80 Kids Will 'Shop With A Cop' This Weekend

MILWAUKEE, WI — On Saturday, 80 children will shop for holiday gifts with Sheriff’s deputies and police officers from across Milwaukee County. This will be a fun filled event to celebrate the holidays with the spirit of giving. In addition, volunteers composed of Correctional Officers, civilian staff, and dedicated community organization members will be volunteering to make this event a success.

Children from first through eighth grades will partner up with a police officer or a deputy. They’ll board a chartered bus at Journey House and head to Saint Kate - The Arts Hotel downtown for a catered breakfast and then to Walmart with a police escort.

At Walmart, the children will be able to purchase up to $100 of gifts for family members and themselves. After shopping, they’ll head back to the Journey House where community volunteers will wrap their gifts with them.

Sheriff’s deputies will be joined by law enforcement officers from Milwaukee, Fox Point, Greenfield, Marquette University, Milwaukee House of Correction, Oak Creek, UW-Milwaukee, West Allis, and Wisconsin State Fair Park.