With all the T-shirts, awards and pencils, etc., the money is spent fairly quickly, but through the generous help of local businesses, S.A.V.E. is effectively maintained. This partnership with the community provides students with basic items they need to enhance the learning atmosphere associated with the program. One example is an annual Donut Hole Eating contest, sponsored by Paradise Donut, which police officers, present and past students, parents and community members attend. They all compete for prizes and the entry monies and other donations are directed to the S. A. V. E. program. How is the community involved in the program, if at all.
Parents provide refreshments at the class graduations.
Heritage Park Mall has donated office space from which the officers work. Civic and professional groups many times request that police instructors come and present programs about SAVE and other crime prevention programs. News of the program has spread to other communities. We have had inquiries from as far away as North Dakota, asking for information and lesson plans on the program. There are also several agencies in Oklahoma that are starting the S.A.V.E. program using the original lesson plans and logo.