Perry Hall Area Schools Get Tobacco Education Grants

Three Perry Hall area elementary schools will be getting some grant money to help keep kids from smoking cigarettes.

Perry Hall Elementary School, Joppa View Elementary School and Kingsville Elementary School will each get grants to help fund tobacco education programs, according to an email from Fifth District Councilman David Marks.

The grants, totaling $4,115, are funded through the Maryland Cigarette Restitution Fund Program. Perry Hall Elementary will be the recipient of $2,280, Joppa View Elementary wil recieve $1,185 and Kingsville Elementary will recieve $650, the email states.

"I know these grants will be well used to educate our children about the dangers associated with smoking," Marks wrote.

More than $34,000 will be distributed to schools throughout Baltimore County, according to Marks' email.

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