Fundraising drive for AHS graduate killed by drunk driver


From Staff Reports:

Hermosa Elementary will be conducting a community service project called Cpl. D. Robert-Martin Harvey “Thirst” Responders Drive. This drive will be starting on

Starting Feb. 5, and ending on Feb. 13, they are asking their students to bring cases of water and Powerade/Gatorade to their school during this drive. The top 3 classrooms that bring the most cases of water and Powerade/Gatorade will receive a Pizza Party courtesy of Brenden and Heather Harvey. Last year they brought in 800 cases of water/Gatorade/Powerade, in which some of this was sent to Ruidoso to serve their first responders and the residents during the time when the fires were ravishing their community.

Each case of water/Powerade will go to support our Artesia Police, Eddy County Sheriff’s Office, Eddy County Fire and Rescue and the Artesia Fire Department. Our law enforcement departments have DWI saturation points and other long and tiring events that water and Powerade would be greatly appreciated. Our fire departments need water and Powerade to help the firemen stay hydrated during fires. They decided to take up this cause and help out our local First Responders.

On Feb. 13 at 1:30 p.m.  they will be presenting our local Police Officers and Firefighters with all the water and Powerade. During this assembly the three classes who brought the most cases of water/Powerade will be recognized and presented with the previously mentioned Pizza Party. All of the Hermosa Superkids will be able to get an ice cream sandwich courtesy of Brenden and Heather Harvey. They will also be thanking our First Responders with a High Five Tunnel that day with all the staff and students making a tunnel while the first responders walk through to be thanked for their service.

They have titled the drive the Cpl. D. Robert Harvey “Thirst” Responders Drive in memory of their first-grade teacher’s son. Cpl. Harvey was killed by a drunk driver while on duty as a night commander for the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Department, and since we are honoring and loving our first responders, we thought it would be appropriate to honor his memory and the brotherhood of Police and Fire by naming this drive after him. Cpl. Harvey graduated with the AHS class of 1998.