"Shop With A Cop" Organized By LB Police Foundation (Sat. Aug. 18 at Target on Atlantic/33rd St.) Will Give Nearly 100 Economically Disadvantaged Kids (Already Chosen) Shopping Spree For Back to School Clothing & Supplies; Assistance League of LB Will Provide Each Child With School Uniform & Underwear In A School Backpack

It's an uplifting event in which 92 economically disadvantaged children from the LB area (ages 6-12) (pre-selected by ChildNet, BLAST, Long Beach Women's Shelter, Operation Jump Start and the Children's Clinic) will be teamed with an LBPD officer or Community Service Officer, LBPD Explorer Scout, LBJC member or Target employee volunteer...and together they'll shop at Atlantic/33rd St. Target store.

The children will be able to buy clothing and school supplies (organizers say in a release that it's sometimes the only new clothing the children will receive all year) and the Assistance League of Long Beach will provide each child with school uniforms and underwear in a school backpack.

"We are thrilled to bring together all these community groups to join with our police officers on this important event," says Kathy Berry, LB Police Foundation Executive Director in a release.

The Long Beach Police Foundation is a privately operated 501(c)(3) non-profit amd says it's the "only charitable organization that provides private, direct funding for the LBPD. (Information on how to donate or volunteer is on the Foundation's website: www.lbpolicefoundation.org or call (562)343-5111.

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