Tulsa Officers participate in annual 'Shop with a Cop' event

The first weekend in December means it was time for our annual Shop with a Cop event, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Tulsa in partnership with Tulsa Fraternal Order of Police.

The event was held this morning at the Walmart at Admiral and Memorial!

Every year since 2002, the Rotary Club of Tulsa hosts the annual outreach event to at-risk Tulsa youth who may have only negative impressions of police officers.

On a Saturday morning during the holiday season, volunteer Rotarians and Officers meet with the children in a store and go over their wish list of presents for their parents and siblings.

While the Officer and child wander the aisles shopping for family members, a Rotarian secretly shops for the child.

This year, Officers helped shop with more than 30 students from Celia Clinton Elementary.

Special thanks to the Officers who volunteered to take part, and thanks to the Rotary and the FOP for hosting such a great event each year to kick off the holiday season!

Visit https://tulsarotary.com for more information about the Rotary Club of Tulsa, and visit https://www.tulsafop93.org for more information about the FOP!