
Anaheim Police Department Safe School’s Investigator Ed Arevalo, Paul Revere Elementary School Assistant Principal Andrew Klinkenberg, Parent Greeter Yesica Camacho
ANAHEIM PARENTS HONORED FOR PROTECTING AND ADVOCATING FOR STUDENTS DURING ANAHEIM G.R.I.P. GREETER APPRECIATION EVENT
The Anaheim Gang Reduction Intervention Partnership (G.R.I.P.) Committee including Community Service Programs and the Anaheim Police Department Honor G.R.I.P. Parent Greeters
Anaheim, Calif. (May 15, 2015) – Community Service Programs (CSP), a nonprofit organization committed to providing high-quality counseling and support services to struggling OC children and families at their greatest time of need, came together with the Anaheim Police Department (APD) through the Anaheim Gang Reduction Intervention Partnership (G.R.I.P.) to host the Greeter Appreciation Event on Thursday, May 14 at the Anaheim Hills Golf Course, to acknowledge 85 Parent Greeters with certificates for their volunteerism in keeping students safe from gang activity. These parents have assisted in protecting and greeting students on campus, before and after school throughout the school year, as part of the Anaheim G.R.I.P. Parent Greeter Program, which was implemented in an effort to welcome students to campus, and, as a team, to show the community and local gang members that bullying and gang behavior will be reported and is not tolerated on campuses. These 85 Parent Greeters participated in the program for a minimum of twice per month for the entire school year and received certificates and acknowledgement of their efforts from the G.R.I.P. committee, including command staff of the APD. Continue reading