Leesburg Police Department Officers Take Ten Children Christmas Shopping

 December 19th, ten children from the Town of Leesburg got a chance to do something different, shop for Christmas presents with a Leesburg Police Officer.

This is the first year that the department sponsored the event due to Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #70 closing its doors this year.  Officers of the department wanted to make sure those children less fortunate than others would have the chance to go shopping for Christmas.   So this year the department sponsored their own “Holidays With the Cops” in partnership with the Leesburg Police Citizen Support Team.   The initial goal was to raise enough money for five children shopping and let them spend two hundred dollars.   Support was so strong that ten children, identified through the Leesburg Parks and Recreation  “ROCK “ program, got to go shopping  and spend two hundred dollars on whatever they wanted.

The department sponsored a “pre-shopping party” that was attended by the officers, the children and many volunteers that were there to help wrap the presents.   Wegmans and Chick Filet of Leesburg donated much of the food and drinks for the party.   Then, all the children, some in police cars, were escorted to the Target in Leesburg, where they paired up with an officer and shopped to their hearts content.  Some bought bikes, toys and clothes. One child even bought his family a Christmas tree.   Another bought sodas for the officers to drink as the presents were wrapped because he had a little money left over. All of the children received gift bags from Target and Pillow Pets donated by a private citizen.

The Leesburg Police Department wishes to thank all the private citizens who donated to this event.   Also, with the support of the following businesses and organizations, this would not have been possible;

Leesburg Target

State Farm Insurance-Agent Meggan Culp

Leesburg Chick Filet

Leesburg Police Citizen Support Team

Leesburg Police Explorer Post #1041

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