Minnesota D.A.R.E. Announces 2016 Statewide Poster Contest Winners
Golden Valley, MN—Minnesota D.A.R.E., Inc. would like to announce the 2016 Poster Contest winners. The (2) first place winners will be throwing out the opening pitches at the April 17th & May 1st Twins games.
For the April 17th game, the winner is from Hamilton School in Coon Rapids – D.A.R.E. officer is Briana Johnson from the Coon Rapids Police Department. The pitch on May 1rd will be thrown out by a student fromStewardville Middle School – D.A.R.E. officer is Dan Johnson with theOlmsted County Sheriff’s Office. Additional poster contest winners are following and their posters will be posted at www.mndare.org (Latest News).
This year’s theme was “D.A.R.E. to C.A.R.E. (Compassion, Acceptance, Respect, and Equality)!” The contest was open for 5th or 6th grade D.A.R.E. students, statewide.
Minnesota D.A.R.E., Inc. received hundreds of entries from around Minnesota. The top entries will receive special DARE prizes. These posters will be framed and put on display at DARE events throughout the state.
Minnesota D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) is a prevention and education program that advocates and educates for healthy and safe children. D.A.R.E. serves young people and their families teaching the skills to make positive decisions, provides education on safe and healthy lifestyles and gives the tools to enable them to resist engaging in negative and violent behaviors. Over 25 million students have been reached worldwide and over 60,000 Minnesota students receive instruction annually.
For more information, contact MNDARE@aol.com or go to www.mndare.org
2016 – Winning Entries:
#1 – Twins Opening Pitch April 17th
Ethan
Hamilton School
DARE Officer Briana Johnson – Coon Rapids PD
#1-Twins Opening Pitch May 1rd
Olivia
Stewardville Middle School
DARE Officer – Dan Johnson-Olmsted Co. SO
#2 – Maria
Mississippi School
DARE Officer Gustavson– Coon Rapids PD
#3 – Jaida
Stewartville Elementary
DARE Officer Dan Johnson – Olmsted Co. SO
#4 – Riley
Windom Area Middle School
DARE Officer Dana Wallace-Windom PD
#5 – Delilah
Shakopee Area Catholic Schools
DARE Officer Anderson – Shakopee PD
#6 – Lauren
St. Philip’s School
DARE Officer Jon Hunt – Bemidji PD
#7 – Ivania
Worthington Middle School
DARE Officer Daniel Brouillet – Worthington PD
#8 – Jashin
Eisenhower School
DARE Officer Ken Young – Coon Rapids PD
#9 – Ashlyn
Kasson-Mantorville Middle School
DARE Officer Jason Peck-Kasson PD
#10 – Alexa
SG Reinertson
DARE Officer Dahl – Moorhead PD
#11 – Ella
Visitation
DARE Officer Mario Reyes – Mendota Heights PD
#12 – Jacob Nokes
Underwood
DARE Officer Jordan Anderson – Ottertail Co. SO
#13 – Carly
Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion
DARE Officer Nicole Korth – New Hope PD
#14 – Payton
St. Dominic
DARE Officer Derek Estrem – Rice Co. SO
#15 – Ananda
Sibley
DARE Officer Angela Borchardt – Northfield PD
#16 – Shamira
St. Dominic
DARE Officer Derek Estrem – Rice Co. SO
#17 – Stella
Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion
DARE Officer Nicole Korth – New Hope PD
#18 – Cherise
Brandon-Evansville Middle School
DARE Officer Kavanagh – Douglas Co. SO
#19 – Carter
Foley Intermediate School
DARE Officer Dan Dalton – Benton Co. SO
#20 – Kylie
Sawtooth Mountain
DARE Officer Ben Hallberg – Cook Co SO
Rice County Sheriff Troy Dunn commented in an email: The Rice County Sheriff’s Office has been teaching DARE since 1987 at St. Dominic’s School in Northfield, Waterville-Elysian-Morristown, Holy Cross in Webster and Nerstrand Charter School. This is a great program in which a Peace Officer teaches a 45-60 minute lesson each week for 10 weeks dealing with good decision making, bullying prevention, drug and alcohol use/abuse, risk taking and peer pressure. A bond is built between the officers, the schools and the students. The officer gives credibility to what the students are hopefully hearing at home and at school by giving them real time examples of what students are dealing with and how to combat difficult issues in an appropriate manner. To this day, I still am approached by past students and parents of students thanking us for taking time to teach our children these valuable lessons in our schools.
