PAOLA – The Miami County Most cancers Basis not too long ago obtained some much-needed provides to assist group members of their combat towards most cancers.
The Paola Police Division sponsored a communitywide assortment of dietary drinks the muse supplies to most cancers sufferers. This yr, the Paola Police Division despatched a problem out countywide.
The Paola Police Division challenged the Miami County Sheriff’s Workplace, the Louisburg Police Division and the Osawatomie Police Division to gather dietary drinks this yr.
Jodie Livengood, president of the Miami County Most cancers Basis, praised the Paola Police Division and Police Chief Eric Jenkins for organizing the gathering occasion. She thanks the Miami County Sheriff’s Workplace, Osawatomie Police Division and Louisburg Police Division for becoming a member of the trouble this yr.
Livengood stated the Miami County Most cancers Basis was operating low on dietary drinks to supply native residents combating most cancers.
The muse spends 1000’s of {dollars} every year serving to native residents combating most cancers with the dietary drinks, fuel playing cards, rides to therapies and different bills.
The Paola Police Division challenged departments and metropolis staff to donate bins of dietary drinks like Increase and Guarantee. Workers at Paola Metropolis Corridor, Paola Public Works and the Paola Police Division challenged one another to see who might donate essentially the most drinks.
This yr, that problem went countywide to the Miami County Sheriff’s Workplace, the Osawatomie Police Division and the Louisburg Police Division. That problem was heard and accepted with native regulation enforcement within the county donating extra bins of dietary drinks than ever collected earlier than.
Representatives from the Paola Police Division, Miami County Sheriff’s Workplace, Osawatomie Police Division and Louisburg Police Division delivered the drinks to the Miami County Most cancers Basis’s workplace in Paola on Wed., Dec. 1.