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January 2019 KARE Donation to Ronald McDonald House

Mar 20, 2019

Because of you, families are embraced in a community of love, a home away from home, while their children fight big battles. Thank you for keeping families close. Thank you for your generous donation. Thank you for your love…

‘D.A.R.E.’ Program Revamped to Tackle Opioid Abuse

Jan 10, 2019

WAKE FOREST, N.C. — Drug education programs in schools used to involve just illegal drugs, but with today’s opioid crisis, that list must now include legally prescribed but highly addictive medications. In 2015, Wake County Public Schools replaced D.A.R.E. with...

Eastfield Students Graduate D.A.R.E.

Dec 17, 2018

Four classes of fifth graders at Eastfield Global Magnet School graduated the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program taught by Officer Michael Hensley. The students were on the brink of getting cupcakes and punch, and a group picture was just not in the...

Elementary Students Graduate from D.A.R.E. Program

Dec 12, 2018

Captain Danny Bottoms with fifth graders Cash Honeycutt and Tianna Corum who were Pine Hall Elementary D.A.R.E essay winners…

Survey: One-Third of High Schoolers Use Tobacco Products

Sep 14, 2018

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. — Nearly one-third of high schoolers in eastern North Carolina use tobacco products, according to a recent release of North Carolina’s 2017 Youth Tobacco Survey. Over half of those smokers use e-cigarettes. All Brunswick County fifth...

As the drug crisis evolves, so does D.A.R.E.

Aug 6, 2018

The D.A.R.E. program has been around for a long time, but for local police departments like Canton’s, the name of the game is evolution…

Pitt County Sheriff’s Office D.A.R.E. Event

May 2, 2018

Deputy Will Judge, Sgt. Clemmie German, Deputy Freda Godley-Hines, Deputy Les Jackson, Deputy Lee Darnell, and Deputy Marcia Perkins as they sing Happy Birthday to a surprised family…

Reidsville Police Offers New D.A.R.E. Program To Tackle Opioid Crisis

Mar 6, 2018

The Reidsville Police Department is offering a new D.A.R.E. program to keep kids away from drugs…

Elementary School Students Will Soon Learn About Deadly Opioid Epidemic

Feb 12, 2018

CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C. – The growing opioid epidemic is such a concern that the D.A.R.E. program is creating special lessons across the nation to teach kids about it. Cabarrus County Deputy Keith Drake, the resource officer at Bethel Elementary in Midland, showed...

D.A.R.E. Program: Fifth-Graders Urged to Make Best Choices

Jan 2, 2018

Catawba County School System Superintendent Matt Stover was invited to Maiden Elementary School’s D.A.R.E graduation to deliver the keynote address. Stover expressed the importance of good decision making.

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