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County honors seven winners of opioid-awareness poster contest and 22 student ambassadors for outreach hours
Summary
Queen Anne's County recognized seven poster-contest winners and 22 student Drug Free Ambassadors May 27 for opioid prevention outreach, and highlighted an escape‑room prevention project that won a national prize.
Queen Anne's County commissioners on May 27 recognized winners of the countywide opioid‑awareness poster contest and honored student Drug Free Ambassadors for volunteer service and prevention work.
Julie Kille, the county's opioid education and prevention coordinator, and volunteer Warren Wright presented awards and thanked community sponsors. The contest drew 106 entries from middle- and high‑school students; seven winners were named (one from each public middle and high school area, one private school and one home‑schooled student). Prizes included $300 Amazon gift cards from Economy Tree Service and free driver's‑education courses donated by local driving schools.
Student ambassador program: County officials recognized 22 Drug Free Student Ambassadors who collectively logged 999 service hours between April 2024 and April 2025, and several ambassadors were singled out for 100+‑hour service totals. Organizers said the ambassador program runs prevention activities across the county — from parades and window displays to a newly designed escape room that educates participants about fake pills and substance misuse.
National recognition and funds: Organizers said the ambassador group won a national SAMHSA Fentanyl Challenge prize (a top‑6 prize) that awarded $5,000; some of those funds were used to support ambassador morale and local programming.
Why it matters: The county emphasized youth leadership in prevention work, the role of public‑private sponsors in supporting prizes and programs, and hands‑on projects that aim to reach broader community members with overdose‑prevention messages.
