CULLMAN, Ala. – Cullman County District Attorney Champ Crocker recently attended the second annual Love Like Lexi Gala, which was held Thursday, Oct. 30, at The Bibb Mill Event Center in Columbus, Georgia, in connection with the Helping Families Initiative (HFI).
Crocker received the “Speak Life” award, which is given to community leaders who have made contributions to the project’s mission to promote hope and prevent suicide.
“The Helping Families Initiative began years ago as a school-community program in the Mobile County District Attorney’s Office with the objective of identifying troubled youth in schools and connecting intervention services to their families,” Crocker said. “My office, as well as around half of the DA’s offices across the state, partner with local school systems through the Helping Families Initiative. My HFI team leader is Cortney Myrex, who joined this office in January after several years of working with the Cullman County school system.”…