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Operation Our Town – 2024 Prevention Grant Cycle

Funding Available:  A total of $75,000 is available to fund programs aimed at preventing and/or reducing drug abuse and/or crime in Blair County. Grant Fiscal Period:  Will be from August 2024 through August 31, 2025.  All funds are required to be expended during this...

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2023 OOT Grant Recipients

OPERATION OUR TOWN AWARDS GRANTS FOR DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION Operation Our Town has announced grant awards to 24 local programs aimed at the prevention and/or reduction of substance abuse in Blair County.  A total of $60,000 will be distributed to the recipients of the...

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11th Annual OOT Golf Tournament

The 11th Annual Operation Our Town Golf Tournament will be held on September 18 & 19, 2023 at Park Hills Golf Club in Altoona. Schedule of Activities: Monday, September 18: 8:00am & 1:00pm – Tee Off Against Drugs Student Golf Tournament 4:00pm – OOT Mini-Golf...

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OOT Day at DelGrosso’s Park

Operation Our Town Day will be held on Thursday, August 3, 2023 at DelGrosso’s Park & Laguna Splash! Pay just $23 for your All-Day Fun Pass when you use this coupon!  For each Operation Our Town coupon redeemed, $3 will be donated back to Operation Our Town! Print...

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Operation Our Town – 2023 Prevention Grant Cycle

Funding Available:  A total of $60,000 is available to fund programs aimed at preventing and/or reducing drug abuse and/or crime in Blair County. Grant Fiscal Period:  Will be from August 2023 through August 31, 2024.  All funds are required to be expended during this...

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2023 Annual Report – Now Available!

The 2023 Annual Report is now available, and features news and updates from the past year from law enforcement, treatment providers, business leaders, and other partners in our community about the impact Operation Our Town has made over the past 16 years and the...

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2023 Annual Report – Ad space available

The Operation Our Town 2023 Annual Report will be published in March 2023, and will feature news and updates from the past year. We're giving businesses and organizations the opportunity to submit an ad that will appear in the 2023 Annual Report, which will be...

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2022 Essay Contest Winner

Pictured from left to right:  Barb Harpster (Media Consultant, Altoona Mirror), Joe Meadows (Partner, The Meadows Original Frozen Custard of Hollidaysburg), Holly Myers (Essay Contest Winner), Fred Imler Jr. (President, Imler’s Poultry) Congratulations to Holly Myers,...

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10th Annual Golf Tournament Results

Operation Our Town held its 10th Annual Golf Tournament on September 19-21, 2022.  The three-day event included the Mini-Golf Tournament at Lakemont Park and the “Our Town” Appreciation Night sponsored by Imler’s Poultry at Park Hills Golf Club on Monday.  The...

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2022 Essay Contest

Operation Our Town and the Altoona Mirror invite area students in 6th through 12th grade in Blair and surrounding counties who are 11 or older to enter an essay on the topic of: “Why do people give in to peer pressure from those who use drugs?  What are some of...

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