Shop with a Cop event brings cheer to P.A. kids
Grade 7 student Tashia Sanderson had never bought Christmas presents for her family before, but she had the opportunity today, along with the added bonus of a personal police escort.
For the sixth year running, P.A. Police teamed up with Crime Stoppers and Canadian Tire to bring Christmas cheer to local kids through their Shop with a Cop event. Twenty-five P.A. students in Grades 1 to 8 were assigned a police partner and given a $100 Canadian Tire gift card to purchase gifts for family and friends. The participating students were selected by school staff for displaying respect and good behaviour.
“I bought rainbow Hot Wheels and Lego for my sister and brother” Sanderson said, smiling broadly next to Sgt. Eric Tiessen. “It was great.”
Sanderson said she was able to buy a gift for each of her three brothers and three sisters with her $100 gift card, and made friends with Tiessen along the way.