Missouri
Sheriff’s Office Reboots D.A.R.E Program to Create New Bonds with Kids
Hayti, Mo. (KFVS) -The Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or D.A.R.E, is a program law enforcement took into classrooms and into the lives of countless young people from the early 80′s to the late 2000′s. Now at a time when we hear about armed officers protecting...
Heartland School District Brings Back D.A.R.E. Program
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. (KFVS) - One Heartland school district has brought back the D.A.R.E. program. Voters in the Portageville school district agreed they needed a school resource officer. This year, the resource officer bringing back the drug abuse resistance...
Avilla Schools D.A.R.E. Graduation
It's graduation day at Avilla schools as 31 student complete the DARE program. Fifth and sixth grade students receive certificates in a ceremony to celebrate what they've learned in months of study from deputy Isaac Burley...
D.A.R.E. Program Still Educates and Builds Student Relationships
Perry County School District 32 fifth graders proudly hold their D.A.R.E. certificates and stand with their D.A.R.E. officer, Cpl. Jeri Cain, at the program’s graduation ceremony. After more than 35 years of operation, the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance...
Valle Fifth-Grade Students Celebrate Graduation From D.A.R.E. Program
Valle Catholic fifth-grade students graduated from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program on December 11 in a ceremony at the DuBourg Centre that was attended by family and friends. Students were dressed in their D.A.R.E. t-shirts and posed in a...
Nixa D.A.R.E. Officer Honored
The city of Nixa surprised D.A.R.E. Officer Brent Forgey of the Nixa Police Department with special recognition at the Nixa State of the Community Dinner on November 1. Forgey was honored for 25 years of service to Nixa...
55 Freedom Students Graduate from D.A.R.E. Program
Fifty-five fifth graders at Freedom Elementary became the first to graduate from the recently re-instated D.A.R.E. program in the Waynesville R-VI School District on Friday, June 15.The two-week Drug Abuse Resistance Education program – led by School Resource...
6th Graders Honored at Special Graduation
CARTHAGE, MISSOURI - The 6th grade class at the Carthage Intermediate Center graduated tonight. Not from Middle School.. but from the Carthage D.A.R.E. program. The kids have spend the last 12 weeks learning about the dangers of drug and substance abuse, and how to...
Taking a Stand Against Drug Abuse
Maryville Public Safety Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Officer Ian Myers and Sgt. Rick Smail, who administers the D.A.R.E. program in rural schools for the Nodaway County Sheriff’s Office, are...
134 Students Graduate from D.A.R.E. Program at South Elementary
D.A.R.E. Deck – Hailey Deck, a fifth-grader in Mr. Widener’s class receives her D.A.R.E. Graduation certificate from Officer Mark Blankenship during the graduation ceremony at South Elementary School on Thursday, March 22. Kennett’s South Elementary School had...

Kim W. Hawkes
Central Regional Director
Phone: (424) 227-0821
Email: Kim W. Hawkes
Upcoming Events
State D.A.R.E. Contacts
D.A.R.E. State Coordinator
Kim Hawkes
D.A.R.E. America Central Regional Director
Email: [email protected] / [email protected]
Phone: (573) 636-5444 / (424) 227-0821
State D.A.R.E. Educator
LaDonna Ehler
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (573) 636-4439
State D.A.R.E. Officers Association President
Deputy Amanda M. Blank
Cooper County Sheriff’s Office
Phone: (660) 882-2771

Connor Riker
D.A.R.E. America Youth Advocacy Board Member from Missouri
Missouri Local D.A.R.E. Communities
- Blue Springs Police Department
- Butler Police Department
- Chesterfield Police Department
- De Soto Police Department
- Des Peres Department of Public Safety
- Ellisville Police Department
- Fulton Police Department
- Grandview Police Department
- Hannibal Police Department
- Henry County Sheriff’s Office
- Jefferson City Police Department
- Lee’s Summit Police Department
- Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
- Maryland Heights Police Department
- McDonald County Sheriff’s Office
- McIntire Elementary School
- Missouri Police Chiefs Charitable Foundation
- Nixa Police Department
- Pike County Sheriff’s Office
- Sikeston Department of Public Safety
- St. Charles County Sheriff’s Office
- St. Francois County Sheriff’s Office
- Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s Office
- Town And Country Police Department
- Warren County Sheriff’s Department
- Wentzville Police Department
- Wright City Police Department

