we have been a community resource, providing prevention, intervention and support services for individuals and families struggling with the effects of substance abuse for more than 35 years.
With the Sheriff’s suspension of the D.A.R.E program in Washington County schools, we hope to be a resource to those schools and kids left without drug prevention and education programming.
Parents have asked for a creative solution, and we believe we can provide it– with your help!
The starting point, financially, to get the program underway is $20,000.
Hat tip Ron Naab