West Penn Township supervisors said there are no plans to shut down the West Penn Township CSI Camp or D.A.R.E. program.

Chairman Tony Prudenti said during Tuesday evening’s board meeting that he received an email earlier in the day from camp coordinator Michele Bittner.

In it, she wrote that she had heard that the supervisors planned to stop their support of the popular summer camp.

Prudenti said that it was the first time he heard concerns about the camp and D.A.R.E. program being shut down.

“We do finance these activities. My feeling is that if it saves one child, it is all worth it,” Prudenti said that he wrote in his email to Bittner. “Not to mention the interaction with police is very positive at a very young age.”

The camp is held each summer at the West Penn Elementary School.

Supervisor Glenn Hummel blamed talk of stopping the programs on rumors.

“That was a false statement put out by someone on the CSI Camp on Facebook,” Hummel said.

He said the post originated a few weeks ago, and resurfaced again in recent days.

Hummel said the camp’s Facebook page administrator was asked to pull the comment.

He also assured Bittner that all three supervisors “like” the CSI camp and D.A.R.E. program.

The rumors, he said, are “only causing anxiety in the community that we don’t need.”

Prudenti then asked Hummel and Supervisor Timothy Houser if they had any plans to stop either program.

Both answered that they did not.

In an unrelated matter, officials from the Penn Mahoning Ambulance attended the meeting and said that they are driving a borrowed ambulance.

The vehicle is on a temporary loan from the Lehighton Ambulance - and has that association’s logo.

Two ambulances owned by Penn Mahoning are being repaired, and Penn Mahoning needed another vehicle to respond to calls.

During the meeting, supervisors also installed Ted Bogash as a fire policeman with the West Penn Township Fire Co. No. 1.