November 11, 2005 Update

Troy Police Department receives a $1,000.00 Grant from Wal-Mart

The City of Troy Police Department is pleased to announce receiving a $1,000.00 grant from Wal-Mart for our continued prevention and education efforts in this community. Wal-Mart provides these grants under their Safe Neighborhood Heroes Program. A similar grant was received earlier in the year from Wal-Mart. Those funds were used to assist with costs associated with a Summer Camp Program co-sponsored with the Troy Community Coalition. That program provides an all day education, recreation, and prevention program to area youth who might otherwise be unsupervised during summer school recess. The most recent grant will be used in conjunction with a series of starter sports programs the Troy Police Department will host for youngsters. The programs, entitled Troy Police Athletic Clinics, will provide entry-level instruction to younger kids in soccer, T-ball, basketball, and volleyball. Inherent in these clinics, along side instruction in the various sports involved, will be responsible life choices, healthy living, and prevention and education presentations by experts in those areas. The clinics will be modeled after the successful Hockey Clinics hosted by the Police Department last summer. The Troy Police Department wishes to both thank and acknowledge the ongoing efforts of Wal-Mart to support quality of life issues in this community.