Certified photo booths and giveaways as drug education

The Township certified four event programs as opioid prevention under the name Ocean High on Life...Not Drugs. The FY2023 report funds the campaign at National Night Out at 2,489.91 and describes a photo booth and goodie bags with frisbees (pp6 to 7). The FY2024 report gives its total cost as 2,526.88 (p29). The books show AJH Entertainment paid 1,350.00 for a photo booth for National Night Out by check 2372 on 08/09/2023, and Amazon paid 724.78 for National Night Out supplies by check 2529 and Fire Safety Education 452.10 for National Night Out giveaways by check 2542, both on 09/14/2023. The FY2024 report certifies the campaign at Fall Fest at 3,280.14 as education for parents to talk with children about opioid use disorder (pp8 to 9). The books show a 1,350.00 photo booth for the Fall Fest by check 2693 on 10/12/2023, and 1,480.14 of Fall Fest giveaways by check 3208 and 450.00 of kites by check 3124, both on 01/11/2024. The FY2025 report certifies the campaign at Fall Fest at 1,785.97 and says the event was cancelled for weather (pp9 to 10). The books show 1,325.73 of Fall Fest promo items by check 4882 on 11/14/2024 and 460.24 of Amazon program supplies by check 5046 on 12/12/2024. The FY2025 report certifies the campaign at National Night Out at 458.46 with Target as recipient and says the 08/06/2024 event was cancelled for weather with 0 participants (pp12 to 13). Check 4689 paid the Township of Ocean itself 458.46 for National Night Out bikes on 10/10/2024. Photo booths, giveaways, kites and bikes are not among the uses Exhibit E lists, and no evidence-based program they serve is documented.