The Barren River District Health Department recently received a grant to purchase signage to support the new House Bill #318 100% Tobacco Free Campus law. 

The Health Department’s Kathy Thweatt began applying for the grant in April. Once it was awarded she worked alongside Russellville Schools’ Danny Perry to develop the design for the signs depicting Tobacco Free Campus. 

As the signs were finished, Kathy Thweatt presented them to Russellville Independent Superintendent Bart Flener and Logan County Superintendent Paul Mullins at the Russellville Independent Schools Central Office on Wed., Aug. 28. Both men said they were very appreciative of the partnership local schools have with the Health Department and are grateful to Kathy Thweatt for all she does. 

She stated an organization in Louisville, the Foundation for a Healthy KY, has heard about her grant and wants to adopt this idea for other districts.

Thweatt also distributed her signs to Butler County Schools on Friday and Edmonson County S=schools.