The Long Beach Junior Chamber (LBJC), in our partnership with the Long Beach Police Foundation (LBPF), as well as with the Boys and Girls Club of Long Beach and the Assistance League® of Long Beach, is preparing for the 17th Annual “Shop with a Cop” children’s shopping spree on Saturday, August 20. We hope to make this our most successful one yet.
The event brings an awareness of and assists economically disadvantaged children from the Long Beach area by providing a positive experience while they purchase school clothing and supplies. Participants spend time in a positive setting with local law enforcement personnel.
Children are pre-selected from the Long Beach community through the Boys and Girls Club
of Long Beach and invited to be our guests at “Shop with a Cop.” Each child is matched with a Long Beach Police Officer and/or Community Service Officer, a LBJC member or adult shopper volunteer to purchase clothing and supplies for school needs at Target -Atlantic Avenue and 33rd Street- (often the only new clothes these children receive all year). The Assistance League® of Long Beach will be providing each with school uniforms and underwear in a school backpack. The children enjoy breakfast provided by the Long Beach
Police Officers Association, and after shopping they receive snacks and school supplies, to put in their new backpack,..paper, pencils and lunch box. An arts and crafts area is staffed by volunteers, community leaders and business sponsors, where after shopping the children can relax and have fun!
Our goal is 100 children…we ask for your support in the form of cash or inkind donations, which might include, but are not limited to, new clothing, new shoes or school supplies. All gifts are tax-deductible. And checks should be made out to the Long Beach Police Foundation, please see the sponsor sheet.
Should you have any questions, please contact the event chair, Gordon Wege, at 562/577-0625, or the Long Beach Police Foundation at 562/343-5111. With your support we look forward to making a difference for some children in Long Beach.
