Connecticut
Berlin Students Shop with Police to Help Families in Need
Several families in town will have a better holiday season this year thanks to fifth graders and the Berlin Police Department. Earlier this month, three elementary school students were chosen through a lottery system to accompany officers on a trip to the toy store to buy gifts for families in need. The event, in its second year, is part of the D.A.R.E. program for fifth graders. The students and their parents, as well as some siblings, helped officers shop for 11 families at the Toys R’ Us on the Berlin Turnpike. Read more . . .
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Mark Medford, Northeast Regional Director
Cell: (424) 227-2384
Fax: (800) 303-1905
Email: mark.medford@dare.org
State D.A.R.E. Contacts
State D.A.R.E. Coordinator
Trooper Katharine Cummings
Connecticut State Police
Email: katharine.cummings@ct.gov
Phone: (203) 427-2008
State D.A.R.E. Officers Association President
Thomas M. Cirillo
Meriden Police Department, D.A.R.E. Unit
Phone: (203) 630-6276
Grace Vlaun, D.A.R.E. America Youth Advocacy Board Member from Connecticut
