On May 08, 2015 Tom Riddle, Facilities Manager of the River Metals Recycling Metropolis site presented a check to Sheriff Ted Holder in the amount of $600.00. The donation is to help fund the Sheriff Willie Bear/ Prescription Pill Drug Disposal( P2D2 ) projects that the Sheriffs Office currently operates. This is the third year in a row that River Metals has donated money to help fund the projects. The Massac County Sheriffs Office passed out over 500 Bears to Massac County School children this year for the Sheriff Willie Bear program and have collected over 200 pounds of old prescription drugs from Massac County residents through the P2D2 collection program.
At the January 2014 meeting of the Massac County Drug Awareness Coalition , Board President Natalie Quint presented a check for $1,000.00 to Massac County Sheriff Ted Holder and Dispatcher Abby Kaylor to help with the Sheriff Willie Bear program for the 2014 school year. During the 2013 school year the sheriffs office handed out over 700 bears to Pre-K, Kindergarden and 1st grade students in Massac Unit 1 and Joppa Maple Grove school Dist. Abbey Kaylor , who is in charge of the program talks to the students about “choices” and uses the Massac County Sheriffs Office K-9 Balak and his handler Deputy Josh Wiley to help with the program. The program starts on February 19 at Franklin and Jefferson Schools. You can Learn more about the Sheriff Willie Bear Program by clicking here. You can learn more about the Massac County Drug Awareness Coaltion by clicking here. On February 06, 2014 Tim Riddle, Facility Manager of River Metals in Metropolis presented a check for $600.00 to Massac County Sheriff Ted Holder. The money will be used to promote the Spring 2014 P2D2 6th grade science class poster competition. The Massac County Sheriffs Office has been promoting the P2D2 project for almost 4 years and has to date collected over 200 pounds of prescription medication. Last year the Sheriffs Office gave each Massac County 6th grade science class $100.00 for competing in the contest. The Sheriffs Office also joined with the Massac County Soil and Water Conservation District to promote the project. Anyone having old or unused prescription medication can drop it off at the Massac County Sheriffs Office 24 hours a day , 7 days a week and it will be disposed off. You can learn about the Massac County P2D2 Program by clicking here. |