CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced a Rosemont Elementary School student as the statewide winner of the Kids Kick Opioids contest.
Jacey Chalmers, of Martinsburg was selected from among more than 2,000 entries that were submitted by students across West Virginia.
The winning entry included a picture of Jacey and her father taken one week before he died from a drug overdose.
The third-grader’s handwritten account states, “I miss my daddy. I want to hug and kiss him every day. It is very sad when kids don’t have their daddy to play with now. I still cry when I think about my daddy. xo”
The picture and handwritten account will soon appear in newspapers across West Virginia as the Attorney General’s next public service announcement.