Make Good Choices continues to be one of the Crime Commission’s most effective programs.  Conceived and developed by the late Jerry Hoggatt, Commission Past President, as an awareness program to gain the attention of young people while encouraging them to consider the consequences of their choices.  Over the years, the Make Good Choices committee has designed and produced a number of important messages which are displayed throughout all schools in Sedgwick County.  In an effort to expand the program’s presence in schools, 1,000 lanyards with the “Make Good Choices” logo and the Wichita Crime Commission printed on them were provided to USD 259 to be distributed to incoming 6^th graders. 

The Commission continues to work closely with Wichita Police School Liaison  and School Resource Officers to sponsor bus trips for selected students to tour  Kansas Correctional Facilities at Hutchinson and El Dorado.  The cost of transportation and lunch for the students is paid from the Make Good Choices budget. This exceptional program provides selected students with an opportunity  to hear from prison inmates how making bad choices damaged their lives.  The Annual Scotch and Sirloin benefit golf tournament along with contributions  received from many members underwrites the cost of the Make Good Choices Program.