{"id":61675,"date":"2018-10-30T17:11:39","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T23:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/operation-graduation-plans-for-2019\/"},"modified":"2018-10-30T23:11:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T23:11:39","slug":"operation-graduation-plans-for-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/operation-graduation-plans-for-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Graduation plans for 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=71e1abce-8ecb-4634-8135-a5660cbaf6e8&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1339\" alt=\"Journal file&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Dolores Schools\u2019 graduates are encouraged to attend the substance-free and safe Operation Graduation celebration where free stuff is given out.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Journal file&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Dolores Schools\u2019 graduates are encouraged to attend the substance-free and safe Operation Graduation celebration where free stuff is given out.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">du1-i-syn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Operation Graduation \u2014 a community program that provides a safe, substance-free celebration for high school seniors on graduation night \u2014 is in the planning and fundraising stage.<\/p>\n<p>Families and friends of Dolores students are trying to give graduates a safe alternative to alcohol and drug use by providing a fun-filled celebration that replaces the temptation to \u201cgo out and party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Operation Graduation began as a pilot program in 1997, with about half the graduating seniors attending an all-night \u201clockdown.\u201d It has grown in popularity each year with most, if not all, seniors attending. This will be the 22nd annual Operation Graduation.<\/p>\n<p>One of the incentives for students to participate in the night of music, games, food and entertainment is the chance to win big-ticket items donated by event partners.<\/p>\n<p>In past years, students have taken home laptops, mountain bikes, televisions, microwaves and many other useful items. Each graduate also receives a laundry basket or tote filled with a variety of items for stocking their new dwellings.<\/p>\n<p>Funding for the giveaways depends on community contributions. Sponsoring partners are widely publicized leading up to the event on promotional materials, and their advertising banners are displayed at the event.<\/p>\n<p>Donations to Operation Graduation 2019 are requested by May 10. Deliver to: PO Box 2210 Dolores, CO, 81323. You may also drop off a donation to Kim Archuleta Monday through Thursday from 8-3:30 a.m. at 1280 N. Mildred Road in Cortez or call for a pickup.<\/p>\n<p>For questions or information, contact: Kim Archuleta 970-739-6004, Rhonda Majors 970-739-6969 or Laurel Schafer 970-318-1341.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Program offers safe, sober celebration for grads<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[924,44,155,568,28,93],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-61675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-alcohol","tag-dolores","tag-education","tag-events","tag-headlines","tag-students"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61675"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=61675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}