They've been teaching children the dangers of drugs for more than 20-years and this week they're teaching in a different way.
The annual D.A.R.E. summer camps are underway. The 10-week Drug Abuse Resistance Education is taught in the classroom during the year at Allen County schools. The summer camp is a chance for youngsters from different schools to come together to continue their D.A.R.E. education in a more relaxed atmosphere.
"D.A.R.E. is a nice and safe place where I can come and it helps me with a lot of things that I've been going through and all my friends come here and it's really nice to be out here and experience all the fun stuff and go meet new people and everything," said Andrea Reed, 7th grader at Shawnee.
"D.A.R.E. is like a super fun place for me where like all my friends come and we do fun activities out here all the time and it's just a great experience and a great environment for everybody else to be in," said Akyus Richardson, 7th grader at Shawnee.
"What I do is I kind of watch the kids, supervise them, help them out, you know just make sure that they're safe, that their parents have like a peace of mind that they're doing something fun and they're still learning about like you know drug awareness, that kind of stuff and just helping them out," said Kaitlin Thurmond, adult leader.
This is the second summer camp as one was held in Delphos earlier this summer.
