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Chase County awards $1,500 to local Watch Dogs chapter to support school volunteer program
Summary
County commissioners approved a $1,500 grant from the crime prevention fund to support the CCES Watch Dogs program, which places volunteer fathers and male role models in classrooms; program organizers said funds will cover shirts, event food and sign-up materials.
John Barnes, coordinator for a local chapter of the Watch Dogs program, asked Chase County commissioners on Nov. 17 for a donation from the countycrime prevention fund to support classroom volunteer activities. "I'm John Barnes. I'm the coordinator for a local chapter of a program called Watch Dogs," he said, outlining the group's mission to place positive male role models in schools to support teachers and students.
Barnes described program costs and how county funds would be used: roughly $15 per T-shirt for volunteer identification, about $300 a year for promotional materials and additional amounts to cover meal costs when volunteers spend a full day in schools. "Our mission ... is to improve student performance and behavior by placing positive role models in the schools and classrooms to reinforce the importance of education and build community cohesion," Barnes said.
The presiding commissioner (Speaker 1) moved to provide $1,500 from the crime prevention fund to the CCES Watch Dogs program; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote. The transcript records the motion as: "I'll make a motion for the request for financial assistance from the crime prevention fund in the amount of $1,500 for the CCES Watch Dogs program." Commissioners recorded "Aye," and the motion carried.
The donation is intended to cover shirts, event food and other small costs for volunteer activities. Barnes thanked the board at the meeting and said the community would benefit from the presence of adult role models in schools. The county did not provide further budgetary detail in the transcript.
Next steps: the funds were approved on voice vote at the meeting; no further procedural conditions or reporting requirements were specified in the transcript.
