Cranston Police Collecting Gifts for Needy Children

The Cranston Police Department is teaming up with the Rhode Island State Police, Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office, United States Attorney’s Office, United States Marshals Service, Rhode Island Police Chiefs Association and other statewide law enforcement agencies to collect new, unwrapped presents (individual gifts valued under $25) to fulfill the wishes of underprivileged children from across the state.

Many of these children are clients of Crossroads Rhode Island, Children’s Friend, Family Service of Rhode Island, Project Night Vision, Hispanic Ministerial Association of Rhode Island, Center for Southeast Asians, Mount Hope Neighborhood Association, Multi-Cultural Center for All and the African Alliance.

The goal of “Kids, Cops and Christmas” is to provide a positive holiday experience for these children and to show them that police officers are their friends and are in their community to help them.

The department’s leadership is asking their officers – or any member of the general public that wishes to participate – to bring in an unwrapped gift to the Office of Community Outreach by Tuesday, December 15th. Once collected, these presents will be transported to the Cranston Family Center and Rhode Island State Police Headquarters prior to a press conference scheduled for Wednesday, December 16th, 2014 at 3:30PM at the John Rollins Recreational Center, 674 Prairie Avenue, Providence.

For more information, please contact the Cranston Police Office of Community Outreach c/o Captain Vincent M. McAteer, III at 401-942-2211.