2014 PILL DROP – ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL EVENT

2014 PILL DROP – ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL EVENT 

On Friday, May 16^th, Arrowhead High School students in the Medical Terminology & Business Practices course hosted their annual Pill Drop.  This year’s event was the most successful yet.

Arrowhead High School students in Mrs. Annette LeMieux Medical Terminology & Business Practices Class organized the 2014 Pill Drop at AHS.  A couple of Hartland Police Departments finest in the background.  Thanks to Chief Rosch and his staff for assisting with the event

A total of 319 lbs. of prescription and non-prescription drugs were collected.  This compares to 278 lbs. that were collected in 2013.  Survey results show that our community is learning more and more about the need to dispose of these drugs in a proper manner by participating in the Pill Drop.  This year we had 158 participants compared to 103 in 2013.  Ninety-five of the 158 participants said this was their first time contributing to any drug collection event.

AHS students sorting and packaging prescription and non-prescription drugs for disposal

Hosting such a successful event makes our students very proud to know that they play a big part in getting these drugs off our streets and keeping them out of our landfills and water supplies.

Arrowhead students under the supervision of Hartland Police Department Chief Bob Rosch collecting and sorting pills dropped of at the Mullett Ice Center.

The Arrowhead staff and Board of Education would like to extend our appreciation to the Arrowhead students who organized and ran the Pill Drop, their teacher Mrs. Annette Lemieux, the Hartland Police Department and specifically Chief Bob Rosch, as well as all the community members that participated in and supported this event in being a huge success.