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D.A.R.E. Rings the Nasdaq Stock Market Closing Bell

D.A.R.E., the largest and most comprehensive K-12 drug prevention educational program in the world, visits the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square. In honor of the occasion, Robert Strang, Vice-Chairperson of D.A.R.E., rings the closing bell.

Lafayette County’s D.A.R.E. Program Graduates 225 Students

Lafayette’s D.A.R.E. program graduated 225 students recently. The D.A.R.E. program taught by Lafayette County deputies is a 10-week course that focuses on how students can make responsible decisions when it comes to drugs, alcohol, tobacco, bullying and peer pressure.

Lafayette County 2023 D.A.R.E. Graduates

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D.A.R.E. America Louis “Skip” Miller National Scholarship Award 2023

The D.A.R.E. America Board of Directors is pleased to offer a $20,000 scholarship to recognize academic excellence and reward students who remain true to the goals of the D.A.R.E. program. This scholarship is awarded annually to a qualified 12th grade student to...

Award Nominations for the 2023 D.A.R.E. Awards

D.A.R.E. America is accepting nominations for the 2023 Awards:

D.A.R.E. Law Enforcement Executive of the Year,
Daryl F. Gates D.A.R.E. Lifetime Achievement,
D.A.R.E. Officer of the Year, and
D.A.R.E. Educator of the Year.

Recipients of these prestigious awards...

D.A.R.E. Returns After Decades

D.A.R.E. has returned to the Bedford County Schools, according to the Bedford County Sheriff's Office on Dec. 20. D.A.R.E. is a 10-week program for 5th grade students that provides instruction on how to handle topics related to: good decision making, safe and...

Sheriff Danny Diggs Honored for Years of Service to D.A.R.E.

On December 14, 2022, Sheriff Danny Diggs attended his last D.A.R.E. Graduation as Sheriff of York County and the City of Poquoson, Virginia at Yorktown Elementary School. Over the past 23 years Sheriff Diggs has attended dozens upon dozens of graduations and has...

212 NEW D.A.R.E. PROGRAMS IN 39 STATES LAUNCHED IN 2022

D.A.R.E., the largest and most comprehensive prevention education program in the world, launched a record 212 new programs in 2022 throughout 39 states and Canada! More than 900 new law enforcement officers were trained and certified to deliver the evidence-based,...

North Carolina D.A.R.E. Officer Training 2022 Class Photo

From the 2022 North Carolina D.A.R.E. Officer Training

The Calverton School D.A.R.E. Graduation

18 Students Graduate The Calverton School D.A.R.E. Program!

Students at The Calverton School celebrated their D.A.R.E. graduation on November 11, 2002, culminating a 10-week long program that the fifth-graders completed in the semester. The course has been taught in the Huntingtown, Maryland school for more than 12 years....

Pennsylvania D.A.R.E. Officer Training, October 24 to November 4, 2022

On October 24 through November 4, 2022, officers from the states of Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, New York, and North Carolina gathered to attend D.A.R.E. America's D.A.R.E. Officer Training in Annville, Pennsylvania. The training was conducted at the...

Mentors ‘DARE’ Youth to Make Good Choices in Race Against Time

D.A.R.E. instructors, like Alamance Co. Sgt. Chad Laws, now teach conversation and stress management skills within the substance abuse prevention program...

D.A.R.E. is Back

WEBSTER CITY – An observer driving by the Webster City Middle School could be forgiven for wondering if someone got in serious trouble when they see a Webster City Police Department vehicle parked out front several times a week. It’s not there to deal with trouble...

Group photo of the 17 Certified D.A.R.E officers along with the facilitators and senior RTCIPF management.

Police Officers Graduate From D.A.R.E Programme

The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force witnessed 17 of its officers graduate from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E) programme on Friday, October 28th, 2022. The programme was administered by certified instructors of the D.A.R.E International...

D.A.R.E. Program Helping Fight Against Drug Abuse in Cabell County Schools

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) – This is the first year a Cabell County deputy is teaching the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program in schools throughout the county.
Deputy Joseph McQuaid is teaching the 10-week program in seven schools in fifth, seventh and...