Shop With A Cop Charity Event

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Kayla Sunderland 
Staff Reporter 
People gathered with the Altoona cops to
help raise money for kids Christmas presents. Photo credit
Kayla Sunderland. 
The Altoona Walmart store hosted their annual Shop with a Cop on Tuesday, December 8th. The store has been hosting the event at the Altoona Walmart for over ten years now.
            “Shop with a Cop” allows families who cannot afford to buy gifts for themselves come in and shop for their families. Altoona and Pleasant Hill cops gather to help families have a great Christmas.
            The kids were the ones who got to choose what to get for themselves and their family. Many kids chose to buy gifts for their siblings, parents, and grandparents. Gifts ranged from toys, clothing, candy, video games or movies, and accessories.
            Volunteers were able to come in and wrap the gifts right after they checked out so the families could bring home the gifts and not have to worry about wrapping them.
            Approximately 142 families showed up to the Altoona Walmart and about 50 cops volunteered to buy gifts for the families.
            After the kids were done shopping and their gifts were wrapped they could go sit on Santa’s lap and take a picture with him. There was also cookies and Casey’s pizza for the kids to eat.

            Over $12,000 was raised by the cops and Walmart to fulfill the event.

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