And Now A Word From The Mayor of Ocean City

  

Congratulations Class of 2012 and Welcome to Ocean City!

 

You have passed a major milestone with your recent graduation from high school now it is time to relax and have some fun and where better to do that than right here in Ocean City, Maryland!

I remember very well the summer of 1967 when I, like you today, visited Ocean City with my friends and classmates to celebrate our graduation. It was a great time to be in Ocean City and although the town may look just a little bit different today it still features the same beach, boardwalk and sense of excitement that we enjoyed back in “The Day”.

Now it is your turn to experience that new found sense of freedom and all of the fun and excitement o f Ocean City. It is a time to reminisce with your friends and to begin to talk about the future as you experience days on the beach and nights out on the boardwalk.

We encourage you to enjoy all of the great alcohol free events offered by the Play It Safe Program while you are here celebrating in Ocean City. This is your week to shine in the Ocean City Sun and we hope that is a safe experience that you will remember for a lifetime!

Sincerely, 

 

 

Rick Meehan 

 

 

Mayor Town of Ocean City. 

 

 

 

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Partnership To Better Our Community

  The Maryland, Delaware, and District of Columbia Elks Association With Their Drug Awareness Program Trailer Are One Of Our Many Partners Helping Today's Youth Make Informed, Healthy Choices  While Having Responsible Fun, Without The Use Of Alcohol Or Drugs 

 Play It Safe 2012 Has big Fund Raiser Night At Hall's

Ocean City,Md.- A large crowd of community supporters and local celebraties came out for a good cause for the Italian feast & Silent Auction to benefit the 2012 Play it Safe Ocean City at Hall's Family Restaurant.  Last nights event at Hall's Restaurant was a complete success helping us raise $2,000 dollars towards the 2012 Play it Safe project. There were hundreds in attendance bidding on some great donated items and enjoying the Italian Cuisine  provided free to us by the Hall family. The most popular sporting memoribillia was either an autpgraphed photo from Jeremy Guthrie a Baltimore Oriole or Ian Des,ond a Washington National. The rounds of Golf donated by Ruark Golf for rounds at Light House Sound and Rum Pointe,rounds to Eagles Landing donated by Ocean City, and rounds to The Bay Club, were our most popular items and caused a real bidding war. The many gift certificates to area restaurants and bars also were quite popular. The most popular item definitely for the ladies was the Vera Bradley pocket books donated by Vernon Powell & Fenwick Float-ors. Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan and Chief of Police Bernadette Dippino competed trying to outbid the other for a good cause. In the end a good time was had by all! THE MISSION OF PLAY IT SAFE is to encourage high school graduates to make informed, healthy choices while having responsible fun without the use of alcohol and other drugs. If you were unable to attend last night event and would like to make a donation or for just more information visit them on the web at www.PlayItSafeOceancity.org The Ocean City Drug Alcohol Abuse Prevention Committee would like to thank all our volunteers, sponsors, donors, and attendees for making last nights event a success.  To read more about the Silent Auction and Italian Feast Fundraiser Click Here.

2012 Poster Contest Slated to Start in September

 Ocean City, Md.- Again it is that time of year when Maryland High School Students are eligible to enter the 2012 Poster contest. This contest is always a favorite and the winning entrant work will be featured on our web site as well as on our tee-shirts for the entire 2012 Play It Safe Season. So please talk to your Maryland Art teachers at your high school and/or administrator so your entire art class can enter and try to win this Poster Contest. Contest starts in September 2011 and runs thru December 2011. For complete rules and to see past years winning entries Click Here  

Our Sponsors A Valuable Part Of The Play It Safe Project:

Applebee's Official 2011 Beach Volleyball Sponsor

 West Ocean City's Applebee's employees' setting up at

Beach Volleyball "In The Play It Safe Neighborhood"

 Ocean city, Md.- Our sponsors make the Play It Safe project possible. Take for example Applebee's,

In 2011 they sponsored the three Play It Safe Beach Volleyball Tournament's and also attended

the event and handed out nice prizes and coupons to the 2011 grads. Applebee's monetary donation along with other event sponsors and private donors are who make the Play It Safe Project possible. We recieve very little Government funding and need more private sector sponsorship every year as we grow. If you or your company is interested in sponsoring or donating to the 2012 PLAY IT SAFE POJECT Click Here 

$1 to $5 Is All It Would Take...

Often we are asked by both parents and participants if we are fully funded by the Government. The answer is NO!We recieve less than 5% of our annual budget from Government agencies! MOST OF OUR FUNDING COMES FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU.In the current economy the future budget cuts have already been  announced to remove even more of what public funding we do recieve. That's why we need your donations and support more than ever. Did you like participating or having your grad participate in the Play It Safe Ocean City Project? More than 11,000 graduates participate each year as we continue to grow and our costs grow along with it. Much of our funding comes from individual donors just like you who have participated in the past and donate to help keep the project going. Therefore, for 2012 we are launching the "Pass the Buck Safely" Campaign which hopes to raise funds on-line by getting every parent, past participant, and web visitor to make a Donation as little as $1 to $5. If every one of you did that we would not have to raise any more money and would be fully funded to Play It Safe in 2012....SO Please PASS THE BUCK SAFELY AND DONATE ON-LINE TODAY BY CLICKING HERE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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If You Still want to help? Monetary donations can be made on-line by clicking here.  We still need more donations of items and funds to make the 2011 Play It Safe Ocean City Project possible.