Kim W. Hawkes
Central Regional Director
Phone: (424) 227-0821
Email: Kim W. Hawkes
Upcoming Events
State D.A.R.E. Contacts
D.A.R.E. State Coordinator
Kim Hawkes
D.A.R.E. America Central Regional Director
Email: [email protected] / [email protected]
Phone: (573) 636-5444 / (424) 227-0821
State D.A.R.E. Educator
LaDonna Ehler
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (573) 636-4439
State D.A.R.E. Officers Association President
Deputy Amanda M. Blank
Cooper County Sheriff’s Office
Phone: (660) 882-2771

Connor Riker
D.A.R.E. America Youth Advocacy Board Member from Missouri
Missouri Local D.A.R.E. Communities
- Blue Springs Police Department
- Butler Police Department
- Chesterfield Police Department
- De Soto Police Department
- Des Peres Department of Public Safety
- Ellisville Police Department
- Fulton Police Department
- Grandview Police Department
- Hannibal Police Department
- Henry County Sheriff’s Office
- Jefferson City Police Department
- Lee’s Summit Police Department
- Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
- Maryland Heights Police Department
- McDonald County Sheriff’s Office
- McIntire Elementary School
- Missouri Police Chiefs Charitable Foundation
- Nixa Police Department
- Pike County Sheriff’s Office
- Sikeston Department of Public Safety
- St. Charles County Sheriff’s Office
- St. Francois County Sheriff’s Office
- Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s Office
- Town And Country Police Department
- Warren County Sheriff’s Department
- Wentzville Police Department
- Wright City Police Department
Heartland School District Brings Back D.A.R.E. Program
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. (KFVS) - One Heartland school district has brought back the D.A.R.E. program. Voters in the Portageville school district agreed they needed a school resource officer. This year, the resource officer bringing back the drug abuse resistance...
Avilla Schools D.A.R.E. Graduation
It's graduation day at Avilla schools as 31 student complete the DARE program. Fifth and sixth grade students receive certificates in a ceremony to celebrate what they've learned in months of study from deputy Isaac Burley...
D.A.R.E. Program Still Educates and Builds Student Relationships
Perry County School District 32 fifth graders proudly hold their D.A.R.E. certificates and stand with their D.A.R.E. officer, Cpl. Jeri Cain, at the program’s graduation ceremony. After more than 35 years of operation, the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance...
Valle Fifth-Grade Students Celebrate Graduation From D.A.R.E. Program
Valle Catholic fifth-grade students graduated from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program on December 11 in a ceremony at the DuBourg Centre that was attended by family and friends. Students were dressed in their D.A.R.E. t-shirts and posed in a...
Nixa D.A.R.E. Officer Honored
The city of Nixa surprised D.A.R.E. Officer Brent Forgey of the Nixa Police Department with special recognition at the Nixa State of the Community Dinner on November 1. Forgey was honored for 25 years of service to Nixa...
55 Freedom Students Graduate from D.A.R.E. Program
Fifty-five fifth graders at Freedom Elementary became the first to graduate from the recently re-instated D.A.R.E. program in the Waynesville R-VI School District on Friday, June 15.The two-week Drug Abuse Resistance Education program – led by School Resource...
6th Graders Honored at Special Graduation
CARTHAGE, MISSOURI - The 6th grade class at the Carthage Intermediate Center graduated tonight. Not from Middle School.. but from the Carthage D.A.R.E. program. The kids have spend the last 12 weeks learning about the dangers of drug and substance abuse, and how to...
Taking a Stand Against Drug Abuse
Maryville Public Safety Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Officer Ian Myers and Sgt. Rick Smail, who administers the D.A.R.E. program in rural schools for the Nodaway County Sheriff’s Office, are...
134 Students Graduate from D.A.R.E. Program at South Elementary
D.A.R.E. Deck – Hailey Deck, a fifth-grader in Mr. Widener’s class receives her D.A.R.E. Graduation certificate from Officer Mark Blankenship during the graduation ceremony at South Elementary School on Thursday, March 22. Kennett’s South Elementary School had...
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