Representatives from Morgan Construction visited the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office on Friday to make a $5,000 donation to the D.A.R.E. scholarship fund.

Morgan and Jay Parlett, the daughter and son-in-law of business owner Charles Reed, presented the donation to Sheriff Darrell Warren and Master Deputy Cindy Saulman.

The donation will support the D.A.R.E. scholarship fund, which has given $100,000 of scholarships in the last 25 years to local students who are pursuing higher education.

This year there are 12 applicants for three scholarships, which are for $3,500, $2,000 and $1,000, respectively.

“We’re trying to assist these kids with the financial burden of their higher education,” said Saulman. Warren added that “we want to invest in the future of our kids just like everyone else.” The Gloucester Sheriff’s Office has three scholarships it offers: the D.A.R.E., Deputies for Education, and Sheriff’s Institute Scholarship...