Scenes from previous Shop-With-A-Cop programs
(l to r back row) Carol Dunstan, Ann Lane, Sue Gilmore, Mike Borowtiz, Barbara Crain and International Vice-President,Dennis Lane.
Optimist Sue Gilmore, Santa and Club President Carol Dunstan
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Shop-With-A-Cop
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Shop With a Cop Project was held on Saturday, December 12, 2009, at the Wal Mart Super Center on York Road in Cockeysville.
The Towson University Optimist Club helped at the 2009 Shop-With-A-Cop program on Saturday, December 12.
Optimists met at 7:00 AM to prepare for the arrival of the Police Officers and children. They arrived in Baltimore County Police vehicles, one child per Police Officer, around 7:30 AM. Members of the Cockeysville, Greater Jacksonville, Hereford, and Timonium Optimist Clubs greeted the officers and children as they arrived at Wal Mart. The officers assisted the children with their shopping and the Optimists bagged their purchases as they checkout at registers assigned to the Shop With a Cop shoppers. Following shopping the children and Police Officers went to the Outback Steakhouse in Hunt Valley Towne Center where they were served breakfast by Outback employees who have volunteered to come in early to participate in the project.
Greater Jacksonville Optimist members wore their purple Optimist shirts for this activity.
Shop-With-A-Cop is a local program that makes a Christmas wish come true for some kids. Optimist Clubs raise funds so that the kids can go on a $100 shopping adventure, a couple of weeks before Christmas.
Our goal is to have 100 children participate. The children, who were selected by the Baltimore County Police Department through the PAL centers throughout Baltimore County, each will be able to spend $100. The number of children we can serve depends on the amount of funds which are raised by the participating Optimist Clubs through fundraising project and solicitation of donations.
For 2006-2007 and 2008, The Greater Jacksonville Optimist Club donated $1,000.00 to the Shop-With-A-Cop program!
If you have any questions about this program, please contact Barbara Crain at (410-785-0410 or bcrain@jhmi.edu.
Maybe you could help out this year!
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Scenes from previous Shop-With-A-Cop programs
These are the 100 police vehicles that, along with 100 police offices, escorted the kids to Wal Mart.
Hereford Optimists also helped out.
Santa's Helpers in front of Wal Mart