Christmas heroes strike again

Samantha Tietz (left) and Sophia Foltman-Radtke help students wrap the gifts they picked out during the Shop with a Hero event hosted by the Twin Lakes Professional Police Association.
Samantha Tietz (left) and Sophia Foltman-Radtke help students wrap the gifts they picked out during the Shop with a Hero event hosted by the Twin Lakes Professional Police Association.

Twenty-four students get shopping spree courtesy of local police

This was the 11th year for Shop with a Hero organized by the Twin Lakes Professional Police Association.

This year 24 children were selected by Lakewood and Randall school staff for good performance and other standards set by the schools. Each child was matched with a Twin Lakes police officer, emergency dispatcher, EMT or firefighter and they were given $200 to spend at Lake Geneva Walmart.

All the money was raised through donations from local businesses with a major donation from the Genoa City Lions Club and Lake Geneva Walmart. Many of the children bought presents for family and friends. Volunteers from Lakewood School and family members of the heroes wrapped gifts for the children.

After the participants finished shopping, Driftwood Restaurant in Twin Lakes hosted a pizza party for all the children, their families and the heroes.

Counting this year, 310 children have been taken shopping since the Twin Lakes program started in 2004.

 

 


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