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Third annual ‘Shop with a Cop’ takes place Dec. 13
The third annual “Shop with a Cop” event will take place on Wednesday at the Clearlake Walmart store.
Seventy children will receive $200 each to shop tax-free for warm winter clothes, as well as holiday gifts and other needed items on their lists. Each child will team up with a local peace officer to help them shop.
Members from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Clearlake Police Department, Lakeport Police Department, California State Parks, California Fish and Wildlife, Lake County Probation and Lake County District Attorney’s Office will be present to represent their respective agencies.
Since 2004, the Shop with a Deputy Sheriff event has fulfilled holiday dreams of over 3,600 Bay Area children who are at a disadvantage, and the numbers continue to grow. The annual event is made possible from the partnerships between the business community and law enforcement.
The shopping experience demonstrates to the children that someone cares for their welfare and development by teaming up with a deputy or a community volunteer.
The Bay Area Deputy Sheriffs’ Charitable Foundation has been fortunate to follow several children from past events. The organization said it has seen the children graduate high school and have been told by the children that the deputy sheriffs’ programs gave them the incentives and encouragement to do better in school and in life.
The foundation provides financial support for prevention programs that serve the underprivileged and vulnerable youth in the Bay Area by assisting disadvantaged children in securing school supplies and clothing, and other programs that seek to prevent youth from turning to a life of crime.
For more information visit www.deputysheriffsfoundation.org.