Rossville Safe Streets Luncheon

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW)- A group of Rossville residents celebrated their hard work educating the community Tuesday.

It was part of the Rossville Safe Streets first annual Luncheon at Dekat Hall. Rossville Safe Streets was formed in 2011 with the goal of building a stronger community one healthy choice at a time. The group consists of representative from government, schools, health, business, youth, community and parents sectors.

At the meeting the group updated on their efforts from the past year including PSA’s, poster, and tobacco ads that Rossville High School students worked on.

“It’s been great,” said Codi Manning, Rossville Safe Streets director. “We’ve just really exploded through grant funding, through partnerships. We’ve just been able to accomplish a lot making our streets a better place to live and really empowering our high school students to make the best choices that they can.”

Rossville Safe Streets partners with Safe Streets Topeka and Prevention Recovery Services.

The luncheon closed with the presentation of three Rossville Community Champion awards. Awards went to Doug's Pharmacy for business. The youth award went to Adrienne Olejnik. The volunteer award went to Christi McKenzie. 

A video of the event can be seen at:
http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/Rossville-Celebrates-Building-A-Stronger-Community-With-Safer-Streets-307648971.html