Kudos: Drug Store Project thanks South Lake Tahoe community for another successful event

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A Big THANK YOU to the South Lake Tahoe community for another successful Drug Store Project this year for our 6th-grade students from South Lake Tahoe Middle School, George Whittell High School, Diamond Valley Elementary School, and local homeschool youth.

Altogether, 160 agency personnel and community volunteers plus 285 students and the school staff gathered on the Lake Tahoe Community College campus for the 21st annual Drug Store Project.

This event only happens because of the support of our Tahoe community.

Thank you to the following for their financial support:
The El Dorado Community Foundation and the Give Tahoe Grant
The City of South Lake Tahoe-Cannabis Revenue Grant
Optimist Club of South Lake Tahoe
Soroptimist International of Tahoe Sierra
El Dorado Savings Bank
John & Cheryl Cook
Kiwanis Club of Tahoe Sierra
Lake Valley Firefighters’ Foundation
Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe
South Lake Tahoe Moose Lodge #1632
South Lake Tahoe Police Officers Association
Tahoe Douglas Rotary Club

A huge thanks to our amazing in-kind donors:
Barton Health
Camelot Party Rentals
Harrah’s Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe Community College
Margaritaville Resort Lake Tahoe
McFarlane Mortuary

And to all the agency personnel and volunteers who are our “boots on the ground” that make it all happen: Barton Health, Boy’s & Girl’s Club of Lake Tahoe, Cal Tahoe JPA, California Highway Patrol, CA National Guard Counterdrug Task Force, CALSTAR, Dawn’s Hope Foundation, Diamond Valley Elementary School, EDC District Attorney, EDC Probation, EDC Public Defender, EDC Sheriff’s Office, EDC Sheriff’s Office STARS, EDC Superior Court, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Gentiva Hospice, George Whittell High School, Harrah’s HEROs, Kiwanis Club of Tahoe Sierra, Lake Valley Fire Protection District, NV National Guard Counterdrug Task Force, Partnership Douglas County, Rotary Club of So. Lake Tahoe, Soroptimist Int. of So. Lake Tahoe, Soroptimist Int. of Tahoe Sierra, South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue, South Lake Tahoe Police Department, STHS Friday Night Live, South Tahoe Middle School, STMS Club Live, Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District, Tahoe Douglas Rotary Club, Tahoe Alliance for Safe Kids (TASK), Tahoe Youth & Family Services, and our amazing community volunteers.

Giving youth the tools to keep themselves safe is the goal of our day.

“Choices, what are yours” continues to be the statement we hope our kids refer to. Together, we have made a difference in the life of a child, their family, and those that love them. Learn more about our program at www.drugstoreproject.org, review our survey results, and share this information with other communities.

- Drug Store Project
Lisa Huard and Theresa Papandrea