D.A.R.E. Day Celebration gets fifth-graders going
Highlands Today - April 2010

AVON PARK -- With screaming and shouting that would make game show contestants seem docile, Highlands County fifth-graders kicked the annual D.A.R.E Day Celebration into high gear in the Theatre for the Performing Arts at South Florida Community College.

Sheriff's Deputy/Lake Placid High School Resource Officer Ross Porter asked the fifth-graders, "What time is it?"

"D.A.R.E time," the students shouted...MORE

DARE has proven record of success

TCPalm.com

John Lindsay, Regional Director, DARE America

I appreciate the difficult decisions local elected and appointed officials must often make. However, I also feel it is in the best interests of the citizens of St. Lucie County to have all of the information available so that they can make decisions that protect their children. .. ..MORE

Teachers DARE to be great

News-Press.com

The team of Christy Moore, left, and Bob Scoppettuolo, fifth-grade teachers at San Carlos Park Elementary School, was named the D.A.R.E. 2008 Educator of the Year in Florida.

The Florida Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Officer's Association conference on Marco Island this summer named the fifth-grade teachers the D.A.R.E Educator of the Year in Florida. ...MORE

Fort Myers police DARE car takes first at conference

Cape Coral Daily Breeze

The Fort Myers Police Department’s Drug Abuse Resistance Education sports car won a first place trophy at the 25th International DARE America Conference in San Antonio, Texas.
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Lake officer dares to be great

Orlando Sentinel

The 700 or so kids whose lives he touches every year affectionately call him "Officer Walt."

Lake County sheriff's Cpl. Walt Niehus is one of three officers who have been with D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) since its inception in Lake in 1990....MORE

Retro Bill Honors Veterans

Zephyrhill News

“This flag represents freedom. You all have the freedom to choose, to make your dreams come true,” said Bill Russ at Zephyrhills City Hall.

The normally loud, energetic and boisterous comedian suddenly got very serious, choking back tears as he described the price veterans have paid for the freedom of American citizens.

Known as Retro Bill to school children across the nation, he uses comedy and laughter to express the importance of saying no to drugs, to caring for others and to reaching your potential.

He spoke at several area schools last week. On May 23rd, he spoke with West Zephyrhills Elementary fifth graders at their D.A.R.E. graduation. He invited all of the veterans of the Armed Forces to join him in front, honoring them with a moment of silence. Officer Daniel Hill, the ZPD D.A.R.E. officer stands in the background.

The "New" D.A.R.E. Program showing positive results

by John Lindsay

D.A.R.E. America
Regional Director

Since 1997 there have been 18 studies conducted on D.A.R.E. showing very positive results. Of those 18 studies the most eye opening study was published by the Journal of the National Medical Association showing D.A.R.E graduates are five times less likely to begin smoking than non-D.A.R.E. graduates. . .... MORE

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