(9-4-25) The Van Wert County Sheriff’s Office would like to acknowledge and say Thank You to everyone who supported and donated towards the D.A.R.E. Demo Derby vehicles at the 2025 Van Wert County Fair. Thanks to your generous donations over $7,500 was raised towards the Van Wert City \ County D.A.R.E. Team.

Winner – Erin Finfrock
2A’s Auto – donated both cars
Burcham Printing – donated graphic labels for the cars

Curt Schaffner – prepared the cars for the derby
Deaf Dog Coffee & Hague Towing – purchased cars at auction

Cash Donations received from:
Angel Intervention, Angel Sober Living, Arn Farms, At Home Realty, BA Carts, Brookside, C & J Agri-Services, Century Trading, Cheers & Gears, Clark Merkle, Clint Myers Excavating, Convoy Fox Hunters, Convoy Tastee Freeze, Cress Auto, CW Harting, Dirty Deeds, Eisenhauer Manufacturing, First Federal of Van Wert, Gibsons Barnyard BBQ, GP Cycles, Greenway Bank, Greve Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram, Hague Towing, Hat Creek Arena, Highway 30 Truck Wash, Hometown Family Practice, Hughes Chiropractic, Intensity Fitness, Jeff Clouse, Jones Plumbing, Klosterman Pizza, Kulwicki-Hilton Insurance, Laing Family Dentistry, Lee Kinstle GM Sales & Service, Life House Church, Lincoln Ridge Farms, McCoy Automotive Repair, Miller Auto Body, MKS Siding, Ohio Rubber Floors, Plastic Recycling Technology, Poling Excavating, Recovery Massage, Rodoc, Schlemmer Farms, Shine Auto Detail, Sisters Embroidery, Slushers Jewelry, Spoor Contracting, Statewide Ford, Superior Collision, Tisha Fast State Farm, TNT Springer Landscaping, United Demo Derby, Unruh Transport, Van Wert Carts & More