Virginia
Portsmouth Sheriff Relaunches D.A.R.E.; This Program Focuses on More Than Drugs
Hodges Manor Elementary School student Rylee Long hugs Daren the Lion, the mascot of D.A.R.E, at the December 6 graduation ceremony...Read more . . .
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Caitlin Walker, 2018 D.A.R.E. America National Scholarship Awardee
Virginia's Caitlin Walker receives the 2018 D.A.R.E. America National Scholarship Award from D.A.R.E. America President & Chief Executive Officer Frank Pegueros during the 31st D.A.R.E. International Training Conference, held July 10 to 12, 2018 at Rosen Centre...
York County Sheriff and Superintendent Double Down on D.A.R.E.
A York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office cruiser parked outside the Sheriff's Office in York County. (File Photo Steve Roberts Jr). York-Poquoson Sheriff Danny Diggs and York County School Division Superintendent Victor Shandor seek to end the opioid crisis by teaching...
Spotsylvania Co. Aims for Armed Deputies in All Elementary Schools
WASHINGTON — Spotsylvania County’s Sheriff’s Office plans to have armed School Resource Officers in all 17 county elementary schools by the end of next school year. Most Virginia counties have SROs — typically local police officers or sheriff’s deputies — at all...
D.A.R.E. Program Returns to Nelson’s Elementaries
D.A.R.E. Essay Finalists Cady Marrs (from left) and Jacob Willoughby, Essay Winner Karley Campbell and Nelson County Sheriff David Hill at Tye River Elementary School on Dec. 5 LYNCHBURG — After a four-year hiatus, the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office has brought...
Lakeview Students Learn About Drug Perils in D.A.R.E. Program
Lakeview Elementary School student Shannon Carter speaks at the Lakeview D.A.R.E. Program graduation as Police Officer A.L Barnhouse (left) and Lakeview Principal Patrick Neuman (right) listen on April 6, 2017. [John Adam/progress-index.com] Students from Lakeview...
Pennington Gap Police Reinstate D.A.R.E. Program
PENNINGTON GAP, VA. – Communities across southwest Virginia are constantly looking for ways to cut down on the epidemic proportion of drug abuse and addiction. In Pennington Gap alone, the police chief tells us they have taken more than 40 reports of stolen...
D.A.R.E. Program Expanding in Tazewell County schools
TAZEWELL COUNTY (WVVA) – Seventh graders at Tazewell Middle School are in a class of a different kind now. Thanks to the Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office, the students are getting a refresher course with a program they first experienced in elementary school....
YAB Members Participate in Creating PSA Video to Promote D.A.R.E. myPlaybook High School Curriculum
YAB Members with Retro Bill in Orlando, Florida. Top: Jacqueline Ho, Marlon Sanders MS. Middle: Kobe Blackwell - AZ, Tori Streater - TX, Annessa Masterson - OK, Spencer Flanders – NV. Middle: Mistie Bell-Renfro, Brighton Turner – NM, Megan Kirchoff – MO, Gabe...
Mark Medford, Northeast Regional Director
Cell: (424) 227-2384
Fax: (800) 303-1905
Email: mark.medford@dare.org
Upcoming Events
State D.A.R.E. Contacts
State Training Coordinator
Rob Hefner
Culpeper County Sheriff’s Office
Email: rhefner@culpepercounty.gov
Phone: (540) 718-3678
State D.A.R.E. Officers Association President
Deputy Chris Brown
Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office
Email: chris.brown@pittgov.org
Phone: (434) 432-7931
Fax: (434) 432-7823
Olivia Young, D.A.R.E. America Youth Advocacy Board Member from Virginia
Virginia Local D.A.R.E. Websites
- Amherst County Sheriff’s Office
- Bristol Sheriff’s Office
- Chilhowie Police Department
- Ferry Farm Elementary School
- Goochland County Sheriff’s Office
- Harrisonburg Police Department
- John W. Tolbert, Jr. Elementary School
- Lancaster Sheriff’s Office
- Loudon County Sheriff’s Office
- Lucketts Elementary School
- Lynchburg Police Department
- Middlesex Sheriff’s Office
- Page County Sheriff’s Office
- Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office
- Portsmouth Police Department
- Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office
- Salem Police Department
- Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office
- Virginia D.A.R.E. Officers Association
- Windsor Woods Elementary School
- York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office
