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Here is The Community Press & Recorder’s inaugural class of those who made a difference in 2017

GAME CHANGERS Heroin treatment: Boone deputy will not give up on people with addictions

Facebook group rocking Northern Kentucky

Chris Mayhew

Jennie Key

Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Boone County Sheriff’s deputy Linny Cloyd refuses to give up on people with drug or alcohol addictions who decline treatment plans. The sheriff’s Quick Response Team leader for heroin and opioid drug abuse is willing to wait until someone is willing to say “yes” to treatment. The longtime Florence Police Department officer came out of retirement seven months ago to work with a counselor knocking on doors after an overdose. “We go out within a seven-day period and talk to as many people who have unfortunately overdosed, and try to move them to some kind of treatment.” Cloyd pledges to “keep trying” to get people into treatment for heroin or alcohol abuse. He keeps in touch with families. Cloyd is one of the inaugural class of “Game Changers,” a new feature by The Community Press and Recorder profiling local residents who’ve had a positive impact this year on their community as a whole. The 27-year Florence officer has been working for years on preventing teen alcohol abuse as part of Boone County Alliance. The group of educators, police and other profes-

Jo Price Craven rocks Northern Kentucky. A Facebook group the Walton woman built around a movement that spreads joy and inspiration through painting and hiding rocks has taken off. Fort Mitchell member Terry David says Craven, the group’s founder, is a game changer. “There were a few hundred members when I joined,” she said. “Now there are thousands. It generates so much goodwill.” Craven is one of the inaugural class of “Game Changers,” a new feature by The Community Press and Recorder profiling local residents who’ve had a positive impact this year on their community as a whole. Craven said she was dismayed by the negativity she

Boone County Sheriff's deputy Linny Cloyd co-chairs a Boone County Alliance group meeting at First Watch in Florence. The group focuses on youth drug and alcohol abuse prevention efforts. CHRIS MAYHEW/THE ENQUIRER

sionals focuses on issues including teen drug and alcohol prevention. “Underage drinking is still dangerous,” Cloyd said. “We have kids that are going to the hospital. Some of them are dying.” Cloyd never stopped his community involvement in Boone County Alliance when he retired from Florence, retired Florence Chief See DEPUTY, Page 2A

Jo Price Craven felt social media needed a time out for bad behavior. And she rocked it. PROVIDED BY JO PRICE CRAVEN

found on social media last February and decided to do something to bring a more positive vibe to online interaction. She had seen hidden rock See GROUP, Page 2A

He quit job to change nonprofits Chris Mayhew Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

John Eldridge directs Master Provisions employees and volunteers to their assignment and strategy for delivering food and clothing donations across Northern Kentucky. CHRIS MAYHEW/THE ENQUIRER

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Florence resident John Eldridge quit his job and bought a 26-foot box truck to haul donations of food and clothing to nonprofits five years ago. The home appraiser first asked for his wife’s support to go without a steady paycheck. “My wife said, ‘So, you’re saying you want to quit your job? We’ve got five kids and it’s almost Christmas’,” he said. Eldridge told his wife he wouldn’t pursue his idea without permission. “The next day I got a text from her that said ‘I’m in,’” he said. He went a year without a paycheck implementing his idea as a Master Provisions volunteer. Eldridge is one of the inaugural class of “Game Changers,” a new feature by The Community Press and Recorder profiling local residents who’ve had a positive impact this year on the community as a

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whole. Today, the 45-year-old works as director of operations for Florence-based nonprofit Master Provisions. He directs a fleet of 11 trucks picking up and transferring donations to 200 area nonprofits and charities. Rewind to that December 2012 day. Eldridge picked up the truck. He got a call to pick up 12 pallets of food from a Northern Kentucky warehouse. “Every day thereafter, I kept getting these calls because word got out that I had this box truck and would come and get it and it would be redistributed the next day,” Eldridge said. Master Provisions delivered 10 million pounds of food to local charities in Eldridge’s first two years. “The mission is serving God by connecting resources to needs,” he said. Eldridge said he’s found his “lifetime assignment.” Master Provisions managing director Brenda Beers-Reineke said more than 35,000 people are given assistance regularly because of Eldridge’s idea. “He’s sincerely passionate about helping those in need,” Reineke said.

